Sutton, The Ford c.1955
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East of Sandy, the small village of Sutton is distinguished by its narrow medieval pack-horse bridge which took pedlars and carriers' pack ponies dry-shod past the ford, which is still in use today. There are cutwaters on the other side of the bridge with refuges; the cutwaters, like the bows of ships in shape, always face upstream. The stream eventually feeds into the Ivel. This brown sandstone bridge is an interesting survival, with much of its fabric 13th-century.
An extract from Bedford Photographic Memories.
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