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.
@PJRayment 76 likes, and you're the first to correct me. Thank you. I actually can't believe it went that long unnoticed. However, I'm not gonna correct it.
3:30 "and how using a few simple tools, you can create a one-of-a-kind item that lasts over 650 years... and this brings us to the sponsor of this video, SquareSpace"
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 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!
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.
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.
People say that because the joiny bit comprises mainly of Rustins Patented Confluence Water Glue. It’s indistinguishable from the water but without it both rivers would refuse to join and push apart like magnets. People in the river joining trade started calling it a “confluence” and the term stuck. But “joiny bit” is the cromulent term.
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.
@@martin-vv9lf Also the fact that after removing the water it was basically useless so people likely just walked around it further adding to it's longevity because it was way less used
Well as you say, they were only small streams, so there wouldn't be much of a river bank at all. So the start of the arch is at the same level as the walkway. Whereas we're used to seeing the walkway/road being raised up from the start of the arch.
*Proceed with caution, its going to be less than appropriate VERY soon* Oral segs makes ones whole day... The opposite end variety makes ones hole weak... I know. Im sorry. Im already thinking about what ive done wrong.... im working on it. Im sorry to those who require apology, Thanks to those who dont.
@purpleduggy7680 Wrong. The peace symbol is from the flag semaphore of 'ND' or nuclear disarmament. It was created in 1958. You don't agree. Oh, darn. Bye now. ✌️
@@McRocket look up the newspaper quote by Peggy Duff talking about Gerald Holtom who created the peace symbol and specifically mentions it is a death rune in her quote.
It's so refreshing to know that there's an old town in England that has preserved a one-of-a-kind medieval bridge despite it serving no purpose whatsoever, and treated it with a certain amount of respect. I'm so used to seeing things like this get demolished before they even create a problem, just because they're not "needed." This gives me life.
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.
From towns with which i am acquainted, York was built at the confluence of the Ouse and the Foss in 71 by the Romans - later to be a centre for the vikings. I'd love to visit Pittsburgh, it reminds me of the post industrial towns in the pennine hills where I'm from. Is it any good?
@@andyxox4168 still impressive. not a single person in our society could do the same thing today. and it was left to the city to build, it would likely cost at least over 1 million USD, over multiple years, and it would definitely go over budget.
@@selectionn .. yes there are (few) stonemasons out there but there’s not much call for stone bridges. Then again back in those days they could build power plants, motor cars nor televisions amongst other things!
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
@@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!
I used to live in Crowland (back in 2000) and it's nice to see a video about the bridge. (Hadn't been back to Crowland in over 16 years until I did Parkrun earlier this year, so small world 😁)
If you like Louis L'Amour's books it might interest you to know that "Sackett's Land", the first of the Sackett stories was set, in part in the area shown at 2:36. And that Barnabas Sackett mentioned the plan to drain the fens and regarded the plan with mixed feelings.
Any painter with a brain won't bother with medieval monuments (or anything older than 60 years or so) because the stone is too porous and absorbs paint like it was nothing. It just looks shite and washes away instantly. plus, local artists will disrespect your tags for desecrating historic monuments (unless they're statues of nasty people, centres of evil etc) as it's one of their rules. They'll cross out your work and make it impossible for you to put owt up. A painter in my town got 'toyed' for painting a war grave, painters crossed his work out everywhere relentlessly til he gave up, stupid bugger.
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
Don't knock the ingenuity.. building one bridge that spans two rivers at their junction, allowing the three pieces of land to be accessed without building multiple bridges, can only be described as sheer genius.
Almost. Two sides of it appear to have a lot of steps. That works for humans but not horses and pack animals. I presume there were other bridges, and long roads, in nearby villages to allow crossings with carts.
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 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.
@@thebrowns5337 The roads need to expand as the population grows, but I'm glad you people preserve ancient buildings. Here in the US, we simply don't have anything very old, and it sort of shows through in our culture.
@@joshuakarr-BibleMan it's not true, I've seen videos of ancient buildings and towns from native American people, and they look well preserved. I believe they are in new mexico ?
