They were different white bridges. The original one at nchan was built as a penance by Sir John Oates, Vicar of Onchan, for a moral transgression. White sheet - white bridge?
One of my ancestors, Edward Moore, glover of Douglas, had to build a bridge in Marown after getting a girl pregnant.
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