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.
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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
Site of St Leonard Eastcheap, destroyed in the Great Fire 1666. The Corporation of the City of London
Dr Harold Moody 1882 - 1947, campaigner for racial equality lived and worked here. English Heritage
Craigie Aitchison, RA, CBE, 1926 - 2009, painter, lived in this house from 1963 and died here.
While almost devoid of decorative elements this plaque is extremely legible and long-lasting with lettering that is a pleasure to read (n...
London Docks has many photographs with very useful captions. These make it clear that of the two buildings on the Quay named Commodity Qu...
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