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A History of the County of Durham
… inclosing the Market Place from the tower on Framwellgate Bridge round the Market Square to the tower on Elvet Bridge, with gates on the northern line of the wall opening …
A History of the County of Durham
… and Crossgate arose at the foot of Framwellgate Bridge on the roads from Newcastle and the north and from … port of the Palatinate; and Elvet, at the foot of Elvet Bridge, along the road from Darlington and the south. … its present surface are the remains of the old rising bridge to the Gateway, one or two arches of which may be seen …
A History of the County of Durham
… foundation in 1312 of the chapel of St. James on the New Bridge of Durham, or Elvet Bridge. This chapel was situated at the north end of Elvet Bridge and existed on this site until the dissolution of the …
A History of the County of Durham
… of the cobblers, has long since given way to Elvet Bridge. There does not appear to be sufficient evidence to … had noted the decay of Elvet and Shincliffe Bridges. Elvet Bridge was newly built in 1574. In 1588 the county house was … the king's progress survives. He entered by Framwellgate Bridge and was met in the market-place by the corporation in …
A History of the County of Durham
… accommodation for it elsewhere, and he built Framwellgate Bridge, which gives ready access to the borough pastures. The … not the Bishop's Borough, which, until the Framwellgate Bridge was built, was much more difficult of access from the … draw some trade away, it was the building of Elvet Bridge and the creation of the borough of Elvet by Bishop …
A History of the County of Durham
… its present course. Formerly after flowing from Shincliffe Bridge north-westward to Maiden Castle Wood, instead of … before the turn in the river here there is a modern iron bridge erected in 1889, which replaced a wooden bridge built in the middle of the 19th century. Further …
A History of the County of Durham
… the battlemented parapet of which it was connected by a bridge. Bishop Pudsey (115395) completed Elvet Bridge 8 and is stated to have rebuilt the wall running … and the walls round the present market place and the Elvet Bridge gateway were built at this time, and the gate on …
Magna Britannia
… as to take the barbican by assault, and to batter down the bridge which formed a communication between the castle and … united exertions of the city and neighbourhood. 80 The old bridge over the Exe, which had 12 arches, was built in the … its maintenance, is considered as the founder. Gervis's bridge was swept away by an inundation in 1449, when an …
Report on the Records of the City of Exeter
… Esquires, shall build 3 almshouses at the end of Exe Bridge in the east partie of the Chapell stondyng upon the seid bridge where as the two almyshouses is nowe stondyng for … That the Mayor shall sett forth the ffenyshyng of Cowleyh bridge and get masons and other workmen for the same this …
Report on the Records of the City of Exeter
… much of the stone of which was used for repairing the Exe Bridge and the City Walls. The site, together with the …