# Hythe Bridge

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{{Short description|Bridge in Oxford, England}}
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[[File:CastleMillStream.jpg|thumb|The [Castle Mill Stream](/source/Castle_Mill_Stream) flowing under Hythe Bridge.]]
thumb|Hythe Bridge and the Oxford Retreat pub, viewed from the north.

'''Hythe Bridge''' (formerly known as '''High Bridge'''<ref name="hibbert">{{cite book | title=[The Encyclopaedia of Oxford](/source/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Oxford) | publisher=[Macmillan](/source/Macmillan_Publishers) | chapter=Hythe Bridge | year=1988 | page=190 | isbn=0-333-39917-X | editor-last=Hibbert |editor-first=Christopher |editor-link=Christopher Hibbert }}</ref>) is a [Victorian](/source/Victorian_era) flat [cast iron](/source/cast_iron) beamed bridge on [Hythe Bridge Street](/source/Hythe_Bridge_Street) in the west of central [Oxford](/source/Oxford), [England](/source/England).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://thames.me.uk/s01790.htm | title=Old River | work=thames.me.uk | accessdate=3 June 2012}}</ref> It spans the [Castle Mill Stream](/source/Castle_Mill_Stream), a backwater of the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames). Hythe Bridge forms part of the main [arterial route](/source/arterial_route) west of Oxford. It lies on the A4144, which continues west as the [Botley Road](/source/Botley_Road) ([A420](/source/A420_road)).

The first bridge here, probably of wooden construction, was built by [Oseney Abbey](/source/Oseney_Abbey) in 1200–10.<ref name="hibbert" /> A stone bridge was built in 1383. It was a round-arched bridge with three arches. The current iron bridge was designed by John Galpin, an Oxford-based engineer, in 1861. The name "Hythe" is derived from the "hithe" ([wharf](/source/wharf)) that used to be located by the bridge. "Hithe" is a [Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxon) word that means a landing place.

Immediately to the northeast of Hythe Bridge is the current southern end of the [Oxford Canal](/source/Oxford_Canal). This used to continue south of Hythe Bridge Street to a basin with wharves that in 1951 was filled in and is now a [car park](/source/car_park) and part of [Nuffield College](/source/Nuffield_College%2C_Oxford).

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ngcc.org.uk/DesktopModules/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=1032 Hythe Bridge information]
* [http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0007804 Structurae: Hythe Bridge]
* [http://thames.me.uk/s01790.htm Photographs and engraving]
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Category:Bridges completed in 1861
Category:Bridges in Oxford
Category:1861 establishments in England

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