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Bridge over the River Thames in London
Blackfriars Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge over the River Thames in London, between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge, carrying
Blackfriars_Bridge
London Underground and railway station
Blackfriars (/ˈblækˌfraɪərz/), also known as London Blackfriars, is a central London railway station and connected London Underground station in the City
Blackfriars_station
Bridge in London
10333 Blackfriars Railway Bridge is a railway bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and the Millennium Bridge. There
Blackfriars_Railway_Bridge
UK charitable trust in London
occasions replaced, London Bridge. The foundation also built Blackfriars Bridge and Tower Bridge, and purchased Southwark Bridge from the toll-exacting private
City_Bridge_Foundation
Area of central London, England
terms, is Blackfriars station on a large wholly built-up roundabout. Southwest of this is Blackfriars Bridge and south, the railway bridge. A notably
Blackfriars,_London
Bridge in Manchester, England
2°14′52″W / 53.483768°N 2.24782°W / 53.483768; -2.24782 Blackfriars Bridge is a stone arch bridge in Greater Manchester, England. Completed in 1820, it
Blackfriars Bridge, Manchester
Blackfriars_Bridge,_Manchester
Topics referred to by the same term
Blackfriars Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge across the River Thames in Central London. Blackfriars Bridge may also refer to: Blackfriars Railway
Blackfriars Bridge (disambiguation)
Blackfriars_Bridge_(disambiguation)
Subterranean river in London, England
gushing into the Thames from the Thameswalk exit of Blackfriars station, immediately under Blackfriars Bridge. After the construction of the Thames Tideway
River_Fleet
Bridge crossing the North Thames River in London, Ontario, Canada
from Blackfriars Street to Ridout Street North. At 216 feet (66 meters) it is the longest working span of that kind in North America. The Blackfriars Bridge
Blackfriars_Street_Bridge
Bridge over the Thames in London, England
City Bridge Foundation, a charity established in 1282 for maintenance of London Bridge that subsequently expanded to cover Tower Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge
Tower_Bridge
1896 British film by Robert W. Paul
Blackfriars Bridge (AKA: Traffic on Blackfriars Bridge) is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent actuality film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring
Blackfriars_Bridge_(film)
Bridge in Norwich, England
Blackfriars Bridge, also known as St George's Bridge, is a grade II listed stone and iron single-arched bridge over the River Wensum in Norwich, England
Blackfriars_Bridge,_Norwich
Topics referred to by the same term
Blackfriars, derived from Black Friars, a common name for the Roman Catholic Dominican Order of friars, may refer to: Blackfriars, Bristol, a former priory
Blackfriars
Pier on the River Thames
Blackfriars Pier is a pier on the River Thames, in the Blackfriars area of the City of London, United Kingdom. It is served by boats operated by Uber Boat
Blackfriars_Pier
Road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London
England. Built in the 1860s, it runs from the Palace of Westminster to Blackfriars Bridge in the City of London, and acts as a major thoroughfare for road traffic
Victoria_Embankment
Railway station in London, England
number of services between London Blackfriars and Beckenham Junction, as well as a morning service to London Blackfriars from Crayford. A small number of
Elephant & Castle railway station
Elephant_&_Castle_railway_station
Modern art gallery in London, England
Modern from Blackfriars Bridge bus stop" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2012. "Walking directions to Tate Modern from Blackfriars Bridge / South
Tate_Modern
Bridge in London, England
Waterloo Bridge (/ˌwɔːtəˈluː/) is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge and
Waterloo_Bridge
2009 film by Terry Gilliam
scene, with Tower Bridge in the background, is just east along the riverbank, by City Hall. Tony is found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge, and the very large
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The_Imaginarium_of_Doctor_Parnassus
Bridge over the River Thames in England
from engineering consultancy Arup. The bridge is located between Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge. Its southern end is near the Globe Theatre
