Somerset Rivers
River Tone Structures

Trace Bridge

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Bridge Name:   Trace Bridge
No.:   26
Location:    
Build Date:   Between 1765 and 1768
Engineer:   Robert Pierce – Mason
     
       
 
Description:    
“The bridge was an essential part of the hamlet from 1592; another bridge was built in 1742 for which the overseers of Stawley paid �3 18s 8d. This in turn was replaced by a stone bridge which still survives”
     
References:   Tracebridge Stawley 1984 by Eric G Rodwell