<p>Before getting the train back to Kings Norton, I saw this railway bridge with coat of arms on each side.
</p><p>On Upper St John Street.
</p><p>Grade II listed.
</p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-382733-railway-bridge-lichfield">Railway Bridge, Lichfield</a>
</p><p>LICHFIELD
</p><p>SK1109SE ST JOHN STREET
1094-1/8/170 Railway Bridge
06/03/70
(Formerly Listed as:
UPPER ST JOHN STREET
Railway Bridge Abutments)
</p><p>GV II
</p><p>Railway bridge. 1849, altered 1882 and 1969. By Edward Adams
(Clayton) or Thomas Johnson of Lichfield (V C H). For South
Staffordshire Railway. Ashlar and cast-iron. Large ashlar
abutments have plain plinths and top friezes with tall
parapets with cornices. Each has to north 2 relief armorial
bearings below frieze and one large one to parapet; the lower
shields with arms of Bishops of Lichfield: Hackett, de
Clinton, Lonsdale and Hayworth, the upper shields with the old
Borough seal and the leopards of England (originally placed in
the centre of the parapet, north and south). To south are 4
armorial bearings of local families: Anson, Forster, Dyott and
Bagot. The 2 spans date from 1882, riveted iron plates; the
parapets have rectangular panels with concave corners. Arcades
covering pavements removed in 1969.
(Howard Clayton: Cathedral City: Lichfield: 1977-: P.45-7;
Victoria History of the County of Stafford: Greenslade M W:
Lichfield: Oxford: 1990-: P.128).
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Listing NGR: SK1180909104
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/39415781@N06">Elliott Brown</a> from Birmingham, United Kingdom
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<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/6668991845/">Railway Bridge - Upper St John Street, Lichfield - coat of arms shields - armorial bearings: Anson and Forster</a>
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