Tadpole Bridge

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locale= Bampton, Oxfordshire
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Tadpole Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire,England, carrying a road between Bampton, to the north and Buckland to the south. It crosses the Thames on the reach above Shifford Lock.

The bridge dates from the late 18th century, the earliest reference to it being in 1784. It is built of stone, and consists of one large arch. [Fred. S. Thacker "The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs" 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles]

The bridge takes the Thames Path across the river. Thacker noted that there was a public house near Yadpole Bridge called "The Trout" and at one time the legend over the door read "The Trout, kept by A. Herring".

ee also

*Crossings of the River Thames

References

River item line|upstream = southern bank
Radcot Bridge
downstream = northern bank
Tenfoot Bridge