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St Ives Bridge is a medieval bridge spanning the River Ouse at St Ives in Huntingdonshire. The structure dates from the fourteenth century and represents an important surviving example of medieval bridge engineering. The bridge features a series of stone arches and incorporates a small chapel dedicated to Saint Leger, which was built upon the bridge itself in a manner characteristic of certain medieval crossing points. This combination of functional bridge and sacred space reflects the religious significance attributed to major river crossings during the medieval period and demonstrates the bridge's importance as a focal point in the town's medieval topography.
St Ives Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006865. View the official record →
St Ives Bridge is a medieval bridge spanning the River Ouse at St Ives in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006865.
St Ives Bridge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006865.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The priory barn: remains of the Benedictine priory at Saint Ives (0.2 km), Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge (1.3 km), The Manor of Hemingford Grey: a medieval moated site (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Ives Bridge's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
St Ives Bridge stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.