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A Bridge and a Ford

 

Geddington, in Northamptonshire, England, is a very small village; its 1500 or so residents have no shops, but they do have two pubs, a historic monument and an unusual 800-year-old bridge.

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The bridge, built in 1250, crosses the River Ise with three pedestrian 'refuges' sticking out above its five arches, allowed royal processions access to a nearby royal lodge.

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Surprisingly, the bridge was already centuries old when the ford next to it was built across the shallow river; it was created less than a century ago to accommodate vehicles too wide for the ancient bridge.

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As with all fords, you have to take care, because water levels can vary dangerously, but the most usual example of high water at the Geddington bridge is the annual Boxing Day Squirt, a charity event in which volunteer firefighters from Geddington and nearby Kettering compete, using firehoses to try to force a beer barrel, suspended on a wire, to the other side.

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