{"id":244,"date":"2016-09-18T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T15:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2019-09-06T09:30:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T08:30:16","slug":"boyton-bridge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/the-place\/bridges-of-the-launceston-area\/boyton-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Boyton Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-246\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-246\" src=\"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-1-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Boyton Bridge by Nick Hairs.\" width=\"476\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Boyton Bridge by Nick Hairs.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The original Boyton Bridge which spanned the <a href=\"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/the-place\/rivers-of-launceston\/river-tamar\/\">River Tamar<\/a> was of timber on masonry foundations from around 1614. With <a href=\"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/the-parishes\/boyton\/\">Boyton<\/a> being part of Devon until the 1960\u2019s it is to the Devon Michaelmas sessions of 1614 that we obtain the first mention of the bridge \u2018a Bridge lyinge over the River Tamar called Boiton Bridge in decaie but known not who are to repaire the same.\u2019<br \/>\nThis was replaced with a more sturdy stone construction. In 1875 the bridge was rebuilt with a cast iron concern and this was to remain in place for over a hundred years. In 2005 it was decided that the bridge would not be able to cope with the increased weight and volume of traffic, so this was replaced over a six week period with a modest 12m span concrete slab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-249\" src=\"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-2-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"boyton-bridge-2\" width=\"439\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-2-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-2.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-245\" src=\"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"boyton-bridge\" width=\"389\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-248\" src=\"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge.-Photo-by-John-Neale.-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"boyton-bridge-photo-by-john-neale\" width=\"458\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge.-Photo-by-John-Neale.-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge.-Photo-by-John-Neale..jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-247\" src=\"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-2005-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"boyton-bridge-2005\" width=\"397\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-2005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Boyton-Bridge-2005.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visits: 289<\/p><!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-244\" data-postid=\"244\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-244 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. The original Boyton Bridge which spanned the River Tamar was of timber on masonry foundations from around 1614. With Boyton being part of Devon until the 1960\u2019s it is to the Devon Michaelmas sessions of 1614 that we obtain the first mention of the bridge \u2018a Bridge lyinge over the River Tamar called Boiton [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":146,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44870,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244\/revisions\/44870"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}