A Literary Pilgrimage Of Durham - Track 6 - Prebends' Bridge
New Writing North
English - October 10, 2020 00:00 - 5 minutes - 7.15 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingArts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: New Narratives for the North East: Episode 4: About The Future
Prebends’ Bridge, a much-loved landmark, was built in 1778. It replaced an earlier bridge washed away by the great flood of 1771, which caused much damage along the coast and inland water ways. The bridge famously has a quote from Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem ‘Harold the Dauntless’ (written in 1817) inscribed on a plaque on the north-west balustrade of the bridge.