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Old London Bridge: Then and Now

The medieval stone bridge, completed in 1209 and lined with houses and shops, stood for over 600 years until it was replaced in 1831. Today's London Bridge opened in 1973.

As it was
Old London Bridge, as it was
Old London Bridge in Claes Visscher's panorama of London (1616). Angr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The site today
Old London Bridge, the site today
Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country todayUnited Kingdom
StatusLost
Date1209
Nearest city on the mapLondon (about 2 km)
Location51.508° N, -0.088° E
Map showing Old London Bridge in 1200Old London Bridge
Border map for 1200. See Europe in 1200.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–2 BCCelts
1 BC–99Unclaimed / no data
100–299Roman Empire
300–399Rome (Constantinus)
400–499Western Roman Empire
500–599Anglo-Saxons
600–799Cantia
800–999Essex
1000–1199England
1200–1299Angevin Empire
1300–1491English territory
1492–1599England
1600–1782England and Ireland
1783–1814United Kingdom
1815–1937United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1938–todayUnited Kingdom

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