Looks like it terminates at about maps.app.goo.gl/awBxpWMxqBr2QkwK8. There's something called the New Cut that seems man-made just north of it - perchance that interfered with the flowing of Cat's Water.
The Cat's Water seems to disappear where it meets the B1040 at 52.650565, -0.141198. It may be culverted after that, and tracing its path blindly in the same general direction, I would guess it may now empty into New Cut (Drain) just over a quarter mile away.
3:57 it is actually "not stupid" rivers have never been used as boundaries by people they are too rich an asset. what happens is that economic zones form around them especially at junctions so that the rivers themselves always wind up at the center of things.
It does somewhat depend on context, as while they rarely ever start as boundaries, they can make very effective defensive features, which can in turn lead to a conquering army taking one side but struggling to capture the other, producing a boundary that is at least initially intended to be temporary, but may become permanent through treaties. They may also be a single region initially but may be split into separate fiefs by a ruler who finds them a convenient means of marking the boundaries of two rival lords' territories. A mix of both can be seen in colonial holdings where foreign powers find them convenient for arbitrarily assigning borders. And for a less seen one, sometimes one side of a river is largely unfit for habitation (marshes, floodplains, salt deposits, etc.) and as such the river becomes a natural barrier for the settlement, though bridges and ferries may be set up to cross the river for work purposes.
Depends how big they are. A river this size isn't going to be much of a boundary, but large ones frequently are. The Danube forms the border between Romania and Bulgaria because in its lower course it's too wide to ford or conveniently cross without a huge bridge. It also formed the northern border of the Roman Empire with a major bridge at Ratisbon (now Regensburg, in the middle of Bavaria). Then look at South America. There are river borders all over the place. Argentina-Brazil and Argentina-Uruguay: the Uruguay and San Antonio rivers. Uruguay and Brazil: the Yaguarón / Jaguarão. Argentina/Paraguay: the Paraná and Paraguay. Some of the countries are even named after the rivers that define their borders!
Rivers are OFTEN used as boundaries ; Check out any map . eg OS 50,000 or 1" . The boundary can be 1) the LH bank , 2) the RH bank or 3) up the middle . see the junction of Oxon and Bucks near Thame . Sometimes its on the LH bank and sometimes ............. etc etc .
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.
I actually live in Crowland and think its really cool that we have the trinity bridge. For such a small little village, it brings in loads of tourists and helps out the local economy.
Modern bridges have a 100+ year life cycle depending on material used with maintenance schedules also planned. Even basic covered wooden bridges can last 100 years.
I have to say it's very refreshing to see a channel which doesn't struggle and sweat to drag every video out over 10-15 minutes for maximising ad revenue. Thanks for an interesting video that simply tells the story it wants to tell. 😀
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
little difference between modern day bridges and that tiny little puny bridge you got there: they're used by thousands of heavy vehicles every day, unlike the "over 600 years old" bridge, which hasn't been used since the 1700.
Thank heavens people have had the foresight to leave the bridge alone & not used it to build other structures! The craftsmen who built it deserve their work to be on display as it's lovely.
Anything that lasts more than 100 years made with simple tools is impressive as can be. I absolutely love that the town kept the bridge and I am surprised it doesn't have a plaque with a short explanation on it.
I'm just happy to have stumbled upon this video. Short and sweet, 4 minutes to talk about an interesting trivia and show some related footage. Not over edited, not wasting my time. Just a cute trivia. I whish more videos would take this approach instead of being 40 minutes slops. Thank you!
*_"the skilled monks who built this impressive structure in the 1300s and how using a few simple tools you can create a one-of-a-kind item that so far has lasted for over 650 years"_* And don't forget they had *_CHEEP LABOR AT THE TIME!!!_*
It's not often that you have a bridge that outlines the river it crosses. And yet we have this marvel of engineering. Crossing not one, but two rivers. Well done.
Biggest "tiny village" I have seen in a long time. I was fortunate to come across the bridge by accident, completely "unspoiled" a few years ago. Had no previous knowledge of the existence of Crowland nor its bridge. Was suitably gobsmacked.
