West Rasen Bridge
Other OS name in the Parish of West Rasen
Historical Forms
- : “a selion upon Holm at the bridge” 1337 Cl
- le Horebrigge 1337 ib
- inter Gardinium W… and pontem puellarum 1366 MC
Etymology
, also known as PACKHORSE BRIDGE . According to Bridg 36 “ West Rasen Bridge , also known as Bishop 's Bridge , as it is supposed to have been built by Bishop Dalderby early in the fourteenth century , has three segmental arches spanning a distance of nearly 20 yards . The width is only 4 feet ” . In P & H , 420 , it is described as “ C14 . With three arches ” . No reference was found to the bridge in a search through Bishop Dalderby 's Register ( BR 3 ,LAO ) and it is strange that no early forms at all have been found for the name . However , several references have been noted to a bridge : “a selion upon Holm at the bridge ”1337 Cl, le Horebrigge 1337 ib (probably 'the grey bridge' v. hār, brycg, with the second el.in a Scandinavianized form) and inter Gardinium W … and pontem puellarum 1366MC ( ' the maidens' bridge ' , the charter being partially illegible ) . Unfortunately , it is impossible to tell whether any of them refer to the existing bridge .