Everything about Boroughbridge totally explained
Boroughbridge is a small town 13 miles northwest of
York in
North Yorkshire in
England. Until its
bypass was built, it was on the main
A1 road from
London to
Edinburgh. The A1 crosses the
River Ure here.
In
1945 the A1 bridge over the River Ure collapsed under the weight of a heavy transport vehicle carrying an 80-ton
steel mill roll housing from
Sheffield to
Falkirk. That interrupted a main transport route only for a short while, the Army installing a
Bailey bridge until repairs were completed.
Boroughbridge was a parliamentary borough from medieval times, electing two
Members of Parliament to the
unreformed Commons. It had a "burgage" franchise, meaning that the right to vote was tied to ownership of certain pieces of property in the borough, and it had less than 100 qualified voters by the time it was abolished in the
Reform Act of
1832: It was a
pocket borough entirely under the control of the
Dukes of Newcastle.
Augustus FitzRoy, who was later
Prime Minister as the 3rd
Duke of Grafton, was elected MP for Boroughbridge in 1756; however, he never sat for the borough as he preferred to represent
Bury St Edmunds where he'd also been elected.
Close to Boroughbridge is the village of
Aldborough, once the site of the
Roman settlement
Isurium Brigantum (SE406664). There is a small museum. A line of three
menhirs or standing stones, known as
The Devil's Arrows, thought to have been erected in the
Bronze Age, can be found on the outskirts of Boroughbridge, just by the side of the A1. The tallest stone is 6.8 metres in height.
There is a primary school and a high school. Mrs Felicity Hill, English, Drama and Dance teacher at Boroughbridge High School recently won a regional teaching award for outstanding new teacher with Theresa Pridmore winning one the year before for being an outstanding teaching assistant.
The high school specialises in performing arts. In the school there's a library, computer rooms and a drama studio.
Boroughbridge High School celebrated its 25th anniversary in the summer of 2007. A huge gala concert was held on 7 July with past and present pupils performing.
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