Do not assume that the bridge is over nothing. Most likely the ancient rivers are now in pipes as the area was built up. As you watch the Oxford/ Cambridge boat race you might notice pipes pouring water into the Thames, almost all of these are old rivers moved into pipes as the city grew. Last thing you would want is underground water eroding the foundations of your buildings. Yes i watched the video, these rivers were moved.
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
bridges like that are actually common to anyone not lying their ass off. They actually had a unique reason well not really. You see merchants liked having a place they could set up certain types of food and item stalls that could be near where people like to look at the entire city and you could put stalls that never needed to be moved and tourists or even people of the city would go on dates at those locations. Some of the bridges had 5 entrances and some had as many as 37. 3 entrances was so common place that regular people from anywhere could build them.
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".
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?
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Crowland is a lovely place. I sometimes meet up with a friend there, and we always meet on the bridge. The remaining part of the Abbey - about 200m from the bridge - is awesome, too!
Monks: “Lets build a strong bridge that would last forever!”
Someone else: “Let’s move the river”
Monks: 😑😑😑
*Monty Python footsplat sfx*
It only helped the bridge to last longer. Smart.
People: "Lets build a village around this river junction"
People later: "Why is there a river in our village lets move it"
Monks: "welp, the bridge stays"
Monks:
Let's build a three-way bridge!
Some people decades later:
How about we take the river and push it somewhere else!
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!
Why can't all youtube videos be this precise and to the point?
Because human brains have different bridges...
Precise? Or concise?
It was a bit too concise. What happened to the third part, Cat's Water?
@PJRayment 76 likes, and you're the first to correct me. Thank you. I actually can't believe it went that long unnoticed. However, I'm not gonna correct it.
Midland, Michigan, USA has a 3 way bridge also...it is called "The Tridge".
Got one on lake lavon in Texas outside Dallas
What a wonderfully horrible word
@@CliftonBowersThis one is over a hundred miles from Avalon 😂
@@dominiclester3232 I knows dat a bed n breakfast is in that area on like 800 acers ..it vast up yonder
@@BarackLesnar Well, Midland IS the home of Dow Chemical, so it seems somehow fitting.
1:42 where two rivers merge is a confluence
As in Kuala Lumpur 😂😂 ( muddy [lumpur]confluence[kuala])
I'm sure it's a bifurcation.
@@Grunchy005 That's when two rivers split away from one, rather than two merging into one, which is rarer
@@drkendallsphysics1916 More like one river splits, into two.
whats it called when 2 siblings piss in the toilet at the same time?
3:30 "and how using a few simple tools, you can create a one-of-a-kind item that lasts over 650 years... and this brings us to the sponsor of this video, SquareSpace"
Get an adblocker.
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.
How did John not know the word for that? He must be under the confluence..
Oh beer… 🍺
Don't drive in the drink! you'll end up under the confluence.
@@donaldpetersen2382 🤣🫡
chefs kiss 👌
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 might want to add " read meeeeee" to the first line
😄🍻
@@Interdimensional27 😆🤣
This is why I love England. So much interesting stuff rooted in history no matter where you go.
“But a stones throw away” 😂 0:46
A big heavy rectangular stone?
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.
I came here to say there is one in Zanesville, but you beat me to it.
must be descendants of the Monks that built it. 😁🙏😇
Zanesville, represent!
THE Ohio, one where the locals are eating the cast... eating the dogs... don't eat my pets, people of Ohio!
@@KasumiRINA I'm setting 5 blocks from the Y bridge in zanesville right now.
We don't have any non citizens yet
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.
People say that because the joiny bit comprises mainly of Rustins Patented Confluence Water Glue. It’s indistinguishable from the water but without it both rivers would refuse to join and push apart like magnets. People in the river joining trade started calling it a “confluence” and the term stuck. But “joiny bit” is the cromulent term.
@@Dreyno 🤣
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.
@@martin-vv9lf Also the fact that after removing the water it was basically useless so people likely just walked around it further adding to it's longevity because it was way less used
Well as you say, they were only small streams, so there wouldn't be much of a river bank at all. So the start of the arch is at the same level as the walkway. Whereas we're used to seeing the walkway/road being raised up from the start of the arch.
boats perhaps?
