Built 1739–50 by Swiss bridge engineer Charles Labelye. Until this was opened there was no bridge between Putney Bridge (1729) and London Bridge. Replaced with the current bridge opened on 24 May 1862. This was designed by Thomas Page but the Gothic detailing is by Sir Charles Barry.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Westminster Bridge
Commemorated ati
Composed upon Westminster Bridge
W. Somerset Maugham's novel Of Human Bondage (P654-5) contains a lovely descr...
Sheen milestone
The inscription seems to have been re-carved, incorrectly, at some point, int...
Other Subjects
Frederick Handley Page
Aircraft designer and manufacturer. His company manufactured the Halifax bombers used in WW2.
1 memorial
Moorgate tube disaster
At Moorgate station a southbound tube train from Drayton Park failed to stop on a terminus platform, ran into the tunnel, through the buffers and smashed into the wall at the end.  Because it was b...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Sir Arthur Gorges
Sir Arthur Gorges was an English sea captain, poet, translator and courtier from Somerset. Cousin to Walter Raleigh and fought in the campaign against the Spanish Armada. Married Elizabeth in 1597,...
Person, Armed Forces, Poetry, Politics & Administration, Property, Transport
1 memorial
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