CROMWELL'S BRIDGE (RIVER HODDER), CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND.
THE OLD HODDER BRIDGE WAS BUILT BY THE CATHOLIC SIR RICHARD SHIREBURNE IN 1561 TO AID THE PROTESTANT PARISHIONERS OF “MYTTON CHURCH” TO CROSS THE RIVER TO GO TO SERVICES.
IT'S GENERALLY CALLED CROMWELL'S BRIDGE BECAUSE CROMWELL'S TROOPS CROSSED IT AT THE TIME OF THE BATTLE OF PRESTON. CROMWELL CAME NORTH TO SUBDUE CATHOLICS AND HE MOVED HIS CANNON ACROSS THIS BRIDGE BY REMOVING THE STONE RAILINGS. EVER SINCE IT HAS BEEN CALLED “CROMWELL’S BRIDGE” EVEN THOUGH HIS NEMESES THE CATHOLIC SIR RICHARD SHERBURNE PAID FOR AND BUILT IT.

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