Talk:Putney Bridge

message: this page should also mention or have a way of navigating to an article about the Putney Bridge Underground station...?
:added linkPaul W 21:13, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
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message: The naming of the wooden bridge in existence between 1729 and 1886 as 'Putney Bridge' may be disputed.  Records in the PRO indicate that the name of the crossing was Fulham Bridge, and it was known as such to its proprietors: http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Fulham_Bridge_Proprietors
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=B11641
See this article by John Goodier in the spring 2008 newsletter of the Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group, on pp. 7-8: http://www.hfhbg.org.uk/newsletters/Newsletter-18-Spr-08.pdf
There is evidence from contemporary engravings etc that the crossing was known as Fulham Bridge, and the existence of a gatehouse straddling the bridge at the northern bank suggests that it was named for its northern terminus.
See here: http://www.britishmuseum.org/collectionimages/AN00804/AN00804767_001_l.jpg  
here: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Collections-Research/Collections-online/object.aspx?objectID=object-93013&start=68&rows=1
here: http://www.weissgallery.com/PrintObject.aspx?objectid=244120&dealerid=321
and here: http://www.weissgallery.com/FullScreenZoom.aspx?photos_zoom=WeissThephoto/Weiss2122010T1782.jpg
The present alignment of Fulham High Street deviates away from the main route over Putney Bridge: below the junction with New King's Road, Fulham High Street runs away to the E, finishing in a cul-de-sac adjacent to the riverbank.  I surmise that the main road originally continued over the former Fulham Bridge, which was built on an alignment different from the 1886 Putney Bridge.
The construction of Putney Bridge in 1886, on an alignment which ended on the N bank some 100 yards W of the former alignment, led to some consequential changes to the arrangement of buildings in Fulham.  All Saints Church was substantially rebuilt in 1886 as the structure, of medieval origin, could no longer be adequately protected from flooding.  Quite why this option was taken, rather than the embanking of the north bank of the river (subsequently successfully undertaken), is unclear. 
The former vicarage of All Saints, which stood on the plot now called Vicarage Gardens, immediately to the W of the Putney Bridge approach on the N side, was demolished in 1915 and a new one constructed at 70 Fulham High Street on land belonging to Fulham Palace. Vicarage Gardens is referenced here: http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=HAF069
All this suggests to me that a new page should be created for Fulham Bridge and associated articles (e.g. Putney Bridge, Fulham, Putney) edited accordingly.
Martynpatrick (talk) 13:49, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed the bridge may have been known by a different name to some people in the past and the earlier bridge was on a different alignment to the current bridge (see the Putney and Wandsworth sections of Stanford's Map here for the earlier bridge's position), but that does not warrant creating a separate article for what is essential the same river crossing between the same two points. That said, the article definitely needs a clean-up.--DavidCane (talk) 23:00, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for some of the best research. DavidCane's point is correct.  Some bridges have been rebuilt and realigned many times, and names are flexible as you know especially by major cities.  A note in the header is the best way to please those interested in early official alternates.  I can think of a few notable places such as Cambridge Town (Camberley) whose name and status changed.  If the earlier bridge deserved major separate study (an example might be a former palace, place of worship or slum) do places in such encyclopaedia have their own article and even then, only subject to consensus.  This was the only article of over 600 in the Thames project which was disputed and a dispute which is now merrily ended.- Adam37 Talk 11:45, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fulham Bridge? 

message: There should be another disambiguation link, for Pultney Bridge in Bath, or even similar spellings, "not to be confused with".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulteney_Bridge  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.200.0.240 (talk) 01:13, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation needed for Bath bridge