[3] The construction of the bridge is commemorated with a datestone inscribed: "Began in 1780 : finished in 1785"; a second stone records the repairs completed in 1894, after a barge damaged one of the piers.

[7] At the south-east end of the bridge, on the Middlesex bank, is a late 19th-century cast-iron coal-tax post with cornice and capping, and the City of London shield on one face.

[8] The Thames Path runs along the north bank of the river, passing beneath the easternmost arch of Chertsey Bridge.

[10] The Domesday Book of 1087 records a population of 65 households[11] and Chertsey was granted a market charter by Henry I in the early 12th century.

[13] The first recorded crossing of the Thames at Chertsey is from 1300, when a ferry-woman called Sibille was paid three shillings to carry Edward I across the river.

The architect, James Paine, and surveyor, Kenton Couse, were commissioned to produce a scheme of work and proposed a new stone bridge.

[2] In October 1891, a barge broke free of its moorings during a flood and damaged one of the piers supporting the centre arch.

[19] The work, undertaken by Mowlem on behalf of Surrey County Council,[20] included the installation of a reinforced concrete "saddle" beneath the roadway, to better distribute the weight of traffic.

[26] Chertsey Bridge is mentioned in Chapter XXXI of the 1838 novel, Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens[27] and appears in the 1945 comedy‑drama film, The Rake's Progress.