Millennium_Bridge,_London
London Underground line
first building staging in the river about 500 feet (150 m) west of Blackfriars Bridge. Piles were driven for a cofferdam and two vertical shafts of 16 feet
Waterloo_&_City_line
with the illumination of Blackfriars Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, Golden Jubilee Footbridges, Westminster Bridge and Lambeth Bridge. The artwork employs LED
List_of_bridges_in_London
Scottish architect and civil engineer (1733–1811)
architect and civil engineer, particularly remembered for his design for Blackfriars Bridge in London. Born and raised in Edinburgh, he travelled to Europe as
Robert_Mylne_(architect)
1973 Thames road bridge in London
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historical crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central
London_Bridge
Human settlement in England
Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock. It is part of a business
Bankside
Central business district of London, England
Farringdon Station, the Holborn Viaduct, Ludgate Circus, Blackfriars station, and Blackfriars Bridge. Northbound, the route passes through Clerkenwell, Bloomsbury
City_of_London
Italian banker (1920–1982)
plane to London via Zürich. A postal clerk was crossing London's Blackfriars Bridge at 7:30 am on Friday, 18 June and noticed Calvi's body hanging from
Roberto_Calvi
District in London, England
Tibetan Buddhist Centre Millwall F.C. The Shard London Bridge HMS Belfast Rouel Road Tower Bridge City of London Whitechapel Borough Peckham Canary Wharf
Bermondsey
Road in Southwark, London
Blackfriars Road is a road in Southwark, SE1. It runs between St George's Circus at the southern end and Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames at the
Blackfriars_Road
American television series
Dam Park and Bean Park in Brant, Ontario, and at the historic Blackfriars Street Bridge in London, Ontario. Filming concluded on July 22, 2024. The series
Motorheads
Embankment on the River Thames in London, England
Hawkins\Brown. It is situated next to Victoria Embankment, to the west of Blackfriars Bridge. The embankment features five permanent concrete sculptures by Nathan
Bazalgette_Embankment
Street in Bankside, London
between Blackfriars Road to the west and Borough High Street to the east. It also connects the access routes for London Bridge, Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars
Southwark_Street
Type of portable truss bridge
A Bailey Bridge constructed over the River Rhine at Rees, Germany, in 1945 by the Royal Canadian Engineers was named "Blackfriars Bridge", and, at 555 m
Bailey_bridge
Building in London, England
of the Tate Modern art gallery, by the railway lines running onto Blackfriars Bridge and filled a block between the Thames and Southwark Street. The building
Sampson_House
Road junction in Southwark, London, England
converge here: Blackfriars Road (A201); leading to Blackfriars Bridge Borough Road; with entry to Southwark Bridge Road leading to Southwark Bridge, and leading
St_George's_Circus
Bridge in London
to compete with the toll free Blackfriars and London bridges nearby, but the company became bankrupt. From 1864 the bridge was rented by the City of London
Southwark_Bridge
London-related events during the 19th century
only three bridges connecting Westminster and the city to the south bank: Westminster Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, and the ancient London Bridge. West of
19th-century_London
River in southern England
of bridge building including Blackfriars Railway Bridge and Charing Cross (Hungerford) Railway Bridge in central London, and the railway bridges by Isambard
River_Thames
Historic building in London, England
on New Bridge Street, Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars, London. The building has a tall, curving frontage which overlooks Blackfriars Bridge on the
Unilever_House
London borough in United Kingdom
far south of the borough. Tower Bridge, the Millennium Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Southwark Bridge and London Bridge all connect the City of London to
London_Borough_of_Southwark
London Underground and mainline railway station
London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark, south-east London. It occupies a large area on
London_Bridge_station
Long cycle path in London, England
