Clattern Bridge - High Street, Kingston upon Thames, London, UK
N 51° 24.521 W 000° 18.411
30U E 687297 N 5698715
Clattern Bridge is located in the High Street at Kingston upon Thames. The thirteenth century arch bridge spans the Hogsmill River that joins the River Thames approximately 130 metres to the north west of the bridge.
Waymark Code: WMNRKJ
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/26/2015
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The UK Attraction website tells us:
Clattern Bridge is a scheduled ancient monument and dates back to 1293. The bridge that crosses the tiny tributary of Hogsmill is one of the oldest recorded bridges in the south of England and is of particular historical and architectural interest. The medieval name ‘Claterynbrugge’ is thought to have been descriptive of the sound of Horses crossing the bridge on the way to the busy Kingston Marketplace. The stone arches on the downstream section of the bridge are the oldest part of the bridge which until Victorian times was only 8 feet wide.
The BBC website tells us about the Clattern Bridge:
The Clattern Bridge crosses over the River Hogsmill, just before it joins the River Thames. The stone arch on the downstream side are the oldest parts of the bridge. The original Clattern Bridge was only eight feet wide and the oldest bit is still driven over every day.
It was built in 1293. It was called the Clattern Bridge because you could hear horses hoofs crossing the Bridge. On the bridge there is a badge with the three fishes of Kingston. This is the Coat of Arms of Kingston dated 1623. The shield shows three silver salmon on a background of blue.
One of the Domesday Book entries for Kingston mentions three salmon fisheries in the Thames at Kingston. In 1984 some small salmon were put back into the river as the river is now getting cleaner.
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