Thanks for all that information, Piers.
When I put another picture of the bridge up a couple of months ago I said only
that my wife's grandfather used to wash his car in the ford near his house;
your history is much more interesting :-)
Chris
On 12 Jan 2011, at 16:14, Piers Hemy wrote:
> But to veer off in tour guide mode, the bridge at Sutton is of more than
> photogenic interest, for it is a scheduled "Ancient Monument", dating from
> the 13th century, built to permit goods to be transported across the river
> without the risk of water damage. The scale of the project (as I recall
> there is a long causewayed approach) for the resources I assume were
> available at the time is staggering! But I have also to assume that there
> was sufficient traffic along the route to justify the tolls.
>
> There is an image here which puts the need for the bridge into perspective -
> not Brisbane, granted, but still plenty of water.
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