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History
A bridge has existed at or near the present site over the
period from the Roman occupation of the area, nearly 2,000
years ago. The first bridge across London flats for rent the
Thames in the London area, probably a military pontoon bridge,
was built of wood by the Romans on the present site around
50 CE.
Around 55 CE, a piled bridge was constructed, and the local
Britons built a small trading settlement next to it—the town
of Londinium. The settlement and the bridge were destroyed
in a revolt led by Queen Boudicca in 60 CE. The victory was
short-lived, and soon afterwards London flats for rent
the Romans defeated the rebels and set about building a new
walled town. Some of the 2nd-century Roman wall has survived
to this day. The new town and bridge were built around the
position of the present bridge, providing access to the south-coast
ports via Stane Street (the A3 route) and Watling Street (the
A2).
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The bridge fell into disrepair after the Romans
left. As Londinium was also abandoned, there was little need
for a bridge at this point and in the Saxon period the river
was London flats for rent a political boundary between the
hostile kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex. With the impact of
the Viking invasions, the reconquest of the Roman city by
the kings of Wessex and its re-occupation by Alfred the Great,
the political conditions arose for a Saxon bridge crossing
to be placed here.
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However, there is no archaeological evidence for a bridge
before Aethelred's reign and his attempts London flats for
rent to stem the Sweinian invasions of the 990s.
In 1014, according to a much later skaldic tradition, the
bridge was pulled down by the Norwegian prince Olaf, as he
was aiding King Aethelred in London flats for rent what, if
true, was a successful bid to divide the defending forces
of the Danes who held the walled City of London plus Southwark,
thereby regaining London for the Anglo-Saxon king.
This episode has been thought to have inspired London flats
for rent the well-known nursery rhyme "London Bridge
is Falling Down".[5]
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