NHER 17877 (Building record) - Guist Bridge, a post medieval toll bridge

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Summary

This former toll bridge was probably built in 1773 by William Norton a local landowner. The bridge is marked on Faden's map of Norfolk made in 1797.

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Location

Map sheet TF92NE
Civil Parish GUIST, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Marked as Guist Bridge on (S1) suggesting that the present bridge further west may have superceded it. Red brick building set partly on bridge over river, which bears plaque with date 177? (2?). Not marked on any map as tollgate and not comparable to any known Norfolk tollhouse. This may therefore have been a private venture and the tolls were for the bridge only. [1] reports meeting a man who could remember paying tolls there.
S. White (NAU), 22 January 1982.

June 2002. Listed, Grade II.
(S2) states that the date is 1773. A stone tablet marked with WN for William Norton, local landowner, and 1773 can be seen on the parapet of the downstream side of the bridge. The bridge is marked on (S3).
For further information see list description.
E. Rose (NLA), 14 August 2002.

National Grid Reference corrected from original TF 9969 2505.
M. Horlock (NLA), 13 April 2003.

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). TF 9925A.
  • --- Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF3483.
  • --- Photograph: CPN 19 (old), Q31.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..
  • <S2> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1360807.
  • <S3> Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2018 8:52AM

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