In 1541, the Fulham Court Rolls, mention a surrender, dated Whit Tuesday in that year, by Richard Arnold and Margaret his wife, of lands including an acre at "Highbridge, Hamersmyth".

[1] On 12 March 1648 or 1649, leave was given to Robert Oustler to let to farm his cottages "prope le High Bridge in Hamersmyth".

[1] On 17 October 1650, Court Rolls mention premises surrendered by James Reeve, bounded by the Thames on the south and the footway leading from the bridge called Highbridge on the north.

[1] In 1712, the bridge was rebuilt by Bishop Henry Compton, nearly at Hammersmith Creek's confluence with the River Thames.

[1] On 24 July 1944, a flying bomb destroyed much of the area surrounding Hammersmith Creek and Little Wapping, including the bridge.