Monument record HGM 015 - Higham Bridge

Bridge over River Brett shown on Bowen's 1755 and Hodskinson's 1783 maps (S1)(S2).
1697: Sums of 60 and 150 pounds paid `for building Higham Bridge - being a County Bridge and rebuilt by order of this court' (S3). The exact site of the pre 1697 bridge is unknown.
1846: The Justices had considered `pulling down & rebuilding a certain bridge called Higham' in January 1846. Plans submitted at Bury in March by Mr John Whiting. The tendor granted to Wm Parkes Ribbons of Ipswich to rebuild the bridge for 290 pounds, using `materials arising from the old bridge'. It continues, `The present bridge to be taken down, all the foundations to be taken up and the materials properly cleaned and packed .... the old materials of the present bridge may be used'. The document contains a host of other detail (S4).
In 1880 described as `Arched iron girder bridge, of 29 feet 3 inches waterway, with parapets of iron standards and rails, & brick piers at ends, and brick wings. Roadway 19 feet .... Rebuilt 1872' (S5).
1996: No trace of pre 1846 bridge survive (S6).