Coopers Wharf plaque - Buckingham - Bucks
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Norfolk12
N 51° 59.880 W 000° 59.214
30U E 638199 N 5762729
An oblong plaque on the wall facing the ford in Buckingham Town Centre.
Waymark Code: WMF72R
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/03/2012
Views: 3
COOPERS WHARF
THE OLD FORD MARKED THE PRINCIPAL
ROUTE INTO BUCKINGHAM. BY 1610
JOHNS SPEED'S MAP SHOW IT WAS TRAVERSED
BY THE SHERRIFS BRIDGE BUILT OF STONE
IT EXTENDED INTO FORD STREET
ALLOWING TRAVELLERS DRY PASSAGE OVER THE GREAT OUSE.
CELIA FIENNES WRITES IN 1697;
''.... A VERY HIGH BRIDGE TH0'THE RIVER
SEEMED NOT THEN SO VERY FULL
BUT IT SWELLS AFTER GREAT RAINES
WHICH MAKES THEM BUILD THEIR ARCHES SO LARGE ''
THE FINE 1805 LONDON BRIDGE, BUILT IN
STONE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MARQUESS OF
BUCKINGHAM LEFT FORD STREET AS A BACKWATER,
SERVING THE BUCKINGHAM GASWORKS WHICH OCCUPIED THIS
SITE FROM 1834, OF THAT LEGACY, ONLY
THE TERRACE OF WORKERS COTTAGES
AND THEIR ''LOCAL'' THE NEW INN REMAIN
THE BUCKINGHAM SOCIETY W.E.BLACK LTD
2008
Type of Historic Marker: Site of the Old Ford
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: The Buckingham Society
Age/Event Date: 01/01/2008
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