2023

TQ1050 : Meadow Plat Bridge

taken 2 years ago, 3 km from Effingham, Surrey, England

This is 1 of 4 images, with title Meadow Plat Bridge in this square
Meadow Plat Bridge
Meadow Plat Bridge
Bridge over a bridleway near Meadow Plat, one of the Lovelace Bridges (see below). This is the narrowest of all the bridges, with a span of only 6'. It is also the only one of the extant bridges which is not grade II listed.
The Lovelace Bridges :: TQ1051

William King, 1st Earl of Lovelace, was owner of the East Horsley Estate in the 19th Century. The estate included an extensive forested area, and in order to assist the movement of timber using horse drawn carts to his sawmill on the Epsom Road, in the 1860s he developed a network of tracks with embankments where needed to reduce gradients, with bridges constructed where these tracks crossed an existing road or track. The bridges, now known as the Lovelace Bridges, were built out of brick and flint, a style he adopted for all structures and buildings on the estate, including the main seat, Horsley Towers. There were 15 bridges in all, of which 10 still survive. All but one of the extant bridges are grade II listed. For a map of all the bridges and a marked trail covering a number of them, produced by the Horsley Countryside Preservation Society, see LinkExternal link.


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TQ1050, 47 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Ian Capper   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 25 May, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 10 November, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 107 508 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:14.7801N 0:24.8876W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 107 508
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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