Imagining Staffordshire

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Great Bridgeford

Domesday name

Brigeford

13 th century name

Bruggeford

Domesday entry

Land for 2 ploughs.

Great Bridgeford marks the boundary between the Woodland Quarter of the river Sow and its journey onward towards Stafford through a more industrialised landscape. The Woodland Quarter covers the area from Fairoak Grange to Great Bridgeford. Gone are the tree lined riverbanks where the river can hide, now its every move can be seen.

River Sow at Great Bridgeford.
River Sow at Great Bridgeford.

As the Sow flows under the bridge at Great Bridgeford it starts to become deeper, wider and faster flowing. It now flows into a large flood plain area as it makes its way towards Stafford.

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