Flush Bracket 120: Lechlade Bridge   

Flush Bracket on W. face of Lechlade Bridge over River Thames [2GL] - FB reported destroyed 04/03/1975.

Location
Grid reference: SU 2133 9933.
Landranger 163: Cheltenham & Cirencester, Stow-on-the-Wold.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB120.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

G3656	Lechlade on Thames, Market Place 310.16m to the north.
G3657	Lechlade on Thames, Downington 655.13m to the northwest.
121	Inglesham 991.26m to the southwest.
G3655	Trout Inn 1.00km to the east.
119	St. John's Bridge 1.01km to the east.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Buckland, 12.35km to the east.

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 237.1260 feet [72.2760 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Buckland to Sapperton levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on W. face of Lechlade Bridge over River Thames.

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

Logged Visits
Logged on 9th July 2006 by lackofluke. Condition: Probably destroyed.
This one's been annoying me since I failed to find it a couple of weeks ago. However I now no longer believe it is there. After trampling down some of the vegetation by the W side of the bridge, I spotted a very suspicious-looking hole where I can quite imagine the FB was.

Logged on 24th June 2006 by lackofluke. Condition: Couldn't find it.
West face of bridge was covered with nettles, brambles and suchlike. Worth a revisit in the winter when all the grot has died down. I couldn't see it when I was there, but since it has been re-used on the 3GL Buckland-Sapperton line I think there's a good chance it's still there.