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Fairview Way, STAFFORD, ST17 0AU

Bridge 100 on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.

This is the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near Weeping Cross, Stafford. Ahead is Baswick Bridge, No 100. On Victorian maps and since, this is listed as Baswich Bridge (near the corresponding Baswich Holy Trinity Church) so the spelling on the bridge plate may just be an error. Even Berkswich would be more appropriate.

Looking south-west, Baswick Bridge (near Baswich!) is No 100 across the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. It is a farmer's accommodation bridge allowing access to the meadows on the Penk/Sow flood plain (off to the right). The fields which were off to the left have long been built over with housing. On Victorian maps and since, this is listed as Baswich Bridge (near the corresponding Baswich Holy Trinity Church) so the spelling on the bridge plate may just be an error. Even Berkswich would be more appropriate.

Looking south-west, Baswick Bridge (near Baswich!) is No 100 across the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. It is a farmer's accommodation bridge allowing access to the meadows on the Penk/Sow flood plain (off to the right). The fields which were off to the left have long been built over with housing. On Victorian maps and since, this is listed as Baswich Bridge (near the corresponding Baswich Holy Trinity Church) so the spelling on the bridge plate may just be an error. Even Berkswich would be more appropriate.

Whoever is responsible for this mess has been here for some time. I didn't check what was in the cage. Baswick Bridge, No 100 over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. On Victorian maps and since, this is listed as Baswich Bridge (near the corresponding Baswich Holy Trinity Church) so the spelling on the bridge plate may just be an error. Even Berkswich would be more appropriate.

Baswick Bridge is No 100 over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. This was purely a farmer's accommodation bridge, but with the land to the right fully covered with housing estates I am not sure how it is used. Certainly the meadows to the left by the River Penk still need occasional access. In August 2013, someone was dossing under the bridge and his possessions partly block the towpath! Image] On Victorian maps and since, this is listed as Baswich Bridge (near the corresponding Baswich Holy Trinity Church) so the spelling on the bridge plate may just be an error. Even Berkswich would be more appropriate.

Looking north towards Great Haywood Junction, Baswick Bridge is No 100 across the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, near Baswich! It was originally a farmer's accommodation bridge, but now functions as a footbridge giving access to and from Fairview Way in the housing estate. On Victorian maps and since, this is listed as Baswich Bridge (near the corresponding Baswich Holy Trinity Church) so the spelling on the bridge plate may just be an error. Even Berkswich would be more appropriate.

Baswick Bridge is No 100 across the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. There is access to Fairview Way off to the left, and meadows by the Deepmore Drain and the River Penk off to the right, though I am unsure of the public status of that. On Victorian maps and since, this is listed as Baswich Bridge (near the corresponding Baswich Holy Trinity Church) so the spelling on the bridge plate may just be an error. Even Berkswich would be more appropriate.

Baswich Bridge* is No 100 across the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. It was just an accommodation bridge, but now also carries a public footpath allowing access from the housing estate off to the right. There is also access to the meadows off to the left. The Way for the Millennium passes along the towpath here. https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/environment/RightsofWay/distancewalks/ROWPromotedRouteMillennium.aspx#staffordshugborough * The bridge plate calls this Baswick Bridge, but this may be a BWB error. Maps since Victorian times use the more usual Baswich Bridge.

Looking north from Baswich Bridge.