Ha’penny (Halfpenny) Bridge, the gateway from Bideford to Weare Giffard, gets its name, one automatically supposes, from the old toll days.

The remains of the old toll cottage are on the other side of the bridge, which has a deceptive ‘hump’ as those motorists who have gone over it at a crisp speed have found out. The meadow scene looks peaceful in our picture but on occasions during the winter the arches are flecked with foam and the road flooded by a turbulent river Torridge.

Gazette article dated 23 June 1950