Yesterday I had a coffee in a cafe by the river Ouse in St.Ives and thought about @tattoodjay's advice to do a #wednesdaywalk and as the place was particularly picturesque. It was a pleasure to take a wander across this very historic bridge. Built in the 1400's A.D. it has several claims to fame. It is one of only four bridges in England that has a chapel built into it. It was also blown up by Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) during the English Civil War. Deep Dive
St Ives Bridge
A view of the bridge from the riverside cafe. You may notice that the arch on the right hand side is different from the two on the left. This is the rebuilt section.
View of St Ives Bridge from the cafe
The chapel was once used as a toll (tax) collection booth for people wishing to cross the bridge. This photo below shows the approach road to the bridge.
Note the Tudor building on the far end of the bridge.
The old toll house or chapel was built in the centre of the bridge. It is still in use today.
The bridge chapel on St Ives Bridge
Window detail of the chapel below.
Gothic arch window
Looking upstream from the centre of the bridge. One of the tasks for this challenge is to look up. :)
View from the bridge downstream below.
There has been a quayside here at St.Ives for countless centuries and it is still in active use today.
Note the Dutch style house on the left of the photograph below. There has been a long tradition of trade between the Netherlands and this part of England and this is seen in the many Dutch style buildings that you can see when you wander around.
Dutch style house on the Quayside of St Ives Bridge
Camera settings on request.
Hope you enjoyed this nice little photo walk along the bridge. Why not go out and have a five minute walk today?
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Very informative essay and great photos. I didn’t know Cromwell blew up any churches.
The reason so many churches were destroyed has a simple explanation.
Churches were often the only stone buildings in a town or village and made good defensive positions during battles.
Secondly they were easy to plunder and rob.
They were still churches. That a man on a holy mission would destroy what would have been holy places to him and to his followers is only proof of the extremism that drove him above any other motives.
True but they were not his 'kind' of churches. He was a Puritan and anti Papist and anything else for that matter.
Sounds so similar to today don't you think?
Sadly, yes it does seem entirely too similar to today. [sigh] To paraphrase: What fools these humans remain.
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had caught seven mice:
Mice, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
Or something like that the rhyme goes, how fascinating a bridge with a chapel built into it! And it got blown up and rebuilt as well, super photographs I have always wanted to visit St Ives passed near by so many time visiting Peterborough, Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
Super photographs, it's amazing seeing those narrowboats and all the swans!
#thealliance #witness
You should pop in and take a look around. It's a quaint old market town. Loads of character.
The answer to the riddle most people come up with is 1
There is a bit more involved. :)
@c0ff33a plugged for your witness vote :)
Such interesting architecture thanks for sharing with us, I dont think I have ever seen a bridge with different style arches like that I wonder if there’s a story about that
Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk tip!
Paragraph one. ;)
Thanks for the tip :) @tattoodjay
Thanks for the info
Wonderful photos of that incredibly historic bridge! You covered all the details. What a great place for a Wednesday Walk!
Thanks Mel, I do like this bridge so much.
It is a tangible reminder of what the people can do when governments go rogue. :)
Amazing shots. Good to see another photographer on the platform.
Thanks @derangedvisions, I'm just a happy snapper and learning new things photographic every day. :)
wow, so SO stunning! I can't wait to travel to Poland for Steemfest and see all the old buildings.
I'm sure they have lots of lovely old buildings in Poland too. :)
@molometer Oh beautiful I visited Cambridge but didn´t have time to walk the bridge, all the views are specials. I love the Norris museum
The Norris museum is a must see when in St.Ives. Cambridgeshire is a beautiful county. Thanks for dropping in and leaving your warm comments.
Wow that is very interesting! I love the architecture.
We have a lot of fine buildings here from all time periods :)
That is very neat, they all seem to compliment each other and still look nice even though they are very different.
what a storybook looking place ..love these photos
It does have a lot of charm and an interesting history. ;)
It really does. :)
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Waooo,,, beautiful photography I love it
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So sweet photography
Very nice bridge .it look beautiful scene
Thank you, glad you appreciate it.
Good work at this post my dear
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Superb,,, @molometer
Great post . thanks for shareing
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