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Bridgwater & Albion are Somerset's highest-placed rugby team, playing in National League 3 South and are based at College Way. [160] It was founded in 1875. [161] The cricket club play at The Parks on Durleigh Road. [162] Bridgwater Hockey Club was founded in 1925 and field four men's teams and three women's teams, playing fixtures at 1610 ...
Sydenham House, west front, in 2015 Sydenham House, south side, in 2015 "Sydenham Manor" shown to the north-east of the historic centre of Bridgwater in a 1946 map. Sydenham House, the manor house of the ancient manor of Sydenham in the parish of Wembdon, [1] Somerset, England, is a grade II listed building, [2] constructed in the early 16th century and refronted and rebuilt after 1613. [3]
Bridgwater War Memorial is a Grade II* listed [9] war memorial located on King Square. It was designed by John Angel in the mid-1920s. [10] [11] The green figure of the memorial is allegorical, [12] [page needed] representing "Civilization as a seated female, holding a globe in one hand and with the book of knowledge on her lap."
Bridgwater Friary was a Franciscan monastery in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, established in 1245 and dissolved in 1538. It was founded by William Briwere and moved from another location. Further buildings were added in 1278 and 1284. [1] The church was rebuilt in the 15th century and consecrated in 1445. [2]
The museum is dedicated to the Brick and Tile Industry of Somerset. Bridgwater had been a centre of trade and industry since the Middle Ages, benefiting from local clay from the alluvial deposits of the River Parrett to make bricks and tiles. In the 1840s there were 1,300 people in Bridgwater employed making bricks and tiles. [1] [2]
Bridgwater Castle was a castle in the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The stone castle was built around 1220 and contributed to the development of the town. It was surrounded by a moat and included a watergate giving access to the quay.
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Castle Street in Bridgwater, Somerset, England was built in the 1720s, on a site previously occupied by Bridgwater Castle, by Benjamin Holloway or Fort and Shepherd, the Duke's London surveyors for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. It was originally called Chandos Street. [1] Many of the buildings have been designated as Grade I Listed buildings.