Culham Old Bridge
- Date:
- 8 Jan 2002
- Location:
- Culham Old Bridge, The Burycroft, Culham, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
- Reference:
- IOE01/05981/07
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
CULHAM THE BURYCROFT SU5095 (West side) 10/35 Culham Old Bridge 18/07/63
_ II*
Bridge. c.1416, built by the Abingdon Guild of the Holy Cross, widened and north side rebuilt C18. Parapet restored mid C20. Squared uncoursed stone. Five 4-centred arches of varying heights. Plain parapet. North side has 5 round arches. History: during the Civil War, in May 1644 the parliamentarians seized the bridge and attacked royalist convoys to Oxford. This led to an unsuccessful royalist attempt to recapture and demolish the bridge (the Battle of Culham Bridge, January l645). Scheduled Ancient Monument.
(V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.7, 1962, p.27 and p.31).
Listing NGR: SU5009495758
This is part of the Series: IOE01/1093 IOE Records taken by A H Jacobs; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mrs A H Jacobs. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Jacobs, A H
Rights Holder: Jacobs, A H
Stone, Medieval Bridge, Monument (By Form), Transport
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