Cawood, The Bridge c.1955
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C258006
More about this scene
Cawood was once a busy port on the River Ouse with boat building and a ferry. This swing bridge was built at the turn of the 19th century, when the village possessed twelve pubs with nautical names such as The Jolly Sailor, The Anchor and The Ferry. The village was also the centre of much royal intrigue. A castle was built here by the Norman conquerors, and it later became a court of King Edward I and Queen Marguerite. In 1646, after the Civil War, the castle was stripped of its roof. Stone from the derelict building was reused at the Archbishop's Palace in York. Only the 15th-century gatehouse remains in the village.
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