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Antique Etching of Bedford by Maclure & MacDonald of Glasgow #bedford #bedfordbridge #etching #antique #antiqueart #antiqueetching #artforsale #bedfordview #bedfordshire #bedfordshireart https://www.instagram.com/p/CcinuBTIK56/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[penandswordbooks]

“Bedford Bridge was widened from 27 feet to 54 feet by the Corporation of Bedford acting as Agents of the Minister of Transport by virtue of the Trunk Roads Act 1936.” (Commenced October 1938). • “The original bridge over the River Ouse at this place was of remote antiquity. Its date is not known but there was certainly a bridge of stone before the one built in the early part of the thirteenth century. Of its existence and dimensions many indisputable traces have been found. Upon the demolition of the Castle of Bedford in the year 1224 a larger bridge was formed of the materials, which having fallen into decay was, after the lapse of nearly six hundred years, taken down and replaced with the present structure. Designed and executed by John Wing of Bedford. It was completed and opened for public use on the first day of November 1813.” • #LocalHistory #History #TownHistory #Bedford #Bridge #Bridges #Georgian #BedfordBridge #Medieval #Architecture #13thCentury #ThirteenthCentury #19thCentury #Bedfordshire #NineteenthCentury #Ouse #CastleOfBedford #JohnWing (at Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8oHGFoHVQb/?igshid=1i9pfuo6m7qmk