The Peculiar Medieval THREE WAY Bridge over NOTHING
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2024
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In Crowland, Cambridgshire, is an amazing structure that at first glance, doesn't really do a great deal, other than look rather nice. It's a three way bridge made of stone and to be fair, it doesn't really do a lot, but it used to. Back in the day, Crowland was a vastly different place with some rather large water features that required a certain type of structure....
Confluence of rivers 😊
Or an Annual General Meeting.....😍
An Atlassian
I was under the confluence on Saturday night.
@@DW-indeed A Jira of rivers
A rival of rivers?
Very interesting to watch this channel slowly generalise from purely motor travel, into a small series of snapshot, on-location, British History lessons.
Very fond of the lack of bullshit, too.
It's like that trains show Portillo does, but if it was good.
The council planners are providing the other stuff.
It's been a very clever reinvention.
@@beemoh I like that trains show. Someone should do one for the roads from an old guide book. Oh, wait...!
Slowly mutating into a British version of Tom Scott.... oh wait!
How did John not know the word for that? He must be under the confluence..
"confluence" is where rivers meet
Those blokes were quite brilliant.
Had their mothers to thanks for that
I love a good 3 way on a Wednesday evening, it really helps break the week up.
😂
Specially since all 3 appeared so hard.
Construction of those stone arches over water is especially impressive!
I’m sure they used scaffold and formers as they would have used anywhere else … duh!
@@andyxox4168monks built it... so clearly a chunky bearded white bloke that floats on the clouds helped them hold back the water. Scaffolding, ha
It's a confluence of rivers, Jon!
I know that several hundred other people have told you that, but I'm too bloody lazy and/or up my own arse to read any other comments and I'm going to INSIST that MY comment is the one that you read!
You were just up the road from me Jon. I run the parkrun in Crowland every so often and park near this bridge. The area is called South Holland. The Abbey was damaged during the English civil war. I was fairly certain that this area was drained in the 17th century by Cornelius Vermuyden. The Welland passes to the north of the town now and Cat's water is still around as I have seen it marked on Google Maps. And now I have seen the whole video I see you covered almost all of this
I was wondering about Cat's water, ta 👍
@@Assimilator1 When you look on Google Maps it seems to start just outside Crowland however I suspect there are a lot of culverts under the town. It drains into the Nene I think and it actually passes close to my house. Which would be by the sea if it wasn't for Cornelius and his team!
Fascinating tale . . . & brilliantly told. Well done indeed Sir, do carry on : )
The bridge is an amazing structure to last so long, and is quite beautiful to look at.
Great video Jon as always excellent
Stopped by Crowland a few weeks ago to have a look around while on my way to Spalding, and had a little climb over that bridge and visited the abbey. What a lovely little village it was too. I was very surprised to see it pop up here! Cheers Jon!
I spent far too much time running around the hills and holes growing up... next time you're up that end of the country you should definitely check out the Scalextric Racing centre just outside of Spalding!
Great video as always :D
I’m sure he’s local to pboro, dare I say Huntingdon, his accent gives him away
Ignore all these commentors insisting that the place where rivers meet is called a 'confluence', I believe the technical description is 'the joiny bit' 🤣
I once sat on a bus which , quite possibly also had a professor of Riverology on the same journey, so I'd like to lend my vote to your lexiconical knowledge.
Perhaps ironically, 'river junction' is also used. I'm disappointed that he used the (correct me if i'm wrong) more American term.
Another one... people always say a river 'burst its banks' when they actually mean overtopped it banks.
A confluence of the rivers.
That was even shorter and sweeter than usual.
That's what she said.
I love learning about odd historical tidbits like this. Great job, mate!
Just a mile up stream from us we have a confluence of two rivers, they are known as the Yarrow and the Etterick and the villagess they flow through have the same name just before said confluence, historically known as "The Meetings".
I used to deliver to Bridge Hardware every week a few years back. Ive come close to hitting that bridge quite a few times trying to get up that road 😉😄
I don't get why, in the UK, we seemed to be obsessed by putting roads right up tight to ancient buildings and monuments. Even marooning some in the middle of a traffic island.
Brilliant story and the joining of 2 rivers is "confluence".
It was only built so a Turkish barber could put his A-Board there. Monks needed haircuts too. Their hair didn't just grow like that.
No graffiti on that monument 👍
Yep - it's miles away from Bristol
Thanks John, good history lesson.
thanks that was a good story about the bridge
Knew of the bridge , had no idea of where it was and how ..... todays a good school day
Fascinating and well told, imo.
I (now) love this bridge.
Thank you for this.
☮
Used to walk my border collie in the morning in the Hills and Holes
Bloody brilliant mate
The village grew up in the shadow of the abbey. The villagers provided services to the monks, such as the production of vellum.
That's where I grew up Jon, nice work! We were led to believe that bridge was one of only two left of that kind, although no one could ever tell me where the other was, and we didn't have internet back then, haha
I think there is a similar sort of three way bridge over a canal. Possibly Birmingham or some other shit hole?
Bloody love a bridge
That was interesting, John. I shall endeavour to visit the three pronged bridge next time I go to Norfolk.
It's not in Norfolk 😉
"Hills and holes" is almost a bad a name as "The Glory Bumps" in Dartford. Both formed through excavation.
brilliant video
Any chance you could ask the monks to help the M62 ouse bridge works as their deadline keeps extending
If two rivers meet it’s a confluence; if a single river splits into two, it’s a divergence.
No mention of any minor disagreements in the video - maybe next time?
Have a gander at the river tame and the river anker in Tamworth .... its a errrrrrr yeah
It’s a confluence where rivers meet.
