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Old London Bridge by Simon Edwards
Nonsuch House London Bridge, completed in 1579
Tudor London (The Shakespeare Code)
The origin of London Bridge is Falling Down might date back to the middle ages or beyond. Here are some possible theories behind the rhyme.
When it was completed in 1209, medieval London Bridge was the only fixed crossing of the Thames downstream of Kingston-upon-Thames (until Fulham Bridge was built in 1729). Remarkably, it was also home to some 500 people – equivalent to the population of a small medieval town. In London Bridge and its Houses, Dorian Gerhold has scoured the archives of Bridge House – the medieval charity that managed the bridge – to find out more about the community that lived on this extraordinary structure…
Medieval bridges were marvels of engineering, given the technology available at the time — and nowhere more so than in the case of London Bridge, where deep, tidal flows made construction incredibly challenging. David Harrison explains.
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London Bridge, Middle Ages, ca. 1350
London Bridge. c. 1890s
This week 350 years ago, the Great Fire of London burned through 400 of the city’s streets. Matthew Green reveals the extraordinary structures lost in the blaze – from old St Paul’s to a riverside castle – and what survived, only to vanish later
The Great Fire of London 1666 (woodcut)
Twelve years after the first stone of the new building was laid, the state opening of the new Houses of Parliament took place on November 11th, 1852.
Traitors' Heads over the Gateway of Old London Bridge in the 16th Century
A bridge inspired by Princess Diana, and other curious crossings.
Trove of early photographs of London show how Thames has changed in 150 years | Daily Mail Online
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