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Finding No
BRT2
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Date
1524-1675
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Status
open
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Level
series
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Enquire
Admin History
Administrative History The great stone bridge over the Avon at Stratford was built in the late 15th century by Hugh Clopton, a native of Stratford and Lord Mayor of London. It is thought that he intended to settle property on trustees for its upkeep and repair but he died before this could be accomplished. Instead the upkeep of the bridge became the responsibility of Bridgewardens, apparently elected annually at the Bridge Ale, whose income was derived from small grants of property. The money was spent not only on the bridge, but on providing an annual pageant of St. George and the Dragon and the maintenance of St. George's Chapel in the church. The Bridgewardens, however, worked closely with the Guild of the Holy Cross, and in the Charter of Incorporation of 1553 it is the latter who were claimed to have been responsible for the bridge, and an annual rent of £3 6s 8d was granted to the new Corporation out of the Guild estates for its maintenance. The Corporation had clearly taken over full responsibility by at least 1597.
- BRT Stratford-upon-Avon Borough: Records of transferred organizations, 1200-1924
- BRT1 Records of the Guild of the Holy Cross, 1250-1550
- BRT2 Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Bridgewardens, 1524-1675
- BRT2/1 Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Bridgewardens, 1524-1675
- BRT3 Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Peculiar Court, 1557-1727
- BRT4 Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Borough Sessions, 1600-1850
- BRT5 Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Bridge Commissioners, 1630-1880
- BRT6 Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Gas Company, 1834-1879
- BRT7 Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Board of Health, 1850 - 1880
- BRT8 Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Borough Vestry, 1617-1929
- BRT9 Old Stratford Vestry, 1617-1927
- BRT10 Records of the parish of Alveston, 1862-1927
- BRT11 Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon School of Art, 1881-1895
- BRT12 Records of the Stratford-upon-Avon Burial Board, 1879
- BRT13 Records of a Committee formed to purchase a fire-engine for the borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1810-1844
- BRT14 Papers relating to the Mayor's or Town Clerk's function as Returning Officer for the Stratford-upon-Avon School Board, 1884-1902
- BRT15 Stratford-upon-Avon Town Clerk as Deputy Registration Officer, 1920-1940
- BRT16 Mayor's or Town Clerk's function as Returning Officer for County Council elections in Stratford-upon-Avon, 1946-1958