A late 19th century view of St Ives Bridge, completed in 1425, crossing the River Great Ouse in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England with the bridge chapel in the centre. It went on to serve as a toll house, inn and private residence. Originally designed as a chapel and dedicated by the monks to Saint Leger, by 1736 it was being used as accommodation, and in that year two extra floors were the 1850s and 1860s it was turned into a notorious public house named "Little Hell", then a doctor's surgery.


Size: 4454px × 3180px
Location: St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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