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New Bridge, Widcombe, Bath 1862

New Bridge, Widcombe, Bath 1862

Image Reference: 41661
Image Date: 1862
Measurements: 2.7 x 6.5 cm
Medium: newspaper
Collection: Scrapbooks
Library Reference: Hunt Vol. 3, p.19
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: It is planned to build a footbridge to connect Widcombe with the railway station. It is to be built by Messrs. Hickes and Isaac. It became known as the Halfpenny Bridge due to the toll charged to cross. It collapsed in 1877.
Newspaper cutting, August 1862.

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