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Until the mid-18th century the Old London Bridge was the only crossing on the Thames in London. It was damaged in a major fire in 1633, but in the Great Fire of 1666 , this damage acted as a firebreak and prevented the flames from further damaging the bridge and crossing to the south bank of the Thames.
Detail of Old London Bridge on the 1632 oil painting View of London Bridge by Claude de Jongh, in the Yale Center for British Art In 1633 fire destroyed the houses on the northern part of the bridge. The gap was only partly filled by new houses, with the result that there was a firebreak that prevented the Great Fire of London (1666) spreading ...
The nursery rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down has a version which includes the line "Build it up with penny loaves". [2] The term appears in the first complete published version of the "To Market, To Market" rhyme in 1805 as "To market, to market, to buy a penny bun, Home again, home again, market is done" in Songs for the Nursery. [3]
"London Bridge is down." On September 8, 2022, this phrase went out along private channels to convey the news that Queen Elizabeth, the longest-lived and longest-serving monarch in British history ...
London Bridge Is Falling Down", another English nursery rhyme that plays a similar game to "Oranges and Lemons". [16] "The Bells of Rhymney", a similar song about church bells, although in Wales as opposed to London and also telling the story of labour disputes in the mining industry. The stanzas follow the pattern of "Oranges and Lemons".
A spokesperson for London police told BBC News that officers had been called to the area Thursday afternoon for "reports of a person in the water close to Tower Bridge." "The person was spoken to ...
London's smogs inspired its nickname "The Smoke", as well as this work by Claude Monet. City of London "The City" [112] "The Square Mile" – reference to the area of the City. [112] Both these terms are also used as metonyms for the UK's financial services industry, traditionally concentrated in the City of London. London
"The Cockney Rhyming Slang Song" by Chas & Dave "Cockney Rhythm" by Rebel MC ... "London Bridge" by Ed Sheeran ft Yelawolf (from The Slumdon Bridge 2012)