Cable Street Mural Tower Bridge Tower of London Tower Gateway station Tower Hill station Cannon Street station Blackfriars station Temple station Embankment
Cycleway_3
Painting by William Marlow
Blackfriars Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral is a landscape painting by the British artist William Marlow, sometimes dated as c.1762. A riverscape and veduta
Blackfriars Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral
Blackfriars_Bridge_and_St_Paul's_Cathedral
Former railway station in London, England
station opened further south on the LC&DR line, just to the north of Blackfriars Bridge. This caused a drop in traffic at Holborn Viaduct, as St Paul's was
Holborn Viaduct railway station
Holborn_Viaduct_railway_station
Collision between two ships in London in 1989
central arch of Blackfriars Bridge; at this point she was about 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) in front of Bowbelle. At some point after Blackfriars Bridge, Bowbelle overtook
Marchioness_disaster
Bridge in County Kilkenny, Ireland
the Blackfriars Bridge competition, Smith had three notable stone bridge designs in County Kilkenny. At Inistioge Bridge (1763), the nearest bridge to
Green's_Bridge
Proposed pedestrian bridge in London, England
by Transport for London (TfL) for a new bridge across the Thames between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge. The proposed concrete, steel, cupronickel
Garden_Bridge
Area of South East London
Wayback Machine Camberwell Fair] "CFFF Vimeo Films". Camberwell Arts. Blackfriars Bridge – Loughborough Junction Deprecated link archived 30 May 2012 at archive
Camberwell
Bridge over the River Thames in London
London Bridge and widening it in 1760–63. With Putney Bridge, the bridge paved the way for four others within three decades: Blackfriars Bridge (1769,
Westminster_Bridge
Building in London
prominent building on the south bank of the River Thames, west of Blackfriars Bridge, in London. Sea Containers House is located towards the eastern end
Sea_Containers_House
Shipwrecks on the River Thames in London discovered in the 1960s–70s
The Blackfriars shipwrecks were a series of wrecks discovered by archaeologist Peter Marsden in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames
Blackfriars_shipwrecks
Film by Paul Haggis
Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandiwe Newton, Michael Peña, Larenz Tate and Ryan Phillippe. Crash premiered
Crash_(2004_film)
Area in London, England
traffic. In 1769 the new Blackfriars Bridge was connected to this system at what is now St George's Circus and Blackfriars Road (originally Great Surrey
Elephant_and_Castle
1990 film by Francis Ford Coppola
bridge, mirrors the fate and physical appearance of Roberto Calvi, the Italian head of the Banco Ambrosiano who was found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge
The_Godfather_Part_III
English forensic pathologist
Vatican banker. The cause of death was asphyxia by hanging from Blackfriars Bridge. Simpson was a member of many medical organisations, one of the founders
Keith_Simpson_(pathologist)
Part of the River Thames subject to tides
London Bridge (1973) Cannon Street Railway Bridge (1982) Southwark Bridge (1921) Millennium Bridge (2002) Blackfriars Railway Bridge (1886) Blackfriars Bridge
Tideway
Central London railway line
Level in 1912. In 1886 Blackfriars railway station opened, as St Paul's, on the north side of the river replacing Blackfriars Bridge, which closed the same
Widened_Lines
Stairs and alleys to the River Thames in England
became the only practical way to cross over the river via boat as Old London Bridge was frequently blocked. Wharves and later rudimentary docks began to be
Watermen's_stairs
Railway station in central London
order to reach the City of London via Cannon Street. Another station, Blackfriars was built to the east, but it was closed in favour of a connecting station
Waterloo_East_railway_station
Park in London, England
gardens on the north side of the River Thames between Blackfriars Bridge and Westminster Bridge in London. Between 1865 and 1870 the northern embankment
Victoria_Embankment_Gardens
Central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom
between Hither Green and London Charing Cross/Cannon Street/Blackfriars via London Bridge. London River Services operate boats from nearby London Eye
London_Waterloo_station
Pub in Manchester, England
