Impact On The Area
St Johns Road in Hedge End was specifically constructed, starting in 1839, to serve the new Floating Bridge. This project was initiated by four of the proprietors of the new Floating Bridge company, including James Warner the Younger of Botley, Hampshire and was undertaken at their own expense. There was competition between the Floating Bridge and the Northam Bridge, which at the time was also a toll bridge. By building a new road that linked the hamlet of Hedge End to the existing Portsmouth Road at Sholing, the proprietors of the Floating Bridge company were able to poach some of the passengers that would otherwise be forced to use Northam Bridge. This new road, cut through Botley Common and Netley Common. The inevitable further development alongside that new road further eroded the common land, and helped the hamlet of Hedge End to fully establish itself as a village in its own right.
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