Talk:High Bridge, Lincoln

Flooding?

The wiki article for the High Bridge states the bridge contributes to flooding. I can't recall that ever happening when I lived in the area. I Worked at Woolworths (now the Waterside Centre) for three years in the mid 80s, we had a cellar, and it was never at risk as far as I was aware. Are there any sources to back this claim up? I've googled and not found any stories about the City Centre flooding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phlogistician (talk • contribs) 13:27, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

I'm not Lincoln local, but most such flooding in older UK cities was solved (to some degree) by works in the 1960s, tied in with the major post-war rebuilding works of that period. Chances are that a weir was built upstream, and that gave enough control of flow down the river to stop the river rising enough to be a problem. Fortunately this didn't involve High Bridge disappearing altogether, as happened in a few other UK cities. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:31, 11 September 2017 (UTC)

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Improvement tips

This looks like an interesting bridge and it probably has an interesting history - it is unfortunate that the article hasn't been developed more. Someone who is interested in the bridge and has good reference sources could add the following, just to cover the basics:

• 1. It is usual for articles about bridges to state clearly which river the bridge crosses, where the bridge leads to and from (what it connects), its dimensions, what it is made of, what type of bridge it is (stone arch, or whatever), information on the structure of the buildings on it, etc. (From reading the article it is obvious it spans the Witham, but the article does not explicity state this.)
• 2. It should state, if possible to find good references, who or what type of people had shops on the bridge, what they sold, was it ever used as housing, etc.
• 3. It should say who administers the bridge now and how is it used now.
• 4. The sentence "It has a narrow and crooked arch which sets a limit on the size of boats using the Witham and going from Brayford Pool, at the start of Foss Dyke, to Boston and the sea.", isn't very clear. It probably makes sense to people who live in Lincoln, but it needs expanding for others. For example, it could be preceded by a short statement about where the river flows to and from, where the bridge sits on the course of the river (up and down stream of which manmade or natural features,etc.), what type of boats (narrowboats?) use the river and go under the bridge.
• 5. Other informaton could also be added, for example, why was the chapel dedicated to Thomas Becket - did he have some particular connection with the area, or with whoever commissioned the chapel?, etc.82.119.27.231 (talk) 07:52, 2 November 2018 (UTC)