Chepstow features [14]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 3 Sep 2022

An information board about the tubular suspension bridge that once carried the railway over the River Wye. Much of the superstructure was replaced in 1962 by an underhung truss, but Brunel's cast iron pillars for the original bridge, still support the modern bridge. The bridge is listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1186666 Chepstow, the most easterly town in Wales, is located on the tidal River Wye, some 3 miles above its confluence with the River Severn. There is evidence of continuous human occupation from the Mesolithic period. The town grew in importance when the Normans erected a castle at what was the lowest bridging point of the River Wye. The town flourished as a port, being exempt from English taxation, and it mainly traded in timber and bark from the Wye Valley. The town became an important centre for tourism from the late eighteenth century.

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