River Isle Structures

Hort Bridge

 

       
Bridge Name:   Hort Bridge
No.:   39
Location:   West of Ilminster 334569/115238
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Description:    
Carries the B3168

The river Isle runs through this parish about a mile westward from the town, where it crosses the turnpike road to Taunton under a stone bridge of four small arches, called Hort bridge, built and supported by the trustees of the free grammar-school here.1

     
References:   1.The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset 1791 by John Collinson