Renumbering of the Stratford-Upon-Avon bridges

[tengreenbottles]

When were the Stratford-upon-Avon bridges re-numbered ? Bridges 70 and 69 on this map are now 4 and 6 .

[Heartland]

What is date if this map ?

The look of it is first ordnance survey. 

[Chris Lowe]

Ceertainly looks first OS the later ones aren't coloured.

[Dorlan]

2 hours ago, Heartland said:

What is date if this map ?

The look of it is first ordnance survey. 

It was surveyed and published in 1883.

The maps published in 1886 don't give the bridge numbers.

Edited September 10, 2021 by Dorlan

[Dorlan]

I wouldn't surprised if the bridges were originally numbered from the Kings Norton end and that the OS has numbered the bridges incorrectly.

Building the canal started in November 1793 from Kings Norton, and it wasn't until May 1802 that it reached Kingswood, where a junction with the Warwick & Birmingham Canal was made and the canal opened for trade.

Construction of the canal southwards then stopped and it wasn't until 1812 that it restarted, with canal being completed in 1816.

[Heartland]

Ah 1883, I wonder if that is significant. Certainly later the bridges were numbered from the Kings Norton end later.

 

The Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway took over the canal and then the GWR had it. Bridge renumbering might have been a factor then, but if so why was not this revised system retained.

 

The next question relates to the 1883 map, which may be a an early copy of the later published map and to how accurate it was.

 

[Chris Lowe]

You need towatch for the map makers playing possible games in 1883.