Blackfriars Bridge

Blackfriars Bridge in London is located in the suburb of Blackfriars and was built in 1769. Early history A large Dominican monastery originally lay there. It was known as the Blackfriars Priory and was built in the 1221s. When Henry VIII held the national "Dissolution of the monasteries", it became a simple building and held Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII's divorce trial. For about 60 years, it held the Palace of Bridewell, which was dismantled during James I's early reign. It was rebuilt as an orphanage and a participation award for an asylum. It was Blackfriars theatre after so, and ended up all getting dismantled and turned into a bridge in 1884. Also dismantled in 1937, it held an empty spot of the River Thames and we rebuilt in 1977 and still stands there today. References