Richmond Bridge Gkriniaris

Places in History is an ongoing project. It uses placemarks in Google Maps to identify the exact position of a building, street or other feature, with a satellite view of the location. The maps link to pages in HistoryWorld for historical details and images, and to timelines in TimeSearch for a broader range of data.

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Richmond and Sheen – Richmond Bridge



1774 - A tontine is launched in Richmond to raise money for the construction of a bridge across the Thames

1777 - Richmond Bridge, designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse, opens to traffic (and is now the oldest bridge in London)

1865 - The last survivor of the Richmond tontine dies, at the age of 91, ending the payment of interest and making the Richmond Bridge free of tolls

1774 - Richmond Bridge is widened, to accommodate modern traffic, with the original stones used to clad the extension



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Richmond and Sheen timeline

Sources  for this page Gascoigne 1, 27; Pevsner 2, 716

Contributors   to this page BG (RLHS)


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