Wooden Footbridge, Little Haywood,

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Date:1880 - 1885 (c.)

Description:The footbridge carrying Meadow Lane across the Trent was built in 1830.

Previously the river was crossed by a ford, still used by cattle and horse-drawn vehicles after the bridge was constructed.

The wooden bridge was replaced by the stone Weetman's Bridge in 1887.

Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.

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Viaducts & Tunnels Rivers, Streams & Brooks Rivers & Streams River Trent Landscape & Aerial Views Bridges, Aqueducts, Viaducts & Tunnels Bridges

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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office

Donor ref:County Record Office No., D4080/3/20, img: 1813 (18/2260)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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