Bridge at Fenny Compton - The SMJ Society2024-03-29T13:47:27Zhttps://thesmjr.ning.com/forum/topics/bridge-at-fenny-compton?commentId=3138568%3AComment%3A62149&feed=yes&xn_auth=noInteresting.....the old map d…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2014-07-14:3138568:Comment:621492014-07-14T18:13:06.319ZNIGELhttps://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/NIGELALANFURNISS
<p>Interesting.....the old map dated c.1900 shows a BRIDLE ROAD running all the way from a field past Boddington Reservoir, across the Oxford canal by bridge, across the G.W.R. line by level crossing, and under the E & W Junction railway by a double arch cattle creep. The Bridle Road stops on the Claydon to Fenny Compton road, but a pathway continues into the field opposite. This pathway also runs parallel with the B.R. up to the canal, after which it appears to be a track way.…</p>
<p>Interesting.....the old map dated c.1900 shows a BRIDLE ROAD running all the way from a field past Boddington Reservoir, across the Oxford canal by bridge, across the G.W.R. line by level crossing, and under the E & W Junction railway by a double arch cattle creep. The Bridle Road stops on the Claydon to Fenny Compton road, but a pathway continues into the field opposite. This pathway also runs parallel with the B.R. up to the canal, after which it appears to be a track way.<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1490432002?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1490432002?profile=original" width="546" class="align-full"/></a></p> Many thanks to all who replie…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2012-11-18:3138568:Comment:428762012-11-18T17:20:09.481ZJohn Jenningshttps://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/JohnJennings
<p>Many thanks to all who replied (including the direct phone calls). Firstly apologies for not searching our site thoroughly because as Gary remarks it has been visited on "walks"</p>
<p>I can now confirm that it is bridge No 60 (21miles & 01chains) a rather substantial "cattle creep" or occupation bridge. The only question now is why is such a bridge an expensive twin arch structure?? I think the clue is in both of the 1927 photos and in modern ones in that the centre line of the bridge…</p>
<p>Many thanks to all who replied (including the direct phone calls). Firstly apologies for not searching our site thoroughly because as Gary remarks it has been visited on "walks"</p>
<p>I can now confirm that it is bridge No 60 (21miles & 01chains) a rather substantial "cattle creep" or occupation bridge. The only question now is why is such a bridge an expensive twin arch structure?? I think the clue is in both of the 1927 photos and in modern ones in that the centre line of the bridge is clearly fenced making two separate tracks. I have not checked any land records but my money is on the probability that the land at this point is a boundary between two landowners both of whom were entitled to a bridge under the original Act of Parliament authorising the East & West Junc Railway. It would have been slightly cheaper to construct the one twin arch bridge rather than two separate single arched ones fairly close together.</p>
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<p>John</p> Isn't this the one we went un…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2012-11-17:3138568:Comment:428572012-11-17T10:26:13.968ZGaryhttps://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/Gary
Isn't this the one we went under and then up on to the track bed from?<br />
If so then a recent picture will be on the line album.
Isn't this the one we went under and then up on to the track bed from?<br />
If so then a recent picture will be on the line album. Well John I'm pretty sure you…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2012-11-15:3138568:Comment:429282012-11-15T13:30:03.918Zalwyn sparrowhttps://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/alwynrobertsparrow
<p>Well John I'm pretty sure your photograph depicts the occupation bridge that's the off the Claydon road.About a mile from Fenny Compton its the final bridge before the S.M.J .continues back over the G.W.R..The track beneath the bridge is from the Claydon road leading to the Grand Union Canal.The house in the distance is still there on the roadside.</p>
<p>Alwyn</p>
<p>Well John I'm pretty sure your photograph depicts the occupation bridge that's the off the Claydon road.About a mile from Fenny Compton its the final bridge before the S.M.J .continues back over the G.W.R..The track beneath the bridge is from the Claydon road leading to the Grand Union Canal.The house in the distance is still there on the roadside.</p>
<p>Alwyn</p>