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THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MONK’S BRIDGE. 47 
I fear this would sweep away any trace of the socket of 
the ancient Bridge Cross if the repair of 1775 had spared 
it. I have made a very careful search for any such stone, 
and can find none, though they may be found to this day 
in many of the Derbyshire and other County Bridges, usually 
in the centre refuge on the down stream side of the bridges, 
and often converted into a sun dial. 
“1807. Michaelmas Session.—A further £132 18s. td., making 
a total of £266 2s. 7d., which is also shewn in 
the County Masons’ book.” 
I had not the time to follow the repairs beyond this date, 
but know the piling was renewed in 1881, and also that 
the bridge was pointed in 1896. 
So we must leave this interesting old bridge. I for one 
shall regret the day when it is cleared away, and I trust 
that if any of you are about these parts when it happens, 
and another link with the past makes room for a 
successor, that will not last half as long, you will watch 
carefully the removal of the piers, and put on record the 
finds that I have no doubt will be made, of Roman 
masonry and pile work. 
It was owing to hot weather and cool water that you 
have this paper on Monk’s Bridge, and I trust I have given 
you all as much entertainment as I afforded to so many, 
this last Summer, when, in very scanty raiment, I swam from 
pier to pier to sketch, measure, and work out my ideas and 
the dates for this paper. 
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