but thisfront, now greatly decayed, and a portion of the fouth aifle incontinuance, fhow that, in its perfection, Croyland was one ofthe moft beautiful monafteries in the kingdom. 120 CROYLAND ABBEY. On the weft fide of the church ftands the famous TriangularBridge, the only one of the kind, I… … TRIANGULAR BRIDGE AT CROYLAND. by their jun6lion, as many pointed arches. It is fuppofed tohave been defigned as a fymbol of the Trinity. It is too fteepfor carriages, and is little ufed even by horfes. There was abridge here as early as a.d. 943 ; it being mentioned in KingEdwards charter of that…
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