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Sheepwash Bridge
Sheepwash Bridge across the Torridge to the south of the village was built in the 17th century. After the only son of the wealthy local landowner John Tosbury was swept away while crossing the ford when the river was in spate, his grief-stricken father underwrote the building and maintenance of a bridge in memory of his drowned son. (Source: Sheepwash section of the 'Devon Perspectives' website,)
Sheepwash Bridge
Sheepwash Bridge across the Torridge to the south of the village was built in the 17th century. After the only son of the wealthy local landowner John Tosbury was swept away while crossing the ford when the river was in spate, his grief-stricken father underwrote the building and maintenance of a bridge in memory of his drowned son. (Source: Sheepwash section of the 'Devon Perspectives' website,)