St Ives Bridge Cambridgeshire
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6 years ago in #photography by molometer (69)
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Very informative essay and great photos. I didn’t know Cromwell blew up any churches.
The reason so many churches were destroyed has a simple explanation.
Churches were often the only stone buildings in a town or village and made good defensive positions during battles.
Secondly they were easy to plunder and rob.
They were still churches. That a man on a holy mission would destroy what would have been holy places to him and to his followers is only proof of the extremism that drove him above any other motives.
True but they were not his 'kind' of churches. He was a Puritan and anti Papist and anything else for that matter.
Sounds so similar to today don't you think?
Sadly, yes it does seem entirely too similar to today. [sigh] To paraphrase: What fools these humans remain.
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had caught seven mice:
Mice, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
Or something like that the rhyme goes, how fascinating a bridge with a chapel built into it! And it got blown up and rebuilt as well, super photographs I have always wanted to visit St Ives passed near by so many time visiting Peterborough, Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
Super photographs, it's amazing seeing those narrowboats and all the swans!
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You should pop in and take a look around. It's a quaint old market town. Loads of character.
The answer to the riddle most people come up with is 1
There is a bit more involved. :)
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Such interesting architecture thanks for sharing with us, I dont think I have ever seen a bridge with different style arches like that I wonder if there’s a story about that
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Paragraph one. ;)
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Thanks for the info
wow, so SO stunning! I can't wait to travel to Poland for Steemfest and see all the old buildings.
I'm sure they have lots of lovely old buildings in Poland too. :)
@molometer Oh beautiful I visited Cambridge but didn´t have time to walk the bridge, all the views are specials. I love the Norris museum
The Norris museum is a must see when in St.Ives. Cambridgeshire is a beautiful county. Thanks for dropping in and leaving your warm comments.
Wow that is very interesting! I love the architecture.
We have a lot of fine buildings here from all time periods :)
That is very neat, they all seem to compliment each other and still look nice even though they are very different.
Wonderful photos of that incredibly historic bridge! You covered all the details. What a great place for a Wednesday Walk!
Thanks Mel, I do like this bridge so much.
It is a tangible reminder of what the people can do when governments go rogue. :)
what a storybook looking place ..love these photos
It does have a lot of charm and an interesting history. ;)
It really does. :)
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