I think it might have more to do with structural engineering. A higher arch is stronger than a low one.
I love a good 3 way on a Wednesday evening, it really helps break the week up.
😂
Specially since all 3 appeared so hard.
*Proceed with caution, its going to be less than appropriate VERY soon*
Oral segs makes ones whole day...
The opposite end variety makes ones hole weak...
I know. Im sorry. Im already thinking about what ive done wrong.... im working on it.
Im sorry to those who require apology,
Thanks to those who dont.
Fascinating and well told, imo.
I (now) love this bridge.
Thank you for this.
☮
the peace symbol is the death rune Yr ᛦ
@purpleduggy7680 Wrong.
The peace symbol is from the flag semaphore of 'ND' or nuclear disarmament. It was created in 1958.
You don't agree.
Oh, darn.
Bye now.
✌️
@@McRocket look up the newspaper quote by Peggy Duff talking about Gerald Holtom who created the peace symbol and specifically mentions it is a death rune in her quote.
It's so refreshing to know that there's an old town in England that has preserved a one-of-a-kind medieval bridge despite it serving no purpose whatsoever, and treated it with a certain amount of respect. I'm so used to seeing things like this get demolished before they even create a problem, just because they're not "needed." This gives me life.
The bridge is an amazing structure to last so long, and is quite beautiful to look at.
Great video Jon as always excellent
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.
From towns with which i am acquainted, York was built at the confluence of the Ouse and the Foss in 71 by the Romans - later to be a centre for the vikings.
I'd love to visit Pittsburgh, it reminds me of the post industrial towns in the pennine hills where I'm from. Is it any good?
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
@@andyxox4168 still impressive.
not a single person in our society could do the same thing today. and it was left to the city to build, it would likely cost at least over 1 million USD, over multiple years, and it would definitely go over budget.
@@selectionn .. yes there are (few) stonemasons out there but there’s not much call for stone bridges. Then again back in those days they could build power plants, motor cars nor televisions amongst other things!
The village grew up in the shadow of the abbey. The villagers provided services to the monks, such as the production of vellum.
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.
Those blokes were quite brilliant.
Had their mothers to thanks for that
Monks typically are.
@@thebrowns5337Fathers.*
Fascinating tale . . . & brilliantly told. Well done indeed Sir, do carry on : )
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!
I used to live in Crowland (back in 2000) and it's nice to see a video about the bridge. (Hadn't been back to Crowland in over 16 years until I did Parkrun earlier this year, so small world 😁)
That's a gorgeous bridge.
Any chance you could ask the monks to help the M62 ouse bridge works as their deadline keeps extending
If you like Louis L'Amour's books it might interest you to know that "Sackett's Land", the first of the Sackett stories was set, in part in the area shown at 2:36. And that Barnabas Sackett mentioned the plan to drain the fens and regarded the plan with mixed feelings.
Thanks John, good history lesson.
Don't matter how usless the bridge is now. That bridge is a thing of architectural and engineering beauty!
1:39 Confluence, dear boy.
No graffiti on that monument 👍
Yep - it's miles away from Bristol
Any painter with a brain won't bother with medieval monuments (or anything older than 60 years or so) because the stone is too porous and absorbs paint like it was nothing. It just looks shite and washes away instantly. plus, local artists will disrespect your tags for desecrating historic monuments (unless they're statues of nasty people, centres of evil etc) as it's one of their rules. They'll cross out your work and make it impossible for you to put owt up. A painter in my town got 'toyed' for painting a war grave, painters crossed his work out everywhere relentlessly til he gave up, stupid bugger.
It's probably cleaned or closely monitored.
it's on a street corner
@@MegaSpartan007never miss an opportunity, you folks
"confluence" is where rivers meet
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
Don't knock the ingenuity.. building one bridge that spans two rivers at their junction, allowing the three pieces of land to be accessed without building multiple bridges, can only be described as sheer genius.
Almost. Two sides of it appear to have a lot of steps. That works for humans but not horses and pack animals. I presume there were other bridges, and long roads, in nearby villages to allow crossings with carts.
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 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.
