Bideford Long Bridge and Bideford Bridge Trust
Other Business Names:
- Bideford Bridge Feoffes
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bideford, Devon, Devon, South West, England
Sectors:
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Transport services
Road management services inc turnpikes & road bridges & tunnels
Notes:
First bridge built at end of 13th century. Subsequently rebuilt and remodelled several times. For long administered by Bideford Bridge Feoffes which maintained significant assets including large local property portfolio from which income was partly used to pay for upkeep. 1968 bridge vested in Ministry of Transport with trust remaining in being. Income of trust was and is used for charitable purposes - education, social services, philanthropy
Publications:
- Bideford Bridge by Rogers, William H
- Long Bridge at Bideford through the Centuries by Whiting, Frank E
- Long Bridge at Bideford under the restored monarchy by Duncan, Alexander G
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bideford Bridge Feoffes
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bideford, Devon, Devon, South West, England
Sectors:
- Transport services Road management services inc turnpikes & road bridges & tunnels
Notes:
First bridge built at end of 13th century. Subsequently rebuilt and remodelled several times. For long administered by Bideford Bridge Feoffes which maintained significant assets including large local property portfolio from which income was partly used to pay for upkeep. 1968 bridge vested in Ministry of Transport with trust remaining in being. Income of trust was and is used for charitable purposes - education, social services, philanthropyPublications:
- Bideford Bridge by Rogers, William H
- Long Bridge at Bideford through the Centuries by Whiting, Frank E
- Long Bridge at Bideford under the restored monarchy by Duncan, Alexander G