. Vanishing England . n the middest ofthe bridge at Bradford. Sometimes bridges owe their origin to curious circum-stances. There was an old bridge at Olney, Bucking-hamshire, of which Cowper wrote when he sang :— That with its wearisome but needful lengthBestrides the flood. The present bridge that spans the Ouse with three archesand a causeway has taken the place of the long bridgeof Cowpers time. This long bridge was built in thedays of Queen Anne by two squires, Sir Robert Throck-morton of Weston Underwood and William Lowndes ofAstwood Manor. These two gentlemen were sometimesprevented fro

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. Vanishing England . n the middest ofthe bridge at Bradford. Sometimes bridges owe their origin to curious circum-stances. There was an old bridge at Olney, Bucking-hamshire, of which Cowper wrote when he sang :— That with its wearisome but needful lengthBestrides the flood. The present bridge that spans the Ouse with three archesand a causeway has taken the place of the long bridgeof Cowpers time. This long bridge was built in thedays of Queen Anne by two squires, Sir Robert Throck-morton of Weston Underwood and William Lowndes ofAstwood Manor. These two gentlemen were sometimesprevented from paying visits to one another by floods, asthey lived on opposite sides of the Ouse. They accord-ingly built the long bridge in continuation of an olderone, of which only a small portion remains at the northend. Sir Robert found the material and Mr. Lowndesthe labour. This story reminds one of a certain road inBerks and Bucks, the milestones along which record thedistance between Hatfield and Bath? Why Hatfield? It.

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