Here stood the palace of Bridewell built by Henry VIII in 1523 and granted by Edward VI in 1553 to the City of London to house Bridewell Royal Hospital founded by royal charter in the same year. The present building was erected in 1802 and in 1862 the court room of Bridewell Royal Hospital was incorporated therein.
EC4, New Bridge Street, 14
The original gatehouse together with the keystone form the entrance to the current building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Brides Place
Built by Henry VIII, who lived there 1515-23. It deteriorated so that Edward ...
Bridewell Palace was given by Edward VI in 1553 to the City of London to hous...
Only son of Henry VIII (with Jane Seymour who died 12 days after the birth), ...
Son of Henry VII. Born Born Greenwich Palace, as the spare, not the heir but ...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Brides Place
Here lived Philip, second Earl of Chesterfield, born 1633 : died 1713, also Philip, third Earl and Philip Dorner, fourth Earl of Chesterf...
All Saints Cemetery Nunhead, established by the London Cemetery Company, July 1840. A haven of tranquility and remembrance. London Borou...
The plaque is low down on the house adorned with scaffolding, so low that it suggests he lived in the basement flat.
The plaques are just inside the entrance to the building. Although the foundation stone was laid in 1913, WW1 got in the way, and the bu...
From Railscot: 19 of these plaques have been installed at: Euston, Crewe, Preston, Carlisle, Hawick [2nd] (apparently now a leisure centr...
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