That before the building the present
Bridge [..] there was a Foot Bridge
which went over into Mr Aislebies Grounds
which consisted of Two Oak plants of
20 Inches Wide and a Hand Rail

Master Montague Says He remembers
most of the Circumstances above
StatedThat he has gone thro ye
greatest part of the Year almost dry
at other times that the same has been
impossible

That Mr Aisleby dug away a great
part of the Ground and erected a Dam
when it was impossable he having
in Contemplation to erect a Bridge
which is now ruinous

Thinks that if the Bridge was taken