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Peveril_of_the_Peak_(pub)
Railway line in London, England
been extended to Blackfriars Bridge railway station (on the south bank of the River Thames) via Borough Road. Blackfriars Railway Bridge was then built
Holborn Viaduct–Herne Hill line
Holborn_Viaduct–Herne_Hill_line
2017 Doctor Who episode
to the 1814 frost fair, the last one to be held between Blackfriars Bridge and Old London Bridge (replaced in 1831), which caused the water flow in the
Thin_Ice_(Doctor_Who_episode)
2005 film by Woody Allen
Lloyd's building, the Royal Opera House, the Palace of Westminster, Blackfriars Bridge, and Cambridge Circus form a backdrop to the film. The tennis club
Match_Point
Buildings on two neighbouring sites in London
buildings on two neighbouring sites in the City of London, between where Blackfriars station and St. Paul's Cathedral now stand. The first was a Norman fortification
Baynard's_Castle
Road in Central London
Viaduct City Thameslink station Ludgate Circus Blackfriars Blackfriars station Blackfriars Bridge One Blackfriars Southwark tube station St George's Circus
A201_road
Central London railway terminus
is a central London railway terminus between the Strand and Hungerford Bridge in the City of Westminster. It is the terminus of the Southeastern Main
Charing_Cross_railway_station
Building in Surrey, Great Britain
was a steam-powered flour mill situated on the southeastern side of Blackfriars Bridge in northern Southwark, London, then in the parish of Christchurch
Albion_Mills,_Southwark
River in Norfolk, England
Mill Felthorpe Mill Bishops Bridge is positioned on the site of a Roman ford. Built in 1345, it is one of five medieval bridges which span the River Wensum
River_Wensum
Catholic archbishop, former head of the Vatican Bank (1922–2006)
Ambrosiano had dealt with Marcinkus, was found hanging under London's Blackfriars Bridge in June 1982. Marcinkus himself was never charged with a crime. Marcinkus
Paul_Marcinkus
UK government Agency
Adastral House was the former De Keyser's Royal Hotel, located by Blackfriars Bridge. The bankrupt hotel was requisitioned in May 1916 for use as Government
MI7
Bridge across the Yarra River in Melbourne, Australia
the top of the bridge, and lamp standards crowning each pier. The bridge design bears a close resemblance to the earlier Blackfriars Bridge over the River
Princes_Bridge
British dish made of stewed steak, ox kidney, and suet pastry
"baked-tates" and "trotters;" and the olden piemen are set aside for the Blackfriars-bridge howl of "Hot beef-steak and kidney puddings!" According to the cookery
Steak_and_kidney_pudding
Exhibitions and international convention centre in the London Borough of Newham
structures Bridges Albert Bridge Battersea Bridge Blackfriars Bridge Chelsea Bridge Hammersmith Bridge Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges Lambeth
Excel_London
Road bridge in London
Circus, the creation of Queen Victoria Street, the rebuilding of Blackfriars Bridge, the opening of the Embankment section into the City, the continuation
Holborn_Viaduct
Cloak of featherwork worn by men and women of high rank in Ancient Hawaii
the Surrey end of Blackfriars Bridge", i.e., in the "Sandwich Room" of the Blackfriars Rotunda, at the south end of Blackfriars Bridge). He eventually sold
ʻAhu_ʻula
Human settlement in England
takes about 12 minutes and there are direct trains to and from London Blackfriars and points north on the Thameslink line during the morning and evening
Dulwich
London south of the River Thames, in England
whole or part are: A small area of land, on which the southern end of Blackfriars Bridge stands, is not part of Southwark. It forms part of the City of London
South_London
Fictional character from The Godfather series
Roberto Calvi, was mired in the scandal and in fact found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge in London under dubious circumstances. Calvi had reviewed Mario Puzo's
Cardinal_Lamberto
British police detective
the pictures and they were discovered under one of the arches of Blackfriars Bridge. Whicher was promoted to detective inspector in 1856. When Italian
Jack_Whicher
are visible in the background. London, England St Paul's Cathedral, Blackfriars Bridge, Tate Modern Ethan Hunt chases August Walker (Henry Cavill), across
List of Mission: Impossible film locations
List_of_Mission:_Impossible_film_locations
British journalist
