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Black Potts footbridge – questionable structural condition?

Posted on May 18, 2025May 19, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

Black Potts footbridge over the Jubilee River between Datchet and Eton is now about 25 years old.

The timber structure is approaching the end of its design life and exhibiting signs of stress as can be seen in the image below.

Note the sagging timber structure and also the cracking at the nodal point and extending to the right towards and into the bolted connection.

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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