Image description: Swinford Toll Bridge and reflection - with wooden pedestrian footbridge on the Thames Path (right) - in late afternoon light, Swinford, Oxfordshire, River Thames.

'Swinford' derives from 'swine ford' - where pigs could cross. Centuries ago this told illiterate travellers something about the character of the crossing. This was once the main vehicle route to Wales.

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