Bulstake Bridge is a

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across the

Bulstake Stream Bulstake Stream, also spelt Bullstake Stream, is a backwater of the River Thames at Oxford, England. The stream leaves the main stream of the Thames at a river junction known as Four Rivers, at the south west corner of Fiddler's Island opposi ...

, a branch of the

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. The original stone arch bridge was built by John Claymond (1468–1537), the first

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of Corpus Christi College (one of the colleges of

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), in around 1530. The bridge was rebuilt with a higher arch in 1721. It was reconstructed again in 1923–4. The bridge is on the

Botley Road Botley Road is the main road into the centre of Oxford, England from the west. It stretches between Botley, on the Oxford Ring Road ( A34) to the west of the city, and Frideswide Square at the junction with Oxford railway station, close t ...

(designated the A420) in New Botley. To the west is Botley itself and to the east is

New Osney Osney or Osney Island (; an earlier spelling of the name is ''Oseney'') is a riverside community in the west of the city of Oxford, England. In modern times the name is applied to a community also known as Osney Town astride Botley Road, just we ...

. Between Botley and Oxford there are a number of road bridges crossing various branches of the Thames, including

Botley Bridge Botley Bridge (or Botley Road Bridge) is a road bridge across Seacourt Stream, a branch of the River Thames in Oxford, England. The bridge is on the A420 arterial road at the point where the Botley Road out of Oxford becomes West Way, west of ...

over

Seacourt Stream Hinksey Stream is a branch of the River Thames to the west of the city of Oxford, England. It starts as Seacourt Stream (also known as Wytham Stream), which leaves the Thames at a bifurcation north of the village of Wytham, and rejoins the riv ...

and

Osney Bridge Osney Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in Oxford, England, built in 1888 to replace a stone bridge which collapsed in 1885. It carries the Botley Road ( A420) from Botley into Oxford. The Thames Path crosses the river on this brid ...

over the main branch of the Thames, also on Botley Road, and

Hythe Bridge Hythe Bridge (formerly known as High Bridge) is a Victorian flat cast iron beamed bridge on Hythe Bridge Street in the west of central Oxford, England. It spans the Castle Mill Stream, a backwater of the River Thames. Hythe Bridge forms part o ...

over the

Castle Mill Stream Castle Mill Stream is a backwater of the River Thames in the west of Oxford, England. It is 5.5 km long. Course The stream leaves the main course of the River Thames at the south end of Port Meadow, immediately upstream of Medley Footb ...

, next to the end of the

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. There is an

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surveying

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on one of the piers of the bridge.

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{{reflist Bridges in Oxford Bridges completed in 1924 Road bridges in England 1924 establishments in England

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