O how i like it so much .O our God that was realy great movements of God through sancitified preaching word of God in as it said in his time as religious entusiast .We need that now ,they there then didn't have to fight so many demonic antichrist ideologies ,glory of God that preachers would have same heart desire and expirience likewise John Wesley.

love these videos

Conjure alders woods Bridge kings highway under water for years now.but manage to wade through it with push bike today about worse 3 1/2 foot most of way leading towards robins hood caves.wet through but engoyed and had a beer at the caves..nice un the end.both rivers need dredging dredging asap.to the west of both rivers joining.bout time environmental people spent some money down there.cos nobody can get through bikers walkers or horse riding😢 ta

This is brilliant. Absolutely fascinating. As a kid I used to stay at what was The Elms caravan site adjacent to the lock and used to swim in Fossdyke with my grandparents. Only a week or so ago I visited the White Swan to reminisce.

England's longest river is the Thames at 215 miles the Trent 185 miles

I remember that Dunham Bridge was looking for all the shareholders prior to rebuilding the bridge as they couldn't find all of them and needed their permission. It is a fact that it is an unecessary tax on the people of Lincolnshire and should have been bought out by the Government a long time ago but as we all know in life, there are some people who have access to the corrupt levers of power including the justice system and will do anything to save their corrupt ways which this video alluded to, another example being the Humber Bridge. Gainsborough bought out their toll bridge over 90 years ago which is 10 miles from this one so it was and is possible. Gainsborough is markedly more wealthy than Dunham and continues to prosper even with a dodgy council running it.....

Thank you, really interesting and infomative. I often visited Dunham as a child in the 1950's. My dad was from Dunham and showed me all the family graves in St Oswald's chuchyard going back as far as the 1700s. I was also a bridesmaid to my aunt in the same church in 1960. I didn't realise that the village was founded so long nor that the Romans had settled close by.

Just to add. When Dunham Bridge was rebuilt or altered in 1978, vehicles could still travel over the river. From my memory, to the right of the bridge, as you approached from the Dunham side, there is another type of bridge structure that carries cables or pipes over the river. This was utilised, so that cars, at least, could still travel over either way, from my memory. I think there might have been traffic lights, as it would not have been wide enough for vehicles to pass at the same time either way. As children, in the 1970s, we travelled or used the bridge, to travel to the seaside with our mum and dad. We have very happy memories of fishing on the River Trent at Dunham and upstream and downstream at Fledborough, North Clifton, Church Laneham and Cottam. Fledbourough has a church, St Gregorys, near to the river, which was regarded, in the 18th century, as the Gretna Green of the Midlands, due to the rector, Sweetapple, granting licence for marriage to runaway couples. It is a grade 1 listed building and is open most days to the public.

Thanks for the tour of my river. 🙂

You briefly mentioned Frances Wray, sister of Isabel. Frances Wray (and her wealth!) married Sir Henry Vane the Younger, after his couple of years in Massachusetts Bay Colony. When he'd been ousted from his colonial governorship in a dirty political move by a change of venue for voting, he briefly considered, along with the minister John Cotton, forming a colony in Rhode Island, but Vane suddenly took ship back to England a couple of months later. Vane was a member of the English Council of State, and had influence on American political affairs. He hosted Roger Williams and others while the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations colonial officials were working on its various charters (constitutions) that had to be ratified by the Puritan Parliament and eventually Charles II. The Rhode Island charter was the first document that guaranteed religious liberty in North America, and it was one of the templates considered for the first amendment to the constitution of the new United States. Those liberties are still under attack, especially by religious groups seeking to establish religious rule, to this day.

Fascinating, thank you!

Thank you Adrian Gray, and the other team members for this interesting history video, so much better than what TV offers. Peace be unto you.

Interesting slot in history, well described, but the man was shown to be a knave. Thank you. Peace be unto you.

This is fascinating Adrian. Thank you for sharing.

Great film been into the church several times on our cycle club rides

Thank you for a comprehensive guide to Christian places worth visiting. Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire is local to me, so, these will get a visit as the days open up. I always enjoy your work. Peace be unto you.

