Listed Building record MDO11179 - Blandford Bridge, Blandford Forum

BLANDFORD BRIDGE carries the road from Blandford to Dorchester across the R. Stour, 1/2 m. S. of the town. The main bridge, with six arches, is separated from the town by a belt of water-meadow, across which the road is carried on a causeway and two other bridges respectively of two and three arches. All three bridges are of Greensand with a certain amount of brown Heathstone, especially on the W. side. The main bridge is mentioned in the Quarter Sessions records of 1631 as being in need of repair, and similar references occur throughout the 17th century. In 1726 an order was made for the bridge to be thoroughly restored and for a causeway to be built across the adjacent marsh. <2-3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1971 (Map). SWX1197.

(ST 88350600) Blandford Bridge

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 22 (Monograph). SDO146.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1973, DOE (HHR) Blandford Forum RD Dorset September 1973, 2 (Scheduling record). SDO17703.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205501 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 24 2022 2:37PM