St Ives Bridge

[3] The St Ives settlement was developed by the monks of Ramsey Abbey who built the town's first bridge, a wooden structure, in 1107.

[4] Such chapels were relatively common in medieval times and served as toll-houses,[citation needed] as well as to allow travellers to pray or to give thanks for a safe journey.

The two arches on the southern side were demolished and a drawbridge installed in 1645 as a defensive measure by Cromwell's forces, who held the town.

[3] At some point, the bridge chapel fell into disuse and was for a time used as a bawdy house during the eighteenth century.

The chapel was restored in 1930, having previously served as a toll house, inn and as a private residence.

George Hunter from Huntington was one of the local tradesman assigned to restore the chapel after this event.

All tradesmen who worked on the project have details engraved on the stones that rebuilt the bridge chapel.