[5] The bridge apparently stands at the site of the ford over which oxen could be driven across the Isis, the ancient name of the Thames in the Oxford area.

A toll-booth gateway tower used to straddle the approach to the bridge, which was on the Abingdon to Banbury turnpike.

Surveys discovered that the foundations were in a very bad state, and in 1815 an Act of Parliament was obtained to rebuild the bridge and remove the "Tackle and Works" underneath.

[9] A scheme for a public footbridge next to the bridge was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners but was not built.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland originated as a story told on a boating trip which began at Folly Bridge.

[12] The novel Folly Bridge: A Romantic Tale was written by David Leslie Murray and published in 1945.