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264:, and Beggar's Bridge in Glaisdale. The Medieval bridge crossing at Glaisdale was replaced by the current bridge in 1619, but it incorporates some of the stone used in the previous bridge which had collapsed in 1577. The bridge was built by Thomas Ferris, the son of a poor famer who lived on one side of the river, but the woman he loved (Agnes) lived on the other side, and she was the squire's daughter. The squire forbade them from marrying due to Ferris being poor, so Ferris resolved to make his fortune, which he did at sea, returning to marry Agnes, and then became the
268:. The story is that on the night he left to go to sea, flooding prevented him from using the stepping stones to cross the river to say goodbye to Agnes, so when he had made his fortune, he built the bridge so that other lovers would not suffer as he and Agnes did. However, it appears that Agnes died in 1618, so with the bridge being built later, some have suggested that it was a memorial to her rather than a crossing for others.
307:, with many walkers resting by the bridge. The bridge carried an old track between Whitby, Glaisdale and Egton, which continued across the moors to Pickering. The bridge was used as part of a packhorse route connecting Glaisdale with the high level road to Whitby (on the valley top to the north). In July 2023, some of the stones of the bridge were incised to a depth of 1.5 inches (38 mm) with an angle-grinder in what the
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