The idea of building a bridge across the Avon Gorge originated in 1753.

The idea of building a bridge across the Avon Gorge originated in 1753, with a bequest in the will of Bristolian merchant William Vick, who left £ 1, 000 invested with instructions that when the interest had accumulated to £ 10, 000, it should be used for the purpose of building a stone bridge between Clifton Down ( which was in Gloucestershire, outside the City of Bristol, until the 1830s ) and Leigh Woods in Somerset.

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