Building    From 1515  To 1864

Bridewell Palace / Prison

Categories: Law, Property, Royalty

Built by Henry VIII, who lived there 1515-23. It deteriorated so that Edward VI gave it to the City of London who then used it as a prison, hospital (actually school) and workrooms. "Bridewell" was a term adopted by other London prisons.

The picture shows an early 19th-century imaginary reconstruction of Bridewell Palace c. 1660, showing the entrance to the Fleet River.

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Bridewell Palace / Prison

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St Bride Foundation Institute

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St Brides Place

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Captain Egerton Lowndes Wright, MC

Captain Egerton Lowndes Wright, MC

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Claudius George Algar

Claudius George Algar

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1 memorial
Old Watch House - E17

Old Watch House - E17

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1 memorial
Parish Lock-up - Hampstead

Parish Lock-up - Hampstead

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Building, Law

1 memorial
Richard White

Richard White

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1 memorial

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Bishop Wood’s Almshouses

Bishop Wood’s Almshouses

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