BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE

Section 84 of the unsigned article London, detailing Blackfriars Bridge, is from the 3rd edition (178897) of Encyclopdia Britannica. It is presented below in modern typography for ease in reading but otherwise retains the original punctuation, italics, capitalization, and spellingincluding typographical errors. Blackfriars Bridge For further treatment of the Blackfriars district and of the history of the metropolis, see the current articles Blackfriars and London. For similar excerpts from early editions of Encyclopdia Britannica and the Britannica Book of the Year, see BTW: London Classics.