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Oldbridge

KBarry · 2014-09-21 17:24:44

Can anybody tell me about the ruins of what looks like farm buildings on the road up to the house at Oldbridge? My google-fu has failed me, but we are very curious as to when it was built, who lived there and when it was abandoned. My money is it being farm labourers who worked for whoever owned the house, no idea about…

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21-09-2014 6:24pm

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KBarry

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Can anybody tell me about the ruins of what looks like farm buildings on the road up to the house at Oldbridge? My google-fu has failed me, but we are very curious as to when it was built, who lived there and when it was abandoned. My money is it being farm labourers who worked for whoever owned the house, no idea about dates though.

Also, what happened to the village of Oldbridge? Was it destroyed during the battle and abandoned then, or did that happen later?

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#2 22-09-2014 11:35pm
Hondo75

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If its near the gate that would be the location of the village , if you compare old maps ..The crossing would have taken place just east of village I think

Just up that way today, great cycle up canal just after Bridge

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