York Bridge #3 Ouse Bridge Traditional Cache
Barry'n'Shirley: After some years of keeping these going we have decided to retire them - we have no doubt others will set new ones.
York Bridge #3 Ouse Bridge
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A small micro on the bridge.
Ouse Bridge, the original Roman bridge over the Ouse was eventually replaced by a wooden bridge built further downstream by the Vikings. In 1154, it collapsed under the weight of a crowd which had gathered to greet St William of York on his return from exile. It was replaced by a stone bridge, but part of this was swept away by floods in the winter of 1564-5. The repaired bridge of 1565 had a new central arch spanning 81ft, and was described by Defoe as "...near 70 foot [21 m] in diameter; it is, without exception, the greatest in England, some say it's as large as the Rialto at Venice, though I think not." This bridge was dismantled between 1810 and 1818 in order to make way for the New Ouse Bridge, designed by Peter Atkinson the younger, completed in 1821.[1]
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Lbh jba'g or noyr gb ybnq urer