Wash Bridge and sheepwash. (1)
Wash Bridge is Wath Bridge, c 1620; Wash Bridge, 1770. The C17 spelling, if not a clerical error, may be derived from ON "vad" - ford. (2)
The present bridge, of stone and brick, bears the inscribed date 1838; no structural remains of an earlier period were identifiable. Cemented stone walling E and W of the bridge probably constitute the remains of the sheepwash. (4)
A single span structure. Above the keystone is the name 'J. Barnard'. There were no visible remains of the sheepwash, which originally stood to the NW. A rare example of a stone bridge with brick arches but stone keys. The only other example is the Brace Bridge (M17956). (5)

Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

Sketch, (5)

Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

2, digital

<1> OS, 1938, 1:2500, County Series 1938 (Map). SNT1034.

Other Refs: 34/13

<2> Gover, Mawer & Stenton, 1940, Place Names of Nottinghamshire, p 162 (Published document). SNT670.

<3> Peverel Archaeology Group, 1954, Ann Rept 6, p 24 (Published document). SNT1124.

<4> Colquhoun FD, 1960, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT575.

<5> Cauldwell JA and White J, 2003, Bridges Survey (Unpublished document). SNT1665.