@@thebrowns5337
The roads need to expand as the population grows, but I'm glad you people preserve ancient buildings.
Here in the US, we simply don't have anything very old, and it sort of shows through in our culture.
@@joshuakarr-BibleMan the indians built hills of dirt we still have those around
@@monkemode8128
True engineering and architectural wonders, too.
@@joshuakarr-BibleMan it's not true, I've seen videos of ancient buildings and towns from native American people, and they look well preserved. I believe they are in new mexico ?
I love learning about odd historical tidbits like this. Great job, mate!
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.
Looks like it terminates at about maps.app.goo.gl/awBxpWMxqBr2QkwK8. There's something called the New Cut that seems man-made just north of it - perchance that interfered with the flowing of Cat's Water.
The Cat's Water seems to disappear where it meets the B1040 at 52.650565, -0.141198. It may be culverted after that, and tracing its path blindly in the same general direction, I would guess it may now empty into New Cut (Drain) just over a quarter mile away.
3:57 it is actually "not stupid" rivers have never been used as boundaries by people they are too rich an asset. what happens is that economic zones form around them especially at junctions so that the rivers themselves always wind up at the center of things.
It does somewhat depend on context, as while they rarely ever start as boundaries, they can make very effective defensive features, which can in turn lead to a conquering army taking one side but struggling to capture the other, producing a boundary that is at least initially intended to be temporary, but may become permanent through treaties. They may also be a single region initially but may be split into separate fiefs by a ruler who finds them a convenient means of marking the boundaries of two rival lords' territories.
A mix of both can be seen in colonial holdings where foreign powers find them convenient for arbitrarily assigning borders.
And for a less seen one, sometimes one side of a river is largely unfit for habitation (marshes, floodplains, salt deposits, etc.) and as such the river becomes a natural barrier for the settlement, though bridges and ferries may be set up to cross the river for work purposes.
A river makes up the boundary between 2 Australian states...
Depends how big they are. A river this size isn't going to be much of a boundary, but large ones frequently are. The Danube forms the border between Romania and Bulgaria because in its lower course it's too wide to ford or conveniently cross without a huge bridge. It also formed the northern border of the Roman Empire with a major bridge at Ratisbon (now Regensburg, in the middle of Bavaria).
Then look at South America. There are river borders all over the place. Argentina-Brazil and Argentina-Uruguay: the Uruguay and San Antonio rivers. Uruguay and Brazil: the Yaguarón / Jaguarão. Argentina/Paraguay: the Paraná and Paraguay. Some of the countries are even named after the rivers that define their borders!
ACKCHYUALLY
Rivers are OFTEN used as boundaries ; Check out any map . eg OS 50,000 or 1" . The boundary can be 1) the LH bank , 2) the RH bank or 3) up the middle . see the junction of Oxon and Bucks near Thame . Sometimes its on the LH bank and sometimes ............. etc etc .
This video scratches a lot of itches: apparent mystery, culture and architecture, engineering/land and waterway management, history. Well done!
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.
I actually live in Crowland and think its really cool that we have the trinity bridge. For such a small little village, it brings in loads of tourists and helps out the local economy.
What's happened to the Cat's Water? Soaked away into litter?
This was informative. So thank you. Like your delivery too. 👍
Cat's Water, later re-named Budweiser.
Surely you do not mean The Budweiser Original, but that rice American knockoff, right?
This is one of the best youtube videos I have ever seen. Concise, informative. Made me feel awe for the past and contemplate the present
Modern bridges have a 100+ year life cycle depending on material used with maintenance schedules also planned. Even basic covered wooden bridges can last 100 years.
Upvoting and commenting for succinct information with great footage and no sponsor. High quality, short and sweet, love it.
Used to walk my border collie in the morning in the Hills and Holes
I have to say it's very refreshing to see a channel which doesn't struggle and sweat to drag every video out over 10-15 minutes for maximising ad revenue. Thanks for an interesting video that simply tells the story it wants to tell. 😀
Knew of the bridge , had no idea of where it was and how ..... todays a good school day
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.
Who the fuck is Abbey
That's fantastic! I'm glad no one moved forward to have the bridge destroyed.
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.
