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Newtown was once home to 5 covered bridges, all spanning Crum Creek. There were also 2 other bridges (not including the present-day Bartram) located in Willistown. They both crossed Ridley Creek.

COVERED BRIDGES IN NEWTOWN & WILLISTOWN TOWNSHIPS
	Name	Location	Truss	Built	Removed
NEWTOWN	“Castle Rock”	West Chester PikeConnecting with Edgmont	Kingpost	unknown	unknown
“Marshall”	Gradyville RoadConnecting with Edgmont	Burr	unknown	c1930
“Matlack”	Bishop Hollow RoadConnecting with U. Providence	Burr	unknown	unknown
“Bishop Hollow”	Bishop Hollow Road	unknown	unknown	unknown
	“Bartram” (also known as” Stagers”)	Goshen RoadNewtown & Willistown	Burr	1860	-
WILLISTOWN	“Garrett Papermill”	Garrett Mill Road	unknown	1866	c1881
“Garrett Papermill”	Garrett Mill Road	MultipleKingpost	1881	1933
“Johnson”(also known as: “Gradyville,” Delchester	Delchester orConnecting with Edgmont	MultipleKingpost	1858	1926

*Note: According to Arthur James’ book on Chester County covered bridges, the second Garrett’s Papermill Bridge “appeared” to have been built by Menander Wood and “two of his brothers.” We do not know if one of those brothers was Ferdinand Wood, the builder of Bartram Bridge

Although this photo of Bartram Covered Bridge came from Mr. Pryse’s collection, it is likely that he got it from an earlier collection of covered bridge photos. It is possible that the photo was taken in the 1920s or 1930s. The fact that no height clearance or weight limit signs are evident would help to support that belief. Source: Walter W. Pryse from the collection of George Conn.