Banker, about Roberto Calvi, an Italian banker found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge, was published in 1983. Cornwell was the half-brother of Anthony Cornwell
Rupert_Cornwell
Defunct Italian bank (1896–1982)
death from her office window. Calvi's body was found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in London on June 18. During July 1982, funds to the offshore interests
Banco_Ambrosiano
Italian crime boss
banker Roberto Calvi, who was found hanging from scaffolding beneath Blackfriars Bridge in the financial district of London in 1982. Luigi Giuliano's collaboration
Luigi_Giuliano
construction. Found between Blackfriars Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge during the construction of a new riverside wall, the Blackfriars I has been variously
Ships_of_ancient_Rome
One-day convention/conference held in the UK, celebrating polyamory
Doggett's Coat and Badge, Blackfriars Bridge, London 100+ Polyday 2007 22 September 2007 Doggett's Coat and Badge, Blackfriars Bridge, London 100+ Polyday
Polyday
English sculptor
plants and birds, on the Portland stone capitals of the piers of Blackfriars Bridge. By 1870, Philip's success meant he could move into his own home and
John_Birnie_Philip
Heir apparent to the British throne (born 1982)
Centrepoint‑organised event, he spent the night in a sleeping bag near Blackfriars Bridge to raise awareness of youth homelessness. He opened the charity's
William,_Prince_of_Wales
City in Greater Manchester, England
Salford has a series of bridges over the Manchester Ship Canal and onto the River Irwell, including the grade II listed Blackfriars Bridge, completed in 1820
Salford
Major road in England
while East India Dock Road was set out from 1806 to 1812. The first iron bridge across the River Lea was built in 1810. Today the route is still largely
A13_road_(England)
Judicial building in London, England
Court Blackfriars Crown Court. Gov.UK Retrieved 10 February 2020. Roberts, Howard; Godfrey, Walter H. (1950). "'Blackfriars Bridge and Blackfriars Road'
Blackfriars_Crown_Court
City and metropolitan borough in England
Over Blindness Bridges Albert Bridge Blackfriars Bridge Corporation Street Bridge Hulme Arch Bridge Irwell Railway bridge Palatine Bridge Store Street Aqueduct
Manchester
Former headquarters of the Greater London Authority
Foster, it is located on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. The site, which forms part of the More London development, has been owned
110_The_Queen's_Walk
Museum in Manchester, England
in a Grade II listed, former hydraulic pumping station on the corner of Bridge Street and Water Street designed by Manchester Corporation city architect
People's_History_Museum
Station between Charing Cross and London Bridge
was renamed Blackfriars in 1937. The former entrance to the South Eastern Railway Blackfriars station under the railway bridge on Blackfriars Road itself
Blackfriars (SER) railway station
Blackfriars_(SER)_railway_station
Listed entertainment and sports venue in London
structures Bridges Albert Bridge Battersea Bridge Blackfriars Bridge Chelsea Bridge Hammersmith Bridge Hungerford Bridge and Golden Jubilee Bridges Lambeth
Alexandra_Palace
2018 film by Christopher McQuarrie
production relocated to London in early July, filming in locations such as Blackfriars Bridge and Tate Modern. Cavill's mustache became a source of conflict when
Mission:_Impossible_–_Fallout
Sewerage upgrade project in London, England
Embankment foreshore – CSO interception and connection tunnel drive site Blackfriars Bridge foreshore – CSO interception site Shad Thames pumping station – system
Thames_Tideway_Tunnel
Skyscraper complex under construction in Manchester, England
Over Blindness Bridges Albert Bridge Blackfriars Bridge Corporation Street Bridge Hulme Arch Bridge Irwell Railway bridge Palatine Bridge Store Street Aqueduct
Viadux
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Meadow Near the Bridge
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : habitational name from Hebden in North Yorkshire or Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, both named from Old English hēope ‘rose-hip’ + denu ‘valley’.
Boy/Male
English American
Lives near a bridge.
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic BrÃghid, BRIDGET means "exalted one."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably an altered spelling of Bridges.
