Key Words :- bridge

Address :- Hildersham, Cambridgeshire, CB21
Grid Ref :- TL 54493 48567
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.113846 , Long 0.254816
Local Authority :- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Cambridgeshire
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1886 -

Description and History of Site:-
Lattice girder bridge over the Granta, constructed 1886 and bearing the name of the founder, J I Headly, Mill Road, Cambridge.

Plaque inscription:

This bridge was erected and the approaches thereto with the new watercourse were made at the cost of Elisabeth Goodwin Hemington and given by her to the parish of Hildersham for the use and benefit of the inhabitants thereof. Ferdinand Huddleston Esqr lord of the manor, Robert Goodwin R D, rector of the parish, Samuel Conder, contractor and manager of the works. A.D. 1886

Further Reading and References:-
Alderton, David and Booker, John. 'The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia'. Batsford, 1980
Balchin, Nigel and Filby, Peter. 'A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough'. AIA, 2001

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