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High Bridge (Hammersmith)

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234:, mention a surrender, dated Whit Tuesday in that year, by Richard Arnold and Margaret his wife, of lands including an acre at "Highbridge, Hamersmyth". On 30 April 1550, Thomas Essex presented in respect of a wharf leading from "le Strond in Hamersmyth" to the bridge there called "le Highebridge". On 12 March 1648 or 1649, leave was given to Robert Oustler to let to farm his cottages "prope le High Bridge in Hamersmyth". On 17 October 1650, Court Rolls mention premises surrendered by James Reeve, bounded by the Thames on the south and the footway leading from the bridge called Highbridge on the north. 264: 373:
The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Hammersmith: Interspersed with Biographical Notices of Illustrious and Eminent Persons, who Have Been Born, Or who Have Resided in the Parish, During the Three Preceding
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Handbook of the environs of London; containing an account of Levery town and village and of all places of interest within a circle of miles round London
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Today, the bridge is still marked by a raised hump in the gardens and a flowerbed in
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The exact date of the bridge's construction is unknown. In 1541, the Fulham
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Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
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High Bridge labelled on an Ordnance Survey map (1866).
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Coordinates
51°29′27″N 0°14′02″W / 51.490801°N 0.23399502°W / 51.490801; -0.23399502
OS grid reference
TQ227783
Hammersmith Creek
London
Suspension bridge
footbridge
Hammersmith Creek
Hammersmith
London
flying bomb
Furnival Gardens
Stamford Brook
King Street
River Thames
Lower Mall
Upper Mall
Court Rolls
Bishop Henry Compton
Hammersmith Creek
River Thames
foot-bridge
Bishop Thomas Sherlock

Bishop William Howley
Bishop Charles Blomfield
footpaths
bridle paths
Lower Mall

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