Tadpole Bridge

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|crosses= River Thames

|locale= Bampton, Oxfordshire

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Tadpole Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, carrying a road between Bampton to the north and Buckland to the south. It crosses the Thames on the reach above Shifford Lock. It is a Grade II listed building.{{cite web|title=Tadpole Bridge and flanking walls|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1181619|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|access-date=22 October 2017}} The bridge dates from the late 18th century, the earliest reference to it being in 1784. It is built of stone, and consists of one large arch.{{cite book |title=The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs |author= Thacker, Fred. S. |location= Newton Abbot |publisher= David and Charles |orig-year=1920 |year=1968 |page=not cited }} A bronze Roman bracelet was retrieved from the Thames nearby.{{Cite book |last=Yarrow |first=Ian |title=Berkshire |publisher=Robert Hale & Company |year=1974 |edition=2nd |location=London |pages=329}} There is a public house near Tadpole Bridge called The Trout. Thacker noted that at one time the legend over the door read "The Trout, kept by A. Herring". The Trout is now a hotel and gastropub.[http://www.trout-inn.co.uk/ The Trout at Tadpole Bridge] The Thames Path crosses Tadpole Bridge.