Accomodation Bridge near Claydon - The SMJ Society2024-03-28T15:28:34Zhttp://thesmjr.ning.com/forum/topics/accomodation-bridge-near-claydon?commentId=3138568%3AComment%3A67141&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMartin Broughton said:
Hi D…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2015-04-06:3138568:Comment:671412015-04-06T09:11:45.565ZDave Haywardhttp://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/DaveHayward
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Martin Broughton said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.smj.me/forum/topics/accomodation-bridge-near-claydon?commentId=3138568%3AComment%3A66943&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3138568Comment66943"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi Dave</p>
<p>I live close to the location you describe. Go to Google earth. The section of old railway has been cleared and there is a fantastic aerial view especially if you set the date slider to new years eve 2006. (american date…</p>
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<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Martin Broughton said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.smj.me/forum/topics/accomodation-bridge-near-claydon?commentId=3138568%3AComment%3A66943&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3138568Comment66943"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Hi Dave</p>
<p>I live close to the location you describe. Go to Google earth. The section of old railway has been cleared and there is a fantastic aerial view especially if you set the date slider to new years eve 2006. (american date format 12/31/2006). The low winter sun shows the raised embankment and your bridge is to the right of the clearing. I also have ground photo's for you.</p>
<p>Another interesting thing about this bridge is there does not appear to be a bridge No for it. SJT1 56 is the canal feeder you mention. The bridge is no more than a few chain from the canal feeder. The county / parish boundary is at the Fenny Compton (west) side of the clearing which is some 16 chain in distance.</p>
<p>There is also a cutting in the embankment at that end of the clearing (west) which is nothing more than a means of farm vehicle access through the embankment which was cut at the time the vegatation was cleared.(I only mention this should anyone be curious of a removed bridge)</p>
<p>72377 is from the track bed of the bridge facing toward Fenny (west) The hedge at the far end is the county / parish boundary.</p>
<p>72379 is the south facing side of the bridge</p>
<p>72381 is from the field showing the bridge with the canal feeder burried behind in the background trees. (looking east)</p>
<p>The date on the photo's is correct but obviously not the time. I have many more photo's should you want.</p>
<p>Hope all this is of some help to you and I would be happy to provide details of the landowner should you want any permissions, should you get so far as organised walks as to my knowledge there are no public right of ways over the land in this area.</p>
<p>Regards Martin Broughton</p>
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<p> Martin,</p>
<p>Thanks for a very helpful response. I have in fact looked in detail at Google Earth and other media including Lidar and old maps but I cannot, as yet find any evidence of a track to the south of the bridge on the other side of the canal except for the following.</p>
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<p>The only feature of interest I can establish is to look at the rear garden boundary of the houses in the 'vee' of Boddington Road and the Fenny Compton Road in Claydon. This boundary line is in direct alignment with the bridge and in turn the the Warwickshire/ Oxfordshire/ Northamptonshire County Boundary before it turns to the SW just before the bridge. In the Anglo-Saxon Charter for Wormleighton the county boundary from this turn, north to the E/W main road is referred to as 'The Ridgeway'. This term is only something that is normally used for a significant route.</p>
<p>Interestingly if you look at the 2007 Google Earth map you can see a northerly projection of the rear garden boundary alignment to the triangular feature at the north of the adjacent field where it meets two other fields. I have come across these features before, they may well have some antiquity themselves. This is only a slight deviation from the straight projected line from the Ridge-way, through the bridge to the Claydon gardens.</p>
<p>I would very much like to discuss access to land with you as I have a potential visit, with a colleague, to the area scheduled for May.</p>
<p>Perhaps to save detracting too far from the interests of the SMJ Group you might like to contact me 'off-list' on my personal email:- davensal@hywd1.fsnet.co.uk</p>
<p>I think it might also be worthwhile for me to contact The Canals and Rivers Trust to see if they have pre-canal plans of the area in their archives.</p>
<p>Regards</p>
<p>Dave Hayward</p>
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I live close to the l…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2015-04-04:3138568:Comment:669432015-04-04T13:01:43.853ZMartin Broughtonhttp://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/MartinBroughton
<p>Hi Dave</p>
<p>I live close to the location you describe. Go to Google earth. The section of old railway has been cleared and there is a fantastic aerial view especially if you set the date slider to new years eve 2006. (american date format 12/31/2006). The low winter sun shows the raised embankment and your bridge is to the right of the clearing. I also have ground photo's for you.</p>
<p>Another interesting thing about this bridge is there does not appear to be a bridge No for it. SJT1 56…</p>
<p>Hi Dave</p>
<p>I live close to the location you describe. Go to Google earth. The section of old railway has been cleared and there is a fantastic aerial view especially if you set the date slider to new years eve 2006. (american date format 12/31/2006). The low winter sun shows the raised embankment and your bridge is to the right of the clearing. I also have ground photo's for you.</p>
<p>Another interesting thing about this bridge is there does not appear to be a bridge No for it. SJT1 56 is the canal feeder you mention. The bridge is no more than a few chain from the canal feeder. The county / parish boundary is at the Fenny Compton (west) side of the clearing which is some 16 chain in distance.</p>
<p>There is also a cutting in the embankment at that end of the clearing (west) which is nothing more than a means of farm vehicle access through the embankment which was cut at the time the vegatation was cleared.(I only mention this should anyone be curious of a removed bridge)</p>
<p>72377 is from the track bed of the bridge facing toward Fenny (west) The hedge at the far end is the county / parish boundary.</p>
<p>72379 is the south facing side of the bridge</p>
<p>72381 is from the field showing the bridge with the canal feeder burried behind in the background trees. (looking east)</p>
<p>The date on the photo's is correct but obviously not the time. I have many more photo's should you want.</p>
<p>Hope all this is of some help to you and I would be happy to provide details of the landowner should you want any permissions, should you get so far as organised walks as to my knowledge there are no public right of ways over the land in this area.</p>
<p>Regards Martin Broughton</p>
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