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Hammonds Bridge No 32

A Grade II Listed Building in Hadzor, Worcestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2543 / 52°15'15"N

Longitude: -2.1208 / 2°7'14"W

OS Eastings: 391848

OS Northings: 261794

OS Grid: SO918617

Mapcode National: GBR 1FH.QLZ

Mapcode Global: VH92H.6L5R

Plus Code: 9C4V7V3H+PM

Entry Name: Hammonds Bridge No 32

Listing Date: 26 August 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1081248

English Heritage Legacy ID: 147727

ID on this website: 101081248

Location: Shernal Green, Wychavon, Worcestershire, WR9

County: Worcestershire

District: Wychavon

Civil Parish: Hadzor

Traditional County: Worcestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire

Church of England Parish: Hadzor with Oddingley and Tibberton

Church of England Diocese: Worcester

Tagged with: Bridge Building

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Description


HADZOR CP WORCESTER & BIRMINGHAM CANAL
SO 96 SW
SO 91845181
3/51 (14/79)
Hammonds Bridge No 32
26.8.75
- II

Canal accommodation bridge. Early C19. Red brick with dressed sandstone
and blue brick parapet coping, partly repaired with concrete. Elliptical
arch and cambered sides; parapet has a 2-course band at its base, is splayed
at each end and is terminated by square piers. The Worcester and Birmingham
Canal was built for the Earl of Dudley between 1791 and 1815 to link the
Birmingham Canal Naviagations with the River Severn. Its primary purpose
was a means of supplying coal form the Black Country to the south-west
Midlands. The towpath runs beneath the east side of the bridge.


Listing NGR: SO9184861794

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