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
little difference between modern day bridges and that tiny little puny bridge you got there: they're used by thousands of heavy vehicles every day, unlike the "over 600 years old" bridge, which hasn't been used since the 1700.
Thanks!
thanks that was a good story about the bridge
I drive past this at least once a week and always wondered why there was a random bridge there
That was interesting, John. I shall endeavour to visit the three pronged bridge next time I go to Norfolk.
It's not in Norfolk 😉
Thank heavens people have had the foresight to leave the bridge alone & not used it to build other structures! The craftsmen who built it deserve their work to be on display as it's lovely.
That was even shorter and sweeter than usual.
That's what she said.
Anything that lasts more than 100 years made with simple tools is impressive as can be.
I absolutely love that the town kept the bridge and I am surprised it doesn't have a plaque with a short explanation on it.
A confluence of the rivers.
That's a cool bridge yo
How very cool!
I'm just happy to have stumbled upon this video. Short and sweet, 4 minutes to talk about an interesting trivia and show some related footage.
Not over edited, not wasting my time.
Just a cute trivia.
I whish more videos would take this approach instead of being 40 minutes slops.
Thank you!
*_"the skilled monks who built this impressive structure in the 1300s and how using a few simple tools you can create a one-of-a-kind item that so far has lasted for over 650 years"_*
And don't forget they had *_CHEEP LABOR AT THE TIME!!!_*
Yeah, it’s doubtful the monks themselves did any building. They probably financed the operation.
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@@autonomouscollective2599 So very wrong, the monks did build it and many other structures.
Fascinating stuff, you are far more interesting than my old history teacher was.
that bridge is really interesting.
Yeah, someone should make a video about it.
It's not often that you have a bridge that outlines the river it crosses. And yet we have this marvel of engineering. Crossing not one, but two rivers. Well done.
Bloody brilliant mate
My dad and I often pondered this when driving past, but never got around to researching it. Job done 😊
Very informative, cheers John!
These are getting better and better. Thanks!
Where the rivers meet, would that be a free flowing junction?
I did think he'd gone a bit American with "intersection"
Biggest "tiny village" I have seen in a long time. I was fortunate to come across the bridge by accident, completely "unspoiled" a few years ago. Had no previous knowledge of the existence of Crowland nor its bridge. Was suitably gobsmacked.
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.
Do not assume that the bridge is over nothing. Most likely the ancient rivers are now in pipes as the area was built up.
As you watch the Oxford/ Cambridge boat race you might notice pipes pouring water into the Thames, almost all of these are old rivers moved into pipes as the city grew. Last thing you would want is underground water eroding the foundations of your buildings. Yes i watched the video, these rivers were moved.
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?
bridges like that are actually common to anyone not lying their ass off. They actually had a unique reason well not really. You see merchants liked having a place they could set up certain types of food and item stalls that could be near where people like to look at the entire city and you could put stalls that never needed to be moved and tourists or even people of the city would go on dates at those locations. Some of the bridges had 5 entrances and some had as many as 37. 3 entrances was so common place that regular people from anywhere could build them.
ah,local to me.
I definitely enjoyed THAT story about a bridge. Excellent.
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".
Another little history lesson brilliantly told! Thsnks, Jon!
Lost the opportunity to be first with confluence 😢. Brill video
You managed to squeeze so much information, history and interest value into just under 4 minutes 😃. Bravo 👏. And I love the tri-bridge to nowhere 🤩.
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
Also no mention of the name for a man-made drainage channel on the fens. Probably best not for fear of upsetting the algorithm.
Facinating...Europe is jam packed with history.
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Wow, blast from the past. Used to live round there as a child in the 80s.. It’s a unique part of the country that’s for sure !
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That’s a good idea. I did the same thing.
Thanks for your hard work in telling us of our history. Things like this will ultimately be bulldozed and forgotten about.
I believe the modern name is "an effluent of rivers..."
Is that not for waste water?
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Brilliant story and the joining of 2 rivers is "confluence".
Crowland is a lovely place. I sometimes meet up with a friend there, and we always meet on the bridge. The remaining part of the Abbey - about 200m from the bridge - is awesome, too!
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