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
George Cruikshank, artist, lived here, from 1850 to 1878. B: Sept.27th 1792. D: Feb.1st 1878. {Almost hidden in the decorative border:}...
Douglas Macmillan, 1884 - 1969, founder of Macmillan Cancer Relief, lived here. English Heritage
We're read that this plaque, showing a map of the world, is intended to honour the mosque, which seems odd. To us it seems more symbolic ...
The wooden cross atop the building supports a neon cross, wired to an electrical box so rusty that we doubt it still lights the way for N...
According to Time Magazine at the time this foundation stone was laid, summer of 1933, the Princess Royal was suffering "a frantic debili...
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