2-698-941 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Bridewell in 1666', (1897). Bridewell Palace, on the banks of the Fleet River between Fleet Street and the River Thames, was built as the main London residence of King Henry VIII. Most of the palace was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, and rebuilt in 1666-1667. It was variously an orphanage, place of correction for wayward women, prison, school and a poorhouse. It was closed in 1855. From Old and New London, Volume I, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1897]