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
"Not by bread alone doth man live" x To commemorate the generous hospitality of the Oratory Fathers, whereby the f...
City of Westminster Lady Dorothy Nevill, 1826 - 1913, horticulturist, collector, writer and hostess, lived here, 1873 - 1913.
In our photo the plaque can be seen on the red brick pier to the left of the advertising hoarding.
Unveiled by Pete Murray, Tony Prince (The Royal Ruler) and Mr Jean Olinger, the Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Video at New...
Sometime between 2009 and 2012 a long blue panel was added to this building, low on the left. The text adds some detail to the famous me...
We cannot find any information about Bowler himself, only that in c.1990-2010, at least, he lived in Wilkes Street Spitalfields and created these unusual pavement plaques. We understand they were c...
Plaque unveiled by Angela Smith Baroness Smith of Basildon, together with members of the Airship Heritage Trust. Wikipedia has this plaq...
His style moved from Victorian to art deco.Other work: decorations to Thames House on northern approach to Southwark Bridge.
See also 2012 Paralympics. The first event was held on 25 July in Cardiff but the opening ceremony in London was on the 27th. Closing ceremony 12 August.
The quotation is from Psalm 41, the King James Version. While at school, Shaftesbury, a Christian teenager, witnessed a pauper's funeral...
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