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Bridge over Dramway Approximately 200 Metres South West of Carsons Road

A Grade II Listed Building in Siston, South Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4716 / 51°28'17"N

Longitude: -2.4815 / 2°28'53"W

OS Eastings: 366651

OS Northings: 174848

OS Grid: ST666748

Mapcode National: GBR JW.LGJ3

Mapcode Global: VH88P.X8ZP

Plus Code: 9C3VFGC9+J9

Entry Name: Bridge over Dramway Approximately 200 Metres South West of Carsons Road

Listing Date: 19 May 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1116361

English Heritage Legacy ID: 350665

ID on this website: 101116361

Location: Lower Soundwell, South Gloucestershire, BS16

County: South Gloucestershire

Civil Parish: Siston

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Syston

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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ST 67 SE SISTON CARSONS ROAD
980-0/4/10005 Bridge over Dramway
approx 200m SW of
Carsons Road
II
Former road bridge over the former Avon and Gloucestershire Tramway (known
locally as the Dramway); route truncated by later adjacent railway.
Opened 1831. Pennant rubble battered abutment walls, curved on plan,
with lias string and quoins and elliptical arch with plain keystone.
Known locally as the Ghost bridge. One of a number of structures
associated with a horsedrawn tramway taking in all the local coal pits.
(R Barber, The Dramway, 1986, Avon Industrial Buildings Trust).


Listing NGR: ST6665174848

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