Cricklade features [2]
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Cricklade features [2]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 25 Aug 2019
Town Bridge carries High Street over the River Thames. There has probably been a bridge at this spot since the 9th century but the existing one was rebuilt in 1852 as is recorded by the stone panels above the arch. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1023113 Cricklade is the first town downstream on the River Thames. The town was founded by the Anglo-Saxons in the 9th century at the point where the Roman Ermin Way crosses the River Thames. It is one of the thirty burhs (fortified towns) recorded in the Burghal Hidage document, which describes a system of fortresses and fortified towns built around Wessex by King Alfred. The fortifications have been extensively excavated in several places on all four of its sides.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.64444
Longitude
-1.855