Site Event/Activity record ENT450 - FIELD OBSERVATION AT WINTHORPE

Location

Location
Grid reference SK 80900 57400 (point)
Map sheet SK85NW
District Newark
Civil Parish Winthorpe, Newark

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Unknown

Date

1792-3

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Description

The summer months of 1792 and 1793 being extremely dry, the foundations of an immense bridge appeared in the river Trent (rendered shallow by the drought) near to the little village of Winthorpe by Newark. (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Dickinson W. 1819. The History and Antiquities of the Town of Southwell. pp 92-3.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Remains of bridge, Winthorpe (Element)

Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:36AM

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