New Bridge And Flanking Walls (That Part In Northmoor Civil Parish) is a Grade I listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. A C14; medieval Bridge.
New Bridge And Flanking Walls (That Part In Northmoor Civil Parish)
- WRENN ID
- half-bailey-alder
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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SP40SW 11/226
NORTHMOOR ABINGDON ROAD (west side) New Bridge and flanking walls (that part in Northmoor C.P.)
(Formerly listed as New Bridge (that part in Witney Rural District)
12/09/55
GV I Bridge. C14. Coursed and dressed limestone with later repairs. Six pointed arches to entries are divided by prominent cutwaters which provide refuges for travellers above. Groins of central arches have lateral ribs surviving. New Bridge is the most complete medieval bridge in 0xfordshire, and was the scene of skirmishes in the Civil War when Parliamentary Forces under Waller attempted to cross the bridge in order to surround Oxford and capture the king. (M.R. Toynbee, "Radcot Bridge and New Bridge", Oxonensia Vol.14, (1949), pp.46-53; "Medieval Bridges in Oxfordshire", Oxfordshire Museums Information Sheet No.17; Buildings of England: Berkshire, p.161.
Listing NGR: SP4036501404
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