The oldest of Cambridge's current bridges, this bridge in classical style was built by Thomas Grumbold in 1639–40. It survives as the oldest due to all its contemporaries being destroyed by the parliamentarian forces in the civil war, to make the town of Cambridge more defensible. Many different stories are told to explain the missing section of the globe second from the left on the south side of the bridge. One rumour is that the builder of the bridge received (what he considered to be) insufficient payment, and in his anger, removed a segment of the globe. (en.wikipedia.org)
