Editing Putney (section)

===River crossing===
{{main|Putney Bridge}}
Putney appears in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' of 1086 as ''Putelei'', although this was "probably a mistake of the Norman scribes".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brayley |first1=E. W. |author-link1=Edward William Brayley |title=A Topographical History of Surrey |date=1841 |publisher=Tilt and Bogue |location=London |oclc=963699411 |volume=3|pages=471–2}}</ref> Ultimately the name derives from the [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] ''Puttan [[wikt:hyþ|hythe]]'', meaning Putta's landing place.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mills |first1=Anthony David |title=A Dictionary of London Place-names |date=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199566785 |page=200 |edition=2}}</ref> It was noted that it did not fall into the category of local jurisdictions known as a [[manorialism|manor]], but obtained 20 shillings from the ferry or market [[tariff|toll]] at Putney belonging to the manor of [[Mortlake]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |title=Domeday Sudrie (Surrey) |access-date=21 September 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030192829/http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |archive-date=30 October 2007 }} Garnons Williams Publications.</ref>

The ferry was mentioned in the household accounts of [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] (reigned 1272–1307): Robert the Ferryman of Putney and other sailors received 3/6d for carrying a great part of the royal family across the Thames and also for taking the king and his family to [[Westminster]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wadmore |first1=James Foster |editor1-last=Welch |editor1-first=Charles |title=Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society |date=1890 |publisher=[[London and Middlesex Archaeological Society]] |location=London |page=404|volume=6}}</ref>

One famous crossing at Putney was that of [[Cardinal Wolsey]] in 1529 upon his 'disgrace' in falling out of favour with Henry VIII and on ceasing to be the holder of the Great Seal of England. As he was riding up Putney Hill, he was overtaken by one of the royal chamberlains who presented him with a ring as a token of the continuance of his majesty's favour. When the Cardinal had heard these words of the king, he quickly lighted from his mule and knelt down upon both knees, holding up his hands for joy, and said "When I consider the joyful news that you have brought to me, I could do no less than greatly rejoice. Every word pierces so my heart, that the sudden joy surmounted my memory, having no regard or respect to the place; but I thought it my duty, that in the same place where I received this comfort, to laud and praise God upon my knees, and most humbly to render unto my sovereign lord my most hearty thanks for the same".<ref name=british>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45294 |title=Putney |author=Edward Walford |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1878 |work=Old and New London: Volume 6 |access-date=4 November 2014 }}], Putney, [[British History Online]]</ref>

The first bridge of any kind between the two parishes of Fulham and Putney was built during the [[English Civil War|Civil War]]: after the [[Battle of Brentford (1642)|Battle of Brentford]] in 1642, the Parliamentary forces built a [[pontoon bridge|bridge of boats]] between Fulham and Putney. According to an account from the period:<blockquote>The Lord-Generall hath caused a bridge to be built upon barges and lighters over the Thames, between Fulham and Putney, to convey his army and artillery over into Surry, to follow the King's forces; and he hath ordered that forts shall be erected at each end thereof to guard it; but for the present the seamen, with long boats and shallops, full of ordnance and musketeers, lie there upon the river to secure it.<ref>{{Cite book
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The first permanent bridge between Fulham and Putney was completed in 1729, and was the second bridge to be built across the Thames in London (after [[London Bridge]]).<ref name="londonist.com">{{cite web|url=https://londonist.com/london/history/secrets-of-putney-bridge|title=8 Secrets Of Putney Bridge|date=29 June 2017|website=londonist.com|access-date=29 March 2018}}</ref>

One story runs that "in 1720 [[Sir Robert Walpole]] was returning from seeing [[George I of Great Britain|George I]] at [[Kingston on Thames|Kingston]] and being in a hurry to get to the House of Commons rode together with his servant to Putney to take the ferry across to Fulham. The ferry boat was on the opposite side, however and the waterman, who was drinking in the Swan, ignored the calls of Sir Robert and his servant and they were obliged to take another route. Walpole vowed that a bridge would replace the ferry."<ref name=dewe>George & Michael Dewe, ''The Predecessor of Putney Bridge – Fulham Bridge 1729–1886'' (1986)<!-- publisher, ISSN/ISBN, page(s) needed --></ref> The Prince of Wales "was often inconvenienced by the ferry when returning from hunting in Richmond Park and asked Walpole to use his influence by supporting the bridge."<ref name=dewe/> The bridge was a wooden structure and lasted for 150 years.<ref name="londonist.com"/> However, by 1886, it was no longer strong enough to withstand increasing road traffic, and was replaced by the stone bridge that stands today.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/putney-bridge/|title=The History of Putney Bridge|date=13 March 2017 |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>