The Bridge
Introduction
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The Bridge
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 26 Aug 2012
Built as a cottage in the 17th it later became the New Inn changing its name to the Bridge Inn in 1784 when the new bridge over the river was opened. The owner had been one of the sponsors and the meeting to apply for the act of parliament required for the crossing had been held here. Over the years it has been either the Bridge inn, Bridge Hotel or just plain Bridge, as it is now. Its former brewery was located in Bridge Street which later became a Drill Hall which was removed when North Way ring road was constructed in the early 1970s. The inn's most famous visitor was a certain Mr Smith who lodged here one night in 1848 having disembarked from a ferry from Dieppe. Mr Smith was Louis Phillipe, the deposed King of France spending his first night in exile.
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Image Location
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50.794774
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0.049777