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Date: 20/05/25
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Bridges That Built London

Bridges That Built London

London Bridge: The Bridge That Built Britain

The original, and, for 17 centuries, the only - bridge across the Thames in central London. The most important bridge in Britain and one which made the City of London, and London itself, possible. Rob explores the multiple versions of this bridge, and charts how each shaped Britain's capital city, from the Romans who used it to control southern England, to the astonishing and raucous medieval bridge, designed by priests, inhabited by hundreds, and financed and managed by city merchants.