Longstone Bridge is a Grade II listed structure, achieving the status on 19 May 1971. Longstone is an old towpath bridge on the west side of the River Trent about 300 yards upstream of the Town Lock. The main flow of the river, bypassing the lock, flows under this bridge and then over a weir. As the name implies, it is a long stone bridge, with an overall length of 246ft and a width between parapets of 3ft. It has seven low arches, each with a span of 19ft. It was built by the Newark Navigation Commissioners, replacing a timber bridge that had stood on the same site. There is some confusion as to the date of construction with some sources giving 1819, but others 1827. The parapets consist of enormous stone blocks, 3ft high, with rounded tops. A curious feature is a distinct dip in the parapets and paving setts in the middle. Parnham’s Flour Mill used to stand on the left bank of the lock approach, just downstream of Longstone Bridge, but has been completely demolished, and only traces of the foundations remain.
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THE CACHE
On the far side of the bridge is some green fencing. There are A number of panels and B number of posts.
The cache can be found at:
N 53 04. (52 x B)
W 000 49. (22 x A)
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing run by Billiethecat, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it here:- https://littlebridgesseries.wordpress.com/ . If you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan on stanthews@aol.com and he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xxxx then the name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.