Description

KINGSTON BAGPUIZE WITH SOUTHMOOR WITNEY ROAD
SP40SW (West side)
2/123 New Bridge and flanking walls
09/02/66 (that part in Kingston
Bagpuize C.P.)
(Formerly listed as New Bridge
(that part in Abingdon Rd.))

GV II*

Bridge. C14 with later repairs. Coursed and dressed limestone. 6 pointed arches
to entries are divided by prominent cutwaters which provide refuges for
travellers above. Groins of 2 central arches have lateral ribs surviving. New
Bridge is the most complete medieval bridge in Oxfordshire, and was the scene of
skirmishes in the Civil War when Parliamentary forces under Waller attempted to
cross the bridge in order to surround Oxford and capture the King. Scheduled as
an Ancient Monument.
(M.R, Toynbee, "Radcot Bridge and Newbridge", Oxonensia Vol.14 (1949), pp.46-53;
Medieval Bridges in Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire Museums Information Sheet No. 17;
Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.161).

Listing NGR: SP4036401387

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)