A Long Way Round Traditional Cache
Busy Lissy Bunch: Time to go for this one thanks to all who visited BLB
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Please note terrain rating - there is no need to leave the public footpath to retrieve this cache. Polite and very understandable request from the adjacent home owner - please keep off the private jetties and out of the neighbouring garden.
The township of Tickton with Hull Bridge stood on the chief road giving access to Beverley from Holderness, which at Hull Bridge crossed the river by what was the only bridge between Kingston upon Hull and North Frodingham until the 20th century. Even now this 23km stretch only has a couple of bridges on the northern edge of Hull to shorten the detour route that is needed should the A1035 be closed.
The main road through Tickton crossed the river by Hull bridge and the eastern boundary drain by the small Tickton bridge. Much of the road was replaced by a bypass that was completed north of the village in 1974 and the old bridge was demolished and replaced by a footbridge, however, inset into the bridge is a stone from he old bridge that declares that anyone passing over the bridge shall pay one shilling. That was a lot of money but the alternative was a long drive round or a ferry downstream in Weel for those willing to take a long walk round.
Commercial activity near Hull bridge, on the Tickton side of the river, evidently began in an attempt to evade the tolls payable under the Beverley Beck Acts of 1727 and 1745, and one or two warehouses and a staith were built before the end of the 18th century. One of the earliest traders may have been Robert Parker, who kept an inn at Hull Bridge by 1759. The Crown and Anchor there was named from 1823 and still exists, as does the Boating Club that was established there in the 1930’s. On warm days the riverside tables at the pub are in high demand.
There are various walks that can be taken from here – up the river to the Pulfin cache or round the ancient Swinemoor common land where horses and cattle graze.
Congratulations to Richlin9 & Misintuition on their joint FTF here.
Additional Hints
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Zntargvp - ab arrq gb yrnir gur cngu va lbhe frnpu.