Difference between revisions 479798 and 502070 on testwiki

{{distinguish|Walton Bridge (Keene, New York)|Bailey Bridge (Walton on Trent)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox Bridge
|bridge_name= Walton Bridge
|image=Walton Bridge - Aug 2013.JPG
|caption= Walton Bridge<br>''(taken in Summer 2013 from upstream)''
|official_name= 
(contracted; show full)dge is the sixth on the site. Before the first bridge, the site had a ferry dating at least to the 17th century. Test123. <!-- A previous editor had 15th century but a citation to that period is needed, we have a reference below to Shepperton Ferry, which connects to Weybridge in the 14th century but a Walton to Lower Halliford Ferry needs similar research-->

==Earlier crossings at the site==

Near Walton Bridge, and removed when the first bridge was built in 1750, were several [[tumulus|barrows]]. 
[[Spear]] heads and [[pottery|earthenware vessels]] are said by J. Douglas<ref>Naenia Brit.{{Title incomplete}} p.94 cited by Malden below, date of publication not given.</ref> to have been found in them.<ref name=malden>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43009 |title=Parishes: Walton on Thames |author=H.E. Malden (editor) |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1911 |work=A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 |accessdate=13 August 2013 }}</ref>(contracted; show full)

==First bridge==
{{main|Old Walton Bridge}}
[[File:Canaletto-waltonbridge.jpg|thumb|right|First Bridge &mdash; ''Walton Bridge'' by Canaletto]]

In 1747 [[Samuel Dicker]], local landowner and later MP for [[Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth]], obtained permission to build a bridge at Walton. It was designed by William Etheridge and built by White of Weybridge to consist of "timbers tangent to a circle of 100 feet 
[[diameter]]" and was built so that a single timber could be extracted and repaired without disturbing the rest of the bridge.<ref>Fred. S. Thacker ''The Thames Highway: Volume II Locks and Weirs'' 1920 - republished 1968 David & Charles</ref> [[Old Walton Bridge]] was completed in August 1750 and acquired some fame, meriting an article in the [[Gentleman's Magazine]], a report in [[Daniel Defoe]]'s Tour in 1753 and a painting by [[Canaletto]] in 1754.  The painting, w(contracted; show full)[[Category:Bridges completed in 1788]]
[[Category:Rebuilt buildings and structures in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Former toll bridges in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:1788 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 2013]]
<noinclude>

<small>This page was moved from [[:en:Walton Bridge]]. Its edit history can be viewed at [[Walton Bridge/edithistory]]</small></noinclude>