List of Abbreviations to Common References

Books and pamphlets
(see the Bibliography for full details)

AB Archaeology of Bridges

ABMEE The Ancient Bridges of Mid and Eastern England, E. Jervoise

ABNE The Ancient Bridges of the North of England, E. Jervoise

ABSE The Ancient Bridges of the South of England, E. Jervoise

ABTB Arch Bridges and Their Builders 1735–1835, Ted Ruddock

ABWWE The Ancient Bridges of Wales and Western England, E. Jervoise

B’sB Bob’s Bridges, Robert Robson

BA Bridges and Aqueducts, Anthony Sealey

BarB Barton’s Bridges, Glen Atkinson

BB British Bridges, S. M. Johnson & C. W. Scott-Giles

BBeds Bridges of Bedfordshire, Angela Simco & Peter McKeague

BBL Bridge by Bridge through London, Tony Waters

BBPS Bridges of Britain: A Pictorial Survey, Geoffrey N. Wright

BBrec Bridges of Breconshire, Dewi Davies

BBt Bridges of Battle, Donald Featherstone

BCD The Bridges of the County of Durham, H. D. Pritchett

BCV Brunel’s Cornish Viaducts, John Binding

BE Bridge Engineering: A Global Perspective, Leonardo Fernández Troyano

BEVA Bridges Explained: Viaducts & Aqueducts, Trevor Yorke

BFB Built for Britain: Bridges to Beach Huts, Peter Ashley

BG Bridging the Gap, Peter Ashley

BHHI Bridges in Hampshire of Historic Interest, Hampshire County Council

BHRB Britain’s Historic Railway Buildings, Gordon Biddle

BiB Bridges in Britain, G. Bernard Wood

BiM Bridges in Moray, Alistair Scott

BL Bridging the Leven, Gordon Burns

BLP Bridges, Law and Power in Medieval England 700–1400, Alan Cooper

BLY The Bridges of Lancashire and Yorkshire, Margaret Slack

BM Bridging the Mersey, Dave Thompson

BME The Bridges of Medieval England: Transport and Society 400–1800, David Harrison

BMT The Bridges of Merthyr Tydfil, W. L. Davies

BND The Bridges of Northumberland and Durham, Frank Graham

BoB Bridges of Britain, Eric de Maré

BoK Bridges of the Kelvin, David Boyce

BoT Bridges over the Thames, Ruth & Jonathan Mindell

BOTB The Britannia and Other Tubular Bridges, John Rapley

BP Bridges of Peebles

BPJ Bridgescapes: A Personal Journey, L. Bruce Keith

BRB British Railway Bridges & Viaducts, Martin Smith

BRBV British Railway Bridges, David Walters

BRW Bridges of the River Wear, Keith Cockerill

BRWe Bridges of the River Wear (Institution of Civil Engineers)

BRWy Bridges on the River Wye, Alan Crow

BSP1 British Seaside Piers, Chris Mawson & Richard Riding

BSP2 British Seaside Piers, Anthony Wills & Tim Phillips

BTBV Brunel’s Timber Bridges and Viaducts, Brian Lewis

BTe Bridges over the Tees

BW The Bridges of Wales, Gwndaf Breese

CAB Canal Architecture in Britain, Frances Pratt

CB Cam Bridges, Richard J. Pierpoint

CBTT A Celebration of Bridges between the Tweed and the Tees, Ian Hartley & Mike Brown

CBVH Cornwall’s Bridge & Viaduct Heritage, Eric Kentley

CEHE Civil Engineering Heritage: Eastern and Central England, E. A. Labrum

CEHEA Civil Engineering Heritage: East Anglia, Peter Cross-Rudkin

CEHEM Civil Engineering Heritage: East Midlands, Barry Barton

CEHL Civil Engineering Heritage: London and the Thames Valley, Denis Smith

CEHN Civil Engineering Heritage: Northern England, R. W. Rennison

CEHS Civil Engineering Heritage: Southern England, R. A. Otter

CEHSH Civil Engineering Heritage: Scotland Highlands and Islands, Roland Paxton & Jim Shipway

CEHSL Civil Engineering Heritage: Scotland Lowlands and Borders, Roland Paxton & Jim Shipway

CEHW Civil Engineering Heritage: Wales, Keith Thomas

CEHWM Civil Engineering Heritage: In the West Midlands, Roger Cragg

CLR Crossing London’s River, John Pudney

CO Crossin’ O’er: About Our Bridges — Past and Present, S. Roy Davey

CoB A Century of Bridges, Chris Witts

ConcB Concrete Bridges

CR Crossing the River: The History of London’s Thames River Bridges from Richmond to the Tower, Brian Cookson

