Flush Bracket 1132: Stokesay Bridge   

Flush Bracket on buttress of S. battlement of Stokesay Bridge over River Onny [2GL] - FB reported destroyed 08/05/1972.

Location
Grid reference: SO 4383 8183.
Landranger 137: Ludlow & Church Stretton, Wenlock Edge.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB1132.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

1133	Stokesay Castle Hotel 823.47m to the northwest.
1131	Whettleton Bank 974.17m to the south.
1130	Flaxford 1.97km to the southeast.
1135	Stratford Bridge 2.89km to the north.
1129	Onibury, Bridge Farm 3.23km to the southeast.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Church Stretton, 11.29km to the north.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 380.7960 feet [116.0666 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Suckley to Church Stretton levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on buttress of S. battlement of Stokesay Bridge over River Onny.

Third Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1950-68)
This flush bracket was used during the Third geodetic levelling, England & Wales. It was included on the Suckley to Church Stretton levelling line.

Logged Visits
Logged on 13th May 2006 by RodS. Condition: Probably destroyed.
Abutments of old bridge still visible to NE of present bridge. BM 116.69m on MasterMap at SO 4381 8185 is presumably NOT the FB.

Logged on 28th August 2005 by ted. Condition: Probably destroyed.
Bridge replaced in the 1960s when the road was realigned. Remains of the old bridge just N of the present one; overgrown with no sign of FB.