Maisemore

[6] The parish church, dedicated to St Giles, is a Grade II* listed building, dating from the 15th century.

The next known bridge was recorded as "cut down" by royalist besiegers of Gloucester in 1643 which suggests it might have been a wooden structure: It is known to have been rebuilt of timber.

The parishioners of Maisemore were, by ancient custom, liable for the repair of the bridge, but this apparently proved beyond their means as in 1709, they were fined £200 for non-repair.

The latter was destroyed by great floods, and in 1777 trustees were established by act of parliament to build a new bridge in place of a temporary wooden one which had been built lower down the river.

A new two-arch brick bridge was begun in 1785 by Thomas Badford, the cost being defrayed by tolls levied by the trustees until 1795.

Maisemore Bridge