_Sites of Buildings mysteriously changed_ (Vol. v., p. 436.).--Perhaps W.
H. K. may deem the following account of the foundation of Bideford _Bridge_
near enough to his purpose:
"Before whose erection the breadth and roughness of the river was such,
as it put many in jeopardy: some were drowned, to the great grief of
the inhabitants, who did therefore divers times, and in sundry places,
begin to build a bridge; but no firm foundation, after often proof
being found, their attempts came to no effect. At which time Sir
Richard Gornard was priest of the place, who (as the story of that town
hath it) was admonished by a vision in his sleep, to set on the
foundation of a bridge near a rock, which he should find rowled from
the higher grounds upon the strand. This he esteemed but a dream; yet,
to second the same with some art, in the morning he found a huge rock
there fixed, whose greatness argued it the work of God; which not only
bred admiration, but incited him to set forwards so charitable a work:
who eftsoons, with Sir Theobald Grenvile, knight, lord of the land, an
especial furtherer and benefactor of that work, founded the bridge
there, now to be seen, which for length, and number of arches,
equalizeth, if not excelleth, all others in England," &c.--Risdon's
_Survey of Devon_, s. v. BIDEFORD.
The traditions relating to St. Cuthbert and the foundation of Durham
Cathedral are too well known to find a place in "N. & Q."