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Westminster Bridge Road is a road in London, England. It runs on an east–west axis and passes through the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark . Between 1740 and 1746, the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge bought land from the Archbishop of Canterbury and ground in Lambeth Marsh from the Lord Mayor and Commonalty of the City of London for the ...
Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge crossing over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the House of Commons which is on the side of the Palace of Westminster nearest to the bridge, but a ...
A road closure is in place on the bridge and police have said inquiries into the incident are ongoing. A user of X, formerly Twitter, posted online: “Westminster Bridge closed in both directions ...
Name plaque of the Lincoln Tower above the original entrance in Westminster Bridge Road. The Lincoln Memorial Tower or Lincoln Tower is a Gothic revival tower in Lambeth, London, housing small meeting rooms, that was opened in 1876 in memory of Abraham Lincoln, and paid for partly by Americans. Once part of a complex of nineteenth-century ...
The station's name was changed to Westminster Bridge Road in July 1906 and it was again renamed, to Lambeth (North), in April 1917, and then to Lambeth North in 1928. At 03:56 on 16 January 1941, a German "Satan" 1800 kg general-purpose bomb hit a hostel at nearby 92 Westminster Bridge Road. The shock wave severely damaged the southbound ...
Between Waterloo and Westminster: Westminster Bridge Road bridge, arch bridge, tram bridge (from 1909 until Jul 1952) 51°30′3″N 0°7′19″W [26] [27]
The Canterbury Music Hall was established in 1852 by Charles Morton on the site of a former skittle alley adjacent to the Canterbury Tavern at 143 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth. It was one of the first purpose-built music halls in London, and "probably the largest and grandest concert-room ever attached to a public house" in London. [2]
This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Waterloo.The area has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are the river Thames to the north and west, Blackfriars Road to the east, and Westminster Bridge Road to the south.