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Bridge at Hoo Park

England
List entry 1003595
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003595
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
TL 19521 19411
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bridge at Hoo Park is a scheduled ancient monument located in Hertfordshire. The bridge represents an important example of medieval infrastructure within the landscape of the county. Its exact dating and original construction method reflect the building practices of its period, though its precise chronology and architectural details require reference to specialist archaeological and historical records. The monument survives as evidence of the communication networks and estate management systems that characterised medieval Hertfordshire.

Bridge at Hoo Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003595. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bridge at Hoo Park?

Bridge at Hoo Park is a scheduled ancient monument located in Hertfordshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Bridge at Hoo Park?

Bridge at Hoo Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003595.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bridge at Hoo Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow in Graffridge Wood, 400m south east of Keepers Cottage (2.4 km), Roman barrow and Bronze Age bowl barrow in Graffridge Wood, 250m east of Wintergreen Cottages (2.7 km), Minsden Chapel (5.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bell barrow in Graffridge Wood, 400m south east of Keepers Cottage
2.4 km
Roman barrow and Bronze Age bowl barrow in Graffridge Wood, 250m east of Wintergreen Cottages
2.7 km
Minsden Chapel
5.2 km
Dicket Mead Roman villa
5.3 km
Lockleys Roman villa
5.3 km
The Six Hills Roman barrows
6 km
Wheathampstead earthwork incorporating Devils Dyke and the Slad
6.2 km
Whomerley Wood moated site
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bridge at Hoo Park

Bridge at Hoo Park stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Bridge at Hoo Park

St AlbansRoman town · ~8.5 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~24.1 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~14.1 miles
Domesday entry for Kimpton, Hertfordshire →
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