Beggar's Bridge

 Beggars Bridge is a Grade II listed sandstone single arched bridge spanning about 48 feet across the River Esk, near Glaisdale Village, North Yorkshire. The bridge is thought to have been built in 1619 on the site of an earlier structure that had fell down, some of the stone taken from the earlier bridge.

The story of the bridge is that Thomas Ferris the man responsible for the construction had been born the son of a poor local farmer. Eventually he fell in love with the local squires daughter, who when approached for her hand in marriage refused believing Ferris to be a beggar.

After this rejection, Thomas decided to travel and make his fortune and upon trying to say goodbye to the squires daughter found the River had flooded and made crossing impossible. He left, and made his fortune and when he had returned married the squires daughter. He became the Sheriff of Hull from 1614 and Mayor in 1620, and had the bridge built in 1619 so that no future lovers shall be parted as he and his future wife had been.

The artwork below was created by me based on a postcard I had collected. Clicking the image should open a link in another window to my Clickasnap artworks album.

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