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after the reparation of the bridge, and is
allowed a considerable salary.
BRIDGE street, Westminster, so called from
its situation with respect to Westminster
bridge.
BRIDGE WARD within, is thus named from
London bridge, and is bounded on the
south by Southwark, and the river
Thames; on the east, by Billingsgate
ward; on the north, by Langborne ward;
and on the west, by Candlewick and
Dowgate wards. It begins at the south
end of London bridge, from which it ex-
tends northward up Gracechurch street,
to the corner of Lombard street, includ-
ing all the bridge, the greatest part of
the alleys and courts on the east side,
and on the west, all the alleys, courts
and lanes in Thames street, on both
sides to New key, part of Michael's
lane, and part of Crooked lane. The
principal streets are New Fish street and
Gracechurch street; and the principal
buildings, London bridge, the parish
churches of St. Magnus, and St. Ben-
net's Gracechurch street; Fishmongers
hall, and the Monument.
This ward is governed by an Alder-
man, and his Deputy, fourteen other
Common Council men, sixteen ward-
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mote inquest men, six scavengers, fif-
teen constables, and a beadle; and the
jurymen returned by the wardmote in-
quest serve in the several courts of
Guildhall in the month of July.
BRIDGE WARD without, contains the whole
borough of Southwark, extending south-
ward from the bridge to Newington;
to the south west almost to Lambeth;
and to the east to Rotherhith. The
principal streets are, the Borough, Black-
man street, Long lane, Kent street,
Tooley street, St. Olave's street, and Ber-
mondsey street; and the most remarkable
buildings are the parish churches of St.
Olave, St. Mary Magdalen Bermondsey,
St. Saviour, St. George, and St. Thomas;
the prisons of the King's bench, the
Marshalsea, the New prison, and the
Clink; St. Thomas's hospital, Guy's
hospital and the Lock.
This ward is only nominally governed
by an Alderman and three Deputies,
but has no Common Council men; it
has, however, twenty wardmote inquest
men, sixteen constables and a bailiff.
Stow's Survey.
BRIDGE yard, Tooley street.
BRIDGE yard passage, Tooley street.
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