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.
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.
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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