Confluence is the word you are looking for, divergence is where they would separate.
So, Crowland bridge dried up after a man-made bout of confluenza? . . . Narrsty : )
It's a conference where middle-managers meet.
I live near there, it's a nice place and the abbey is lovely. The George and Angel pub across from the bridge is a smashing boozer.
What a fascinating video, thank buddy.
How fascinating, thank you.
This is a nice addition to your trip up the A16 a few videos ago. Was it filmed at the same time or did you, as I suspect, visit us again?
There's a modern three-way bridge at Campbell Wharf in Milton Keynes, over the canal.
Happy Sunday ⛈
I really enjoyed the history lesson jon
that bridge is really interesting.
Here for the GT3/4 music at end now.
Awesome Video
Where the rivers meet, would that be a free flowing junction?
I did think he'd gone a bit American with "intersection"
Very informative, cheers John!
Fascinating
How very cool!
What's happened to the Cat's Water? Soaked away into litter?
Enjoyed that just like your other vids 👍
Thanks for the surprise extra Vidya Jon!
That bridge seems a bit high for what appeared to be a couple creeks, though it is amazing how it's lasted that long. like that one derpy build from the start of a minecraft server that just never gets rebuilt or replaced.
removing the water helped its longevity, since there's no ground subsidence or flood damage i guess.
I believe the modern name is "an effluent of rivers..."
Is that not for waste water?
@@shanehornby1693with the level of discharge of raw sewage into "clean" waterways? Not any more
Absoultely brilliant. IIRC there's a three way bridge in Crayford. And one in Hiroshima which was used as the aiming point for a man-made device that makes cities disappear.
Is it weird that I hear "man made device that makes cities disappear" in John's voice?
@@CharityAngelSpectrum I was copying Jons mode of speech for comic effect. 🙂
Knew where you were as soon as I saw the thumbnail. My dad lives in Crowland!
Igneous design. Clever monks. Great as ever
Sedimentary my dear watson.
Really interesting John, thank you Hope it’s a protected monument?
If we're doing water related words, then the 'new' river is arguably a Leat. A Leat is a natural watercourse that has been modified for human purposes.
The human purpose is usually to supply a watermill -- so, no.
Where did Cat's Water go?
On my bloody lawn😃
@@stephenwhite345 that'll be our cat, sorry...
Looking around on google maps it looks to me that it could now called Greenbank drain and heads off to the River Nene and into The Wash.
How the hell does John come up with these things?
And that's an expression of (wicked sweet) awe and wonder, definitely not in any way a complaint.
You know, you've just jinxed that bridge, don't you?
Great video Jon, unusual bridge
Confluence, John.
It's a bridge over (mostly) fresh air.... and a bit of methane if you fart while standing underneath it...
Cool
Nothing Holy about the Hills and Holes.
Waters meet.
Should change the name of this channel to 'Aqua Shenanigans' for this episode.
good choice of outro music
Specific button subsequently press
Thanks Jon, another educational experience. Somewhat lacking in sarcasm compared to what we are used to. Please address this next time. 😉
How do you manage to find these odd features? 🤔
ah,local to me.
I love Hills and Holes.
Just saying. 😂
I liked this video so I pressed the button specifically for that 👉🏻
I liked this comment so I pressed the button specifically for that 👉
That’s a good idea. I did the same thing.
Confluence…
Very interesting John 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
Thought that you would tell us how the water companies nicked the water.
Lost the opportunity to be first with confluence 😢. Brill video
Used to visit that area quite a lot, when the Outlaws lived there.
OMG I was just reading about Crowland and the bridge on Wikipedia when I open You tube and get a notification about this video, either Auto-Shenanigans is spying on me or he's a witch!!!!
This channel is slowly turning from a purely car channel to a Tom Scott v2
And I’m all for it
TS should hand off all his T-shirts to this guy
Gives a new meaning to a bridge to nowhere.
On the A1(M) at junction 7, the slip road to go on to the southbound carriageway has a set of traffic lights that turn on at rush hour. Only slip road I’ve seen with them.
We have the modern equivalent of that bridge in Zanesville, Ohio. It's located just to the west of their downtown where the Licking River joins the Muskingum River. It's named The Y Bridge for obvious reasons.
Rivers were frequently used for transport back then because sometimes it's easier to float cargo on a barge.
Building a town/city where rivers meet was actually a good idea for a long time, it's like a transport hub. Alot of potential business.
That's why Pittsburgh Pennsylvania was extremely important for a long time.
I had a bike puncture at Crowland.
Just saying.
So rare to hear anyone talk about the draining of the fens. It was a really nice treat seeing a bit of history on it from you, of all people! I just shared it with all my family and friends. I did a documentary on the draining of the fens for a museum exhibition in Lincoln, which gets played on repeat. It was fascinating doing the documentary as I had never heard about the enormous engineering feat or the controversy that ensued from the draining of the fens, nor had I heard of it since until now.
It's amazing what was carried out all those hundreds of years ago. We seem to have problems doing anything nowadays.
Mate ur always in my area , barnack hills and hollows was purely quarried to build ely cathedral and Ramsey Abby. All sent via river , stone that was left from Ramsey used for this bridge
are we sure it was not a 1300 council planning issue, in that it took so long to plan it by the time they started to build it the rivers had already been moved. Most of these videos are due to rubbish council planning :)
Weirdly I had a dream about walking to and under this bridge after watching the video, but the rivers were running under it as they used to. Not sure why.
Modern bridges in the UK should be designed to last for 120 years by default.
Cat's Water, later re-named Budweiser.
Crowland is a town! Also, I saw my house.
That's a gorgeous bridge.
So what happened to the other bit of river?