Information for record number MWA3721:
Pedlar's Bridge

Summary Pedlar's Bridge, a Bridge dating to the Post Medieval period. It is marked on an estate map of 1778. The Bridge provides access to Smearton Lane.
What Is It?  
Type: Bridge, Footbridge
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Brinklow
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 42 80
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Bridge marked.
2 The Bridge still exists and appears to be an early one. It has two spans, hump-backed, of sandstone and brick and is reinforced with concrete. The upstream side has a cutwater of brick and sandstone. The Bridge is very narrow.
3 Two round arches in rough ashlar rebuilt in brick with brick parapets and cutwaters. Possible traces of stone cutwaters. Recently repointed. Some other stone blocks around, possibly from reconstruction of Bridge. Bridge about 1.5m wide and 11m long. No cutwaters on downstream side.
4 Bridges recorded at this site in 1443 and 1674
 
Sources

Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Brinklow/Combe Fields
Author/originator: Hingley R C
Date: 1989
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Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: Historic Road Bridges in Warwickshire
Author/originator: N.Palmer and G. Booth
Date: 1997
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Survey of Crown Estates
Author/originator: Baker M
Date: 1778
Page Number: 8:184
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Pehrson B
Date: 1983
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Volume/Sheet: PRN 3081
   
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Pedlars Bridge, Brinklow
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
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Glossary

 
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument ARCH * A structure over an opening usually formed of wedge-shaped blocks of brick or stone held together by mutual pressure and supported at the sides; they can also be formed from moulded concrete/ cast metal. A component; use for free-standing structure only. back
monument STONE BLOCK * A piece of stone, usually shaped, of uncertain origin or use. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument ROAD BRIDGE * A bridge carrying a road over land or water. back
monument FOOTBRIDGE * A narrow bridge for people and animals to cross on foot. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back

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