Boy/Male
Australian
Lives Near a Bridge
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Norman personal name Hameley, a double diminutive of Hamo (see Hammond).English : habitational name from Hamly Bridge in Chiddingly, Sussex, named from an Old English personal name Eamba + Old English lēah ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Dunford Bridge, a hamlet near Penistone, West Yorkshire, so called from the river Don (a British name, possibly meaning ‘river’) + Old English ford ‘ford’, or from Dunford House in Methley, West Yorkshire, which is named in Old English as ‘Dunn’s ford’ (see Dunn 2). Reaney suggests that the name may also have arisen from places called Durnford in Somerset and Wiltshire. (Great) Durnford in Wiltshire was named in Old English as ‘hidden ford’ (dierne + ford).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bridge.Americanized form of German Brücker (see Brucker).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by or kept a bridge (see Bridge).Americanized form of German Bruckmann (see Bruckman).James Bridgeman or Bridgman (1620–76) came to Hartford, CT, from Winchester, Hampshire, England, in 1640.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Bridget, BRIDGETTE means "exalted one."
Surname or Lastname
Respelling of German Brücker or Brügger, habitational names for someone from any of numerous places in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland named Bruck or Brugg, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a bridge (see Brucker).Altered spellin
Respelling of German Brücker or Brügger, habitational names for someone from any of numerous places in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland named Bruck or Brugg, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a bridge (see Brucker).Altered spelling of German Brücher, a topographic name for someone who lived by a swamp, from Middle High German bruoch ‘swamp’ + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.English (Somerset) : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Brooker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’.English : topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca (a derivative of loc as in 1). Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.English, Dutch, and German : nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair)’, ‘curl’.Americanized spelling of German Loch.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Bridgwater in Somerset; the water which the bridge at Bridgwater crosses is the Parrett river, but the place name actually derives from Brigewaltier, i.e. ‘Walter’s bridge’, after Walter de Dowai, the 12th-century owner.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : habitational name from Heap Bridge in Lancashire, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a hill or heap, from Old English hēap ‘heap’, ‘mound’, ‘hill’.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Dwells at the Bridge; Bridge Builder; Lives Near a Bridge
Boy/Male
English
From the Meadow Near the Bridge
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English brigge ‘bridge’, Old English brycg, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived near a bridge, a metonymic occupational name for a bridge keeper, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this element, as for example Bridge in Kent or Bridge Sollers in Herefordshire. Building and maintaining bridges was one of the three main feudal obligations, along with bearing arms and maintaining fortifications. The cost of building a bridge was often defrayed by charging a toll, the surname thus being acquired by the toll gatherer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, probably from Bridgeford in Northumberland, Bridgford in Staffordshire, or East or West Bridgford in Nottinghamshire, which are named with Old English brycg ‘bridge’ + ford ‘ford’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bridge. The -s generally represents the genitive case, but may occasionally be a plural. In some cases this name denoted someone from the Flemish city of Bruges (Brugge), meaning ‘bridges’, which had extensive trading links with England in the Middle Ages.
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
Male
Chinese
son of peace.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Surname or Lastname
Cambodian
Cambodian : unexplained.Peruvian : unexplained. The etymology is not Spanish; it is probably Quechuan.English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Whiting.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Sacrificial Fuel
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Leader
Girl/Female
Tamil
Musical Rhythm
Girl/Female
Tamil
Manoranjani | மநோரநஜநீ
Name of a Raga
Boy/Male
Australian, Biblical, Christian, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Irish, Japanese, Swedish
Faithful; True; Educator; Builder; Teacher; Wealthy Protector; The Hidden One
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : from Middle English gode ‘good’ + body ‘person’, ‘creature’, apparently a nickname for a good person. Reaney, however, notes that the expression was used as a polite term of address, and the surname may therefore have arisen as a nickname for someone who habitually used this expression.
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
superl.
Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc.
a.
Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
a.
Passing or flowing through a bridge; -- said of water.
n.
A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge.
n.
A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
a.
Full of bridges.
n.
A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont.
n.
A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
n.
The art of making roads or ways for traveling, including the construction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc.
n.
A board or plank used as a bridge.
n.
A low wall or vertical partition in the fire chamber of a furnace, for deflecting flame, etc.; -- usually called a bridge wall.
n.
A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework.
imp. & p. p.
of Bridge
a.
Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge.
v. t.
Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.
a.
Having no bridge; not bridged.
v. t.
To build a bridge or bridges on or over; as, to bridge a river.
v. t.
To open or make a passage, as by a bridge.
n.
A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.