Withypool, Somerset - Bridge - real photo postcard by Blackmore c.1950s

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  • Picture / Image:  Withypool Bridge [Somerset]
  • Publisher: Blackmore Photograph, Minehead
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Withypool Bridge carries a small road over the River Barle at Withypool in Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.^[1]

The red sandstone bridge was built in the 19th century.^[1] It replaced an earlier bridge 100 metres (330 ft) upstream of the current site and is therefore shown on some maps as "New Bridge".^[2][3]

The bridge was restored in 1866 and again in 1983.^[1]

Withypool (formerly Widepolle, Widipol, Withypoole) is a small village in Somerset, England, near the centre of Exmoor National Park and close to the border with Devon. The word Withy means "willow". The civil parish, known as Withypool and Hawkridge, covers 3,097 hectares (7,653 acres), includes the village of Hawkridge and has a population around 201.^[1]

Withypool is in the Barle Valley on the River Barle. The village lies on the route of the Two Moors Way and the Celtic Way Exmoor Option.

To the southwest of the village lie Withypool Common and Withypool Hill.

The area around Withypool has been inhabited since the Bronze Age and the Withypool Stone Circle can still be seen on top of Withypool Hill. The Brightworthy barrows lie on the Common; of three original, two survive.^[2][3]

Withypool is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being tended by three foresters: Dodo, Almer and Godric.^[4] The parishes of Hawkridge and Withypool were part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred.^[5]

In the 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer was in charge of the village in his duties as forester of North Petherton.

The red sandstone Withypool Bridge (or New Bridge) carries a small road over the River Barle. It was built in the 19th century and is a Grade II* listed building.^[6][7][8]