According to Latham’s Companion volume… Until 1549 there was a bridge carrying the Strand over a lane and a stream. The bridge was demolished for the building of Somerset House. The name of Strand Bridge was then given to the lane that went around the east end of the House.
Strand Bridge
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Strand Bridge
"According to Latham’s Companion volume… Until 1549 there was a bridge carrying the Strand over a lane and a stream. The bridge was demolished for the building of Somerset House. The name of Strand Bridge was then given to the lane that went around the east end of the House." - PG http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclo…
Strand Bridge is an extension on the Thames of Strand Lane on this 1746 map.
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