The Great Stone and Crossford bridge
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Carrying on our exploration of the bridges of Sale. The Great Stone in Stretford may be the origin of the name of Crossford bridge and Cross Street. We never think of the effects the plague must have had on the Northwest of England. That's something that happened somewhere else. Not so, the Great Stone was used as a plague stone when the Black Death and Bubonic plague visited Stretford. There's a fanciful tale about Tarquin the giant who threw the Great stone from Castlefield in Manchester while he battled Sir Lancelot. We start on Cross street in Sale, a Roman road. It connected York and Chester, or should I say Eboracum et Deva Victrix and of course the fort at Mamucium, you may know it as Manchester. The Great Stone is at Gorse hill park in Stretford. The gates were originally the entrance gates to the Trafford Park Estate. The Estate contained the hall, its grounds, and three farms. This is part one of our exploration of Crossford bridge over the River Mersey between Sale and Stretford.
amzn.to/3C52q9L Stretford An Illustrated History by Cliff, Karen
amzn.to/3R7ycaG Stretford & Old Trafford Through Time by Steven Dickens (Author)
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Great stuff. Gorse hill park was also a golf course. And Trafford hall had a golf course too. Great to see someone looking into the history of our towns.
@Wickedacorn
5 ай бұрын
Good stuff
Good stuff as usual! I particularly liked the appearance of Biggus Dickus at 0.45.
@Wickedacorn
2 жыл бұрын
And the Easter egg award goes to....Tony Ollier. lol
Grateful for this information and the cool tone and tenor of narration is really appreciated
@Wickedacorn
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks, I often wonder about that, most people on KZread seem to speak a mile a minute.
Another interesting and well made video. Thanks for posting Paul.
@Wickedacorn
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
Another superb video.. 👍
@Wickedacorn
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot 😊
Loved the video 👍, you may already know but forgot to mention just a stones throw (pardon the pun) from the great stone there was a school named Great stone secondary modern school for boys, which I attended (some times). years later a PC world was built in it's place and now stands a Lidl store. Keep the videos coming mate 😊
@Wickedacorn
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!
Great stuff
@Wickedacorn
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
Very interesting and thanks for putting the video together. I always thought that Crossford Bridge is where you cross the ford rather than there being a stone cross there. Washway Road or Washway is where the water washed away.
@Wickedacorn
Жыл бұрын
I thought that too. It could very well be. But when you think about it, saying cross the ford, it's a bit like saying ford the ford. Is there such a thing as a "double positive"? You would think the ford would be described with a noun or adjective not a verb. the ford by the cross (crossford) or the ford in the woods (Woodford) etc. Do you cross the ford or ford the river? But hey there's no accounting for the English language. Just thinking out loud, Nobody knows the origin for sure it's just one theory.