In 1706 a wooden bridge was built by order of Queen Anne to replace the ferry between Datchet, Buckinghamshire and Windsor, Berkshire [REF].
The bridge was initially maintained by the Crown which paid £800 (equivalent to £ today) for repairs in 1737[REF] and in 1770 replaced the original all-wood structure with a bridge of ten wooden arches on stone piers [REF].