Monument record BNT 026 - Cattawade Bridge/s

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Summary

Cattawade Bridge/s, listed building.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 1007 3284 (416m by 475m) Centred on
Map sheet TM13SW
Civil Parish BRANTHAM, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (5)

Full Description

Cattawade Bridges. Listed Building Grade II. Shown on Bowen's, Saxton's, Speede's and Hodskinson's maps (S1)(S2)(S4)(S5) crossing Catawade Creek & River Stour. First crossing point of Stour into Essex, especially from Ipswich. Area defined includes (both?) bridges and causeway.
Cattawade Bridge has three semicircular arches spanning a distance of 24 yards. It is built of brick, but has stone arch-rings, and a stone string-course at the road level. The width between parapets is 15 feet.
Walter de Suffield, Bishop of Norwich, who died in 1256, left the sum of 2 marks towards the repair of `Cattawade Bridge', and in 1350 Roger de Kenton, warden of the bridge, applied for a grant of land `on the high road, to himself and his successor', in order that he might build a chapel by the bridge. The confirmation of this grant is recorded in the Patent Rolls of June that year, and it was specified therein that the plot of land was to be `100 feet long and 48 feet broad, parcel of the King's highway by the causey of the bridge, and of a value of one half-pence yearly and no more'. The chapel was to be dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Ten years later protection was granted to the hermit of `Cattawade', to seek alms towards the maintenance of the bridge and causeway, and the Quarter Sessions Records for the County of Essex, include many entries of money spent on the repair of Cattawade Bridge, including 105 pounds in 1653 and 250 pounds in 1680 (S3).
Extent of survival of earlier elements not established.
Chapel of St Mary occupied by hermit Br. John attewelle in 1360. (S6)

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Jervoise, E.. 1932. The Ancient Bridges of Mid and Eastern England. 128-129 fig 69.
  • --- Cartographic materials: Bowen E. 1755. Accurate Map of the County of Suffolk.
  • <S1> (No record type): Hodskinson J, Map "The County of Suffolk surveyed", 1783.
  • <S4> (No record type): Saxton C, map, SVFFOLCIAE, 1575.
  • <S5> (No record type): Speede J, map, Suffoke Described, 1610.
  • <S6> Bibliographic reference: Clay, R.M.. 1914. The Hermits and Anchorites of England. 248-249.

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Oct 3 2016 11:16AM

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