·noun A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons;
— so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
A place erected by Henry VIII. to the west of Fleet River, between the river and Whitefriars (S. 70)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Bridge over the Fleet opposite Bridewell at the end of Paved Alley, built of timber before the Fire,...
A name given to the mouth of the Fleet and mentioned as the western boundary of the Blackfriars 1560...
At the south end of the Fleet, where it emptied itself into the Thames (Leake, 1666). In 1670 appli...
See Bridewell. ...
West out of New Bridge Street at No. 12 (P.O. Directory) and south to Tudor Street. In Farringdon Wa...
Extended south from Bride Lane to the Thames and west from New Bridge Street to the City of London G...
A tradesman's token was issued at the Sunn Tavern upon Bridewell Steps in 1649-72 (Burn, p. 31). Pe...