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Architecture Notes
Event ID 795371
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Architecture Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/795371
NMRS REFERENCE:
Glasgow, Stockwell Bridge, Old Glasgow Bridge, Bishop Rae's Bridge, Old Stockwell Bridge.
Bishop William Rae (d. 1367) ordered the building of Old Glasgow Bridge (Bishop Rae's Bridge/Stockwell Bridge) in 1345-1350. The bridge was removed in 1851 and replaced by the Victoria Bridge.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Stockwell Bridge
The Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
Glasgow in Former Times I - 2 Engravings
Glasgow in Former Times II - pencil and wash
- 2 pencil being demolished May 1850
Swan's "Views of Glasgow" - 1 Engraving
Old Stockwell Bridge
Erected by Bishop Rae in 1345
The Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
Glasgow in Former Times I p.102 - Lithograph 1846
Glasgow in Former Times II - Engraving 1850
T.Fairburn Relics of Anc. Arch. No. 19 - Drawing
