Bury St Edmunds Eastgate Bridge (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Bury St Edmunds.
In the historic county of Suffolk.
Modern Authority of Suffolk.
1974 county of Suffolk.
Medieval County of Suffolk.

OS Map Grid Reference: TL85736433
Latitude 52.24598° Longitude 0.71915°

Bury St Edmunds Eastgate Bridge has been described as a Fortified Bridge although is doubtful that it was such.

There are no visible remains.

Description

Peter McKeague - no information other than name published on OS map from 1961 (Bruce Watson working list 2013)

'Eastgate Bridge (site of)' located at cited NGR on OS 1886. Actual bridge depicted on Warren's 1747 and Downings 1740 maps. Just to NE of present Eastgate Bridge? Construction date unknown but clearly medieval, 5 arched, form shown on pre 1832 engraving with bridge chapel, on stone piers, on south side of bridge. Removed 1840. Road widens into Broad Way to SW and house (shown on engraving?) frontage to NE splays to align with location. (Suffolk HER)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 382551.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) BSE 147.

Periodical Articles
- Smith, J.T., 1951, 'A note on the origin of the town-plan of Bury St. Edmunds' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 108 p. 161-4 online copy
  Morant, A.W., 1873, 'On the Abbey of Bury St Edmund's' Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History Vol. 4 p. 397-402 online copy
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Bruce Watson, 2013 Sept, Gazetteer of fortified bridges (working list kindly shared with Gatehouse)

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