Tone Bridge - Goodland Gardens, Taunton - River Tone

Heading towards the Museum of Somerset. Near the Tone Bridge at the River Tone, went into Goodland Gardens.

Goodland Gardens was opened in March 1971 alongside the River Tone. By the then Mayor of Taunton, Councillor St. Carew-Fisher . The cost of the gardens was met out of a bequest made to the Borough of Taunton by Mr James Easton Goodland to commemorate the life and work of Alderman William Goodland, Mayor of Taunton 1898 - 1899.

Goodland Gardens was created in 1971 in memory of Alderman William Goodland (1844-1926), a former mayor of Taunton. The gardens lies between the River Tone and Taunton Castle. Taunton's Anglo-Saxon corn mill probably stood in this area. The mill stream which still flows through the gardens may have been created as early as the 1200s and begins at French Weir, half a mile to the west.

The site was the scene of fierce action during the Civil War in 1645 when the castle was bombarded by Royalist besiegers. By the 1800s the site was dominated by Town Mills and the Town Brewery, both which continued to operated until they were both demolished in 1956 to 1957.

Town Bridge stands at the entrance to the gardens was was built in 1895. There was at least two earlier bridges. The first existed by 1280 and survived until 1834. Near it was Taunton's House of Correction which served as the Borough Prison.

Goodland Gardens was re-landscaped in 2012, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.

The Tone Bridge on The Bridge in Taunton.

Grade II Listed

Tone Bridge

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1. TONE BRIDGE
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Tone Bridge
ST 2724 NE 9/393
II GV
2.
Large girder bridge built 1895 to the designs of J H Smith and carrying the main
road north over the River Tone. Slightly curved roadway constructed of large girders
supported by 2 rows of circular columns with weatherings. On the outer side these
columns support piers with large volutes and shields containing the Taunton Borough's
coat of arms. The piers are surmounted by 4 good double lamp standards with entwined
dolphins and scallop shells at bases, scrolled foliage to globe brackets and finials.
These globe lamps are said to be part of the earliest electric street lighting
installed in a town in Britian. (see under the Parade). Good ironwork handrails
flank roadway, turned balusters with crocket capitals and openwork panels comparable
to the Vivary Park gates.

Tone Bridge and Nos 5 to 9 (odd) The Bridge (West Side) form a group.

Listing NGR: ST2265624818

The River Tone. Direction towards Somerset County Cricket Club.

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Taken in: UK / England / Taunton Deane District / Taunton (show map)

Taken on: August 28, 2021

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Grade II Listed

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