Black Boys Bridge

The bridge takes its name from the Black Boys public house on Bartholomew Street, on the south-west side of the bridge.^[2] The pub was at this site from at least 1796 and was last recorded in 1931 in Kelly's Directory.^[3] The pub is now a beauty salon.^[2] Another public house, the Vyne Inn, was on the north-east side of the bridge and dates from the 17th century.^[2] Now a nail salon, the building is said to be haunted by a stocky man dressed in a frilled shirt and jerkin.^[4]

The bridge was repaired in 1999. The bridge was re-opened in November 1999 by Liberal Democrat councillor David Beckett and local restaurateur Mr. Mirh, who laid the final brick.^[1]