Gateway To Penstone - Penstone Bridge
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THE GATEWAY TO PENSTONE The memories of a Victorian structure as told to me by the late Penstone Bridge I was erected some 170 years ago together with my “twin”, Waterleat Bridge, a couple of hundred yards south, who for unknown reasons has recently been labelled Yeoford Bridge. In reference books, it is Waterleat Bridge No 573, 183 miles from Waterloo. We were built to enable the railway, which had recently been extended from Bristol to Exeter, to carry its passengers and goods through to Barnstaple. Read more...