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    Bridewell Palace in London was built as a residence of King Henry VIII and was one of his homes early in his reign for eight years. Given to the City of...
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    again as the construction of the entire Bridewell Palace. Henry VIII married two of his wives at the palace—Anne Boleyn in 1533 and Jane Seymour in 1536...
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    of central London between 1618 and 1884. It was named "Bridewell" after the Bridewell Palace, which during the 16th century had become one of the City...
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  • Apethorpe Palace Holdenby Palace - largely demolished Richmond Palace – a royal residence from 1497 until 1649, now ruined Bridewell Palace – a royal...
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    Bridge Street is called Watergate because it was the river entrance to Bridewell Palace. As London grew, the river became increasingly a sewer. The area came...
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  • especially Bridewell Palace, London; later a prison, the original "bridewell". a village lock-up Central Police Station, Bristol, originally a bridewell Bridewell...
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    River Thames. The site of Unilever House was previously occupied by Bridewell Palace, a residence of Henry VIII, which later became a poorhouse and prison...
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    to the court. The boy's upbringing until the moment when he entered Bridewell Palace in June 1525 (six years following his birth) remains shrouded in confusion...
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    an important innovation at the time was the Bridewell House of Corrections, located at Bridewell Palace in London, which resulted in the building of...
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    back to the 16th century; the present ceremony dates from 1852, when the Palace of Westminster was rebuilt after the 1834 fire. The ceremony now usually...
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