CONON BRIDGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
CONON BRIDGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
River Conon
The Village is named after the River - but when was it founded?
The National Library of Scotland hold thousand of old maps of Scotland. The earliest map mentioning the River Conon is shown to the left. The Map was produced in 1662-5, an extract from the Blaeu Atlas Major - no mention of Conon Bridge.
1776 - Scuddel Ferry but still no Conon Bridge
The Map above was produced by G Taylor and A Skinner's Survey and maps of the roads of North Britain or Scotland in 1776 (nls.uk). The Scuddel Ferry is highlighted but there is still no settlement beside the River.
Telford Bridge, Scuidale Ferry and Ford
Long before the flood defences were built, the Conon side of the River was low lying. The original bridge over the River Conon was constructed between 1806 and 1809 under the supervision of Thomas Telford.
Conon Bridge: 1837
The map shown is, by Robert Stevenson, was produced in 1837. The site of the Village is named as Scuddel, with the Bridge being called Conon Bridge.
1863: CONON BRIDGE APPEARS
In C. Wilson's 1863 map, Conon Bridge is depicted as a small hamlet with just a few houses situated southeast of the River.
1906 - The shape of the Village is beginning to show
1955 - 59
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