Date:1860 - 1870 (c.)
Description:The Old Trent Bridge from the east bank, Burton-on-Trent. Burton Bridge is first mentioned in the very early 12th century, but there may have been a bridge here even earlier than that. The old bridge was 515 yards long, 15 feet wide and had 33 to 37 arches. As with many medieval bridges, it had a chapel. This stood at the town end and was demolished in about 1777. The bridge was widened to 26 feet in 1831. The old bridge was demolished between 1864 and 1876 and a shorter and wider new bridge opened in 1864. This is one of a series of postcards published around 1912 by J.S. Simnett of Burton-upon-Trent using some of their earlier photographs.
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Trent Bridge looking from Burton-upon-Trent across the River Trent towards Stapenhill and Winshill in ...
View from the Stapenhill end of Trent Bridge of damage caused to the construction works during the widening ...
The Old Trent Bridge from the east bank, Burton-on-Trent. Burton Bridge is first mentioned in the very ...
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Donor ref:P2023.013.0006 (37/49023)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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