bridewell
11Bridewell Palace — Bridewell Palace, London, originally a residence of Henry VIII, later became a poorhouse and prison. Its name has come to be synonymous with police stations and detention facilities in England and Ireland.It was built on the site of the medieval… …
12Bridewell Palace — 51°30′42.46″N 0°6′20.73″O / 51.5117944, 0.1057583 …
13Bridewell Place — West out of New Bridge Street at No. 12 (P.O. Directory) and south to Tudor Street. In Farringdon Ward Without, in precinct of Bridewell. Erected 1878, on part of site of Old Bridewell Palace and Hospital …
14Bridewell Precinct — Extended south from Bride Lane to the Thames and west from New Bridge Street to the City of London Gas Works. Extra parochial. In Farringdon Ward Without. Certain privileges appertained to it, as comprising the site of the old Royal Palace… …
15Bridewell Steps — A tradesman s token was issued at the Sunn Tavern upon Bridewell Steps in 1649 72 (Burn, p. 31). Perhaps led to Bridewell Dock …
16Bridewell Bridge — Bridge over the Fleet opposite Bridewell at the end of Paved Alley, built of timber before the Fire, but afterwards on two stone arches (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 194, 280). Shown in O. and M. 1677, but not named …
17Bridewell Dock — At the south end of the Fleet, where it emptied itself into the Thames (Leake, 1666). In 1670 application was made for a warrant for grant of approbation of a model of the channel of Bridewell Dock from the Channel of the Thames to Holborn… …
18Bridewell Hospital — See Bridewell …
19bridewell — /bruyd wel , weuhl/, n. Brit. a prison. [1545 55; after a prison that formerly stood near the church of St. Bride in London] * * * …
20BRIDEWELL — a house of correction in Blackfriars, London, so called from St. Bridget s well, near it …
