The history of Banbury : including copious historical and antiquarian notices of the neighborhood . deposit, and a scum of thesame colour appears on the water in parts where stagnant. The spring discharges fromhalf a gallon to one gallon in a minute. In 32 oz. of the water at 60° are Carbonic Acid gas 5 cubic inches Hydrochlorate Magnesia grains. Chloride Sodium or common Salt Sulphate Lime Carbonate Lime Protoxide Iron Silica a trace Total weigh! of solid contents The water of St. Rumbalds Well at Astrop is also slightly chalybeate. (44) Bakers Northamp., p. 720.
The history of Banbury : including copious historical and antiquarian notices of the neighborhood . deposit, and a scum of thesame colour appears on the water in parts where stagnant. The spring discharges fromhalf a gallon to one gallon in a minute. In 32 oz. of the water at 60° are Carbonic Acid gas 5 cubic inches Hydrochlorate Magnesia grains. Chloride Sodium or common Salt Sulphate Lime Carbonate Lime Protoxide Iron Silica a trace Total weigh! of solid contents The water of St. Rumbalds Well at Astrop is also slightly chalybeate. (44) Bakers Northamp., p. 720. (45) Keunet.(46) Tax. Eccles. Ang. & Wall. Auct. P. Nich. IV. (47) Abbrev. Placit. N y« BANBURY BRIDGE. as far as I can discover, the first mention that is made of BAN-BURY Bridge : it refers to the present fabric, which is a work ofthe 13th century, and is one of the best specimens now remain-ing of the bridges of the middle ages. Originally it formed a per-fectly level way across the valley of the Cherwell, and was about2o8 feet in length exclusive of the approaches. The level has now. BANBURY BRIDGE IN 1730. of a Sketch in Mr, Goughs Collection, Vol. 21, in the Bodleian Library. been lost at that end of the Bridge which is nearest the town,by the erection, towards the close of the last century, of a dis-graceful brick arch, of higher elevation than the ancient fabric,across the canal.^ The two ancient arches at that end of theBridge, as seen in the above cut, span the mill stream; they arein the pointed style, and are built on parallel ribs. (See Plate18.) These arches are similar in design and construction tothe land arches of Old London Bridge; the ribs being turnedfirst at narrow intervals to enable the masons to lay the longstones from rib to rib, by this means avoiding expensive cen- (48) It is surprising that the talented Brindsly, who was Engineer to this canal, cnuldhave designed such frightful bridges as this canal only can shew. BANBURY BRIDGE. 99
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