I always watch your videos at least twice, because they are so interesting and entertaining. Thank you greatly, for I have never visited this area, and your work has prompted me to go and feel the spiritual essence. Peace be unto you.

Really helpful - thank you. I now know how to see the exact spot where Spurgeon was buried! If anyone hasn't been to the Tewksbury Baptist Chapel it is well worth the visit.

Those tombs are quite exquisite.

I suppose gate Burton is east Burton? They must only be 5miles apart or something

Fantastic video 👍

My 3 times great Grandfather was the ferry man in the 1820s.

Very interesting for Mansfield and Nottingham people. I believe the basis of the story is true, for two elements; it has stood the passage of time, and, an event like the death of two women would be fixed into local memory. Peace be unto you.

Littleborough is my favourite place in Nottinghamshire. It has a powerful presence that I have not experienced any where else. The one road in and out lays a quietness about the village. I turned up at my first visit, some large bird of prey was circling the church roof, as I made my way around the grave yard, stamping down the nettles, looking up at the stone work and windows, I glanced down at the grave inscription that I had exposed in my foot treads, low and behold it was my family name on the tombstone. Needless to say a chill went through me, the grave of Sarah Warner, and there, by chance was I. Peace be unto you.

Gone for a Burton comes to mind. Well, found your work this morning, and have watched five videos, all of them good. Peace be unto you.

Very interesting. Problem is that I have just found your channel, and will spend, at least all weekend, catching up on this good local history. Thank you. Peace be unto you.

I have recently started using this crossing of the river Trent, and wondered its history. By wild chance I thought that some one may have done a little snippet, about this subject. Wow, no snippet! A lovely, most interesting full video. Thank you Sir. And, being a Mansfield man, I will be searching out your work, on both Lincolnshire and my home county. May I ask questions? Who gets the fee, and when did the Lord of the Manor lose his "earner." Peace be unto you.

Adrian, a question for you. Is the route to the north from Bothamsall of the Kings Road known ? Did it run to Blythe, Tickhill via Bawtry to get to Doncaster ?

Thank you for sharing the history, I've rode my bike a few times to this spot down the Roman road from Sturton Le Steeple.

A very interesting video thank you for posting, there is a place near me at Southery which I believe had a ferry

Fantastic video, thank you.

Really interesting...thank you! I have travelled across this bridge a few times over the years, we take things for granted don't we and don't often stop to wonder about the history. :O)

Found a small cannon ball when I was a kid down there Was told it was Roman

Poor sound

Very interesting, for your info the sound played ok on my iPhone

This is where I grew up. Now living in New Zealand this was such a joy for me. The stories about the bridge from my childhood in the 50s are now social history. We always used Ragnall church as we lived in the school house so easier to walk to. But I loved St Oswalds. A very interesti g history, but wasn't in a great state last time I visited.

Interesting video but I think you need to turn down your microphone sensitivity! lol

Great content and good length. Can you check your microphone, awful quality on good speakers and small pc speakers. 👍🏻

A far more important crossing point for the Romans was at modern day Littleborough, or Segelocum as the Romans called it. This was on the road from Danum (Doncaster) to Lindum (Lincoln). Here they built a causeway that was used for centuries as the main crossing point of the Trent.

fantastic video

great video mate, very informative

Is it me or just the picture keep flickering? Great video though!

Thank you for this. There really is nothing like walking in the footsteps of our ancestors. I have long been fascinated by the old Robin Hood ballads. If you'd like to chat about them visit the Robin Hood's Merry Men Facebook group. Maybe I'll meet Adrian at a storytelling event in Sherwood Forest!

You're a great host. Thank you for the enjoyable presentation.

Very interesting. Thank you!

Another fantastic video

Thoroughly enjoyed this video, thankyou

2nd time of watching, absolutely love these videos

Thank you! Thoroughly enjoyed this video, Adrian! (Of course we lived in Epworth for 20 years [13 a few hundred yards from the Rectory!] and hold it very dear still)

love these videos, history lessons that are full of interest.