Old Bridge Marker on Hawthorns Road, Hope Mansell
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Old Bridge Marker on Hawthorns Road, Hope Mansell
Image: © Roadside Relics Taken: 26 Mar 2022
Bridge Marker in the northeast parapet of a bridge on Hawthorns Road over the disused Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Junction Railway. Hope Mansell parish. Inscribed G.W.R. possibly above S D C. The bridge is on a railway line built c.1874 by different contractors for the Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Junction Railway Company. This company was absorbed by the GWR in 1880, who completed the line soon after. The stone is thought to mark the Great Western Railway's ownership of, or responsibility for, the bridge. The vertical groove next to the stone is unexplained but might show where a bridge weight plate, e.g. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6463518, was fixed to the parapet. Milestone Society National ID: HF_HOPEMA01br
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Image Location
Latitude
51.87155
Longitude
-2.518772