Talk:St Ives Bridge

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There are lots of really good pictures of this bridge available - this article seems to have a surplus one adding nothing. Could we not take one of them out? TomRawlinson 19:55, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Good information in 2002 photo-book
I've added information and a lot of citations from pp 8 and 9 of "St Ives a new Millenium", the St Ives Photo Publication Group. Inchcape 2002. However, this information probably all comes from the Norris Museum and a better reference may be in order when people have found it.

And there is something in the photo-book account that bothers me, it says that Cromwell held St Ives and blew up the arches on the southern or Hemingford side to protect himself from the Royalists in Lincolnshire (to the north!). That makes no sense. Apart from anything else, for obvious reasons Cromwell would have blown up the arches nearest to him and had the drawbridge under his own control. I think he must have held the southern bank of the river and not the town. The photo-book speaks of "the drawbridge remained in use until 1716 when presumably it became unsafe" which also makes no sense. Once the war was over the gap would have been easily bridged with beams, no elaborate mechanism required. 86.159.185.169 (talk) 15:08, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

three arches, not two
There are three arches on either side of the bridge, not two. I lived by the bridge for several years, and in the photo you can clearly see three arches on the south side.

If Cromwell held St Ives, the drawbridge could have either protected St Ives from an attack from the South, or have provided a safe escape route in the event that the town was taken. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianeiloart (talk • contribs) 22:51, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

Chapel on bridge
There is also another bridge in Exeter with a chapel on it. Built in 1200 is the oldest known of this type. 77.44.98.175 (talk) 19:57, 19 January 2023 (UTC)