CRT Cross River Traffic: A History of London’s Bridges, Chris Roberts

CT Crossing the Tyne, Frank Manders & Richard Potts

DB Discovering Bridges, Leon Metcalf

DBHG Dorset Bridges: A History and Guide, A. J. Wallis

DDB Discover Dorset Bridges, David McFetrich & Jo Parsons

DoB The Development of Bridges, W. N. Thomas

DoD Disaster on the Dee: Robert Stephenson’s Nemesis of 1847, Peter R. Lewis

DLB Dorset’s Legacy in Bridges, Michael Russell Wood

EIBT The Evolution of Iron Bridge Trusses to 1850, J. G. James

F Footbridges, Ursula Baus & Mike Schlaich

FFB Francis Frith’s 50 Classics: Bridges

FFP Francis Frith’s Piers, Tim Mickleburgh

FSB Footbridges: Small is Beautiful

HB Highland Bridges, Gillian Nelson

HBB Historic Border Bridges

HBEKB A Heritage of Bridges Edinburgh, Kelso and Berwick, Roland Paxton & Ted Ruddock

HBS Historic Bridges of Shropshire, Anthony Blackwall

HTB History of the Tower Bridge, Charles Welch

HWB Hadrian’s Wall Bridges, P. T. Bidwell & N. Holbrook

IANEE The Industrial Architecture of North-East England, Frank Atkinson

IB The Iron Bridge, Neil Cossons & Barrie Trinder

JBPT Jaggermen’s Bridges on Packhorse Trails, Christine McEwen

JGB Japanese Gardens in Britain, Amanda Herries

JLI John Leland’s Itinerary, John Chandler

K&AC The Kennet & Avon Canal: A Journey from Newbury to Bath in 1964, John Russell

LBC London’s Bridges, Stephen Croad

LBCRR London’s Bridges, Crossing the Royal River, Ian Pay, Sampson Lloyd & Keith Waldegrave

LBM London’s Bridges, Peter Matthews

LSP Lancashire’s Seaside Piers, Martin Easdown

MB Medieval Bridges, Martin Cook

MBB Modern British Bridges, Dorothy Henry & J. A. Jerome

MBO Medieval Bridges in Oxfordshire, John Steane

MBVA Masonry Bridges, Viaducts and Aqueducts, Ted Ruddock (ed.)

NBBB National Benzole Books: Bridges, Sir Hugh Casson (ed.)

NPB Newport Pagnell’s Bridges, Dennis C. Mynard, Paul Woodfield & Ray Bailey

NTBB The National Trust Book of Bridges, J. M. Richards

OB Oxfordshire Bridges, John Marriott Davenport

OCB Old Cornish Bridges and Streams, Charles Henderson & Henry Coates

ODB Old Devon Bridges, Charles Henderson & E. Jervoise

PAC Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Canal

PB Palladian Bridges, Tim Mowl

PBE A Guide to the Packhorse Bridges of England, Ernest Hinchliffe

PBLD An Illustrated Guide to the Packhorse Bridges of the Lake District

PCF Prestressed Concrete Footbridges

PHIW Piers of Hampshire & The Isle of Wight, Martin Easdown & Linda Sage

PoS Pavilions on the Sea: A History of the Seaside Pleasure Pier, Cyril Bainbridge

RBC Railway Bridge Construction: Some Recent Developments, F. A. W. Mann

RBGB Road Bridges in Great Britain

RBN The River Bridges of Northumberland, Tony Dickens

RHB The Railway Heritage of Britain, Gordon Biddle & O. S. Nock

RTSS The River Tyne from Sea to Source, Ron Thornton

SBIW Shell Book of Inland Waterways, Hugh McKnight

SC Spanning the Centuries: The Historic Bridges of Northamptonshire

SEC The Severn Estuary Crossings

SG Spanning the Gaps: Highland Railway Bridges and Viaducts

SP Seaside Piers, Simon H. Adamson

SR Spanning the River: Artists’ Views of Thames Bridges, David McFetrich

SYBBR Some Yorkshire Bridges of Beauty and Romance, Arnold N. Patchett

TB Thames Bridges, anon (Colourmaster International)

TBDS Thames Bridges from Dartford to the Source, Neil Davenport

TBh Thomas Bouch: The Builder of the Tay Bridge, John Rapley

TBT A History of the Tweed Bridges Trust, W. L. A. McCreath & B. Arthur

TC Thames Crossings: Bridges, Tunnels and Ferries, Geoffrey Phillips

TimB Timber Bridges, Christopher J. Mettem

TT Thomas Telford: Great Engineers and their Works, Brian Bracegirdle & Patricia H. Miles

TTA Thomas Telford’s Aqueducts on the Shropshire Union Canal, Ron Quenby

TTE Thomas Telford: Engineer, Alastair Penfold (ed.)

TWCIB Thomas Wilson’s Cast Iron Bridges, J. G. James

WB Walking on Bridges, Robin Bray

Other publications

BDA Brick Development Association literature

BwS Building with Steel. Magazine published by the British Constructional Steelwork Association

Cor Corus publications

CQ Concrete Quarterly. Magazine published by the Concrete Society

ICE Institution of Civil Engineers (journals, proceedings, papers, reports etc)

NCE New Civil Engineer. Magazine of the Institution of Civil Engineers published by EMAP