1816 in Transport - 1816 in Rail Transport, Bridges Completed in 1816, Vauxhall Bridge, Ha'penny Bridge, O'Donovan Rossa Bridge (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Vauxhall Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the early 13th century, Anglo-Norman mercenary Falkes de Breaut built a manor house in the then empty marshlands of South Lambeth, across the River Thames from Westminster. In 122324, de Breaut and others revolted against Henry III; following a failed attempt to seize the Tower of London, de Breaut's lands in England were forfeited and he was forced into exile in France and later Rome. The lands surrounding his Lambeth manor house continued to be known as Falkes' Hall, later Vauxhall. Westminster