File:Sword rest TQ3280 427.jpg
Summary
This <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sword_rest" class="extiw" title="en:sword rest">sword rest</a> is displayed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference_system" class="extiw" title="en:British national grid reference system">grid reference</a> <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/os/coor_g/?pagename=File:Sword_rest_TQ3280_427.jpg¶ms=TQ326803_region%3AGB_scale%3A25000">TQ326803</a> on the north wall of the North Transept of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark_Cathedral" class="extiw" title="en:Southwark Cathedral">Southwark Cathedral</a>. It formerly belonged to the church of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Olave,_Southwark" class="extiw" title="en:St Olave, Southwark">St Olave, Southwark</a>. It is dated 1674 and is made of wood. The sword rests in other churches in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London" class="extiw" title="en:City of London">City of London</a> are almost always of iron.
The Bridge House, which was the administrative and maintenance centre of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge" class="extiw" title="en:London Bridge">Old London Bridge</a>, was located on the south bank of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames" class="extiw" title="en:River Thames">River Thames</a>, near the site of St Olave's. So, appropriately, on this sword rest we see the red cross with red sword in dexter chief of the City of London on the left and the blue Bridge Mark, the logo of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Bridge_Trust" class="extiw" title="en:City Bridge Trust">Bridge House Estates</a> on the right. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rhaworth.net/phots/rwhgal1.php?g=bm">More on the Bridge Mark and sword rests</a>.
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| current | 05:59, 9 January 2017 | | 1,048 × 2,048 (317 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>This <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sword_rest" class="extiw" title="en:sword rest">sword rest</a> is displayed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference_system" class="extiw" title="en:British national grid reference system">grid reference</a> <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/os/coor_g/?pagename=File:Sword_rest_TQ3280_427.jpg¶ms=TQ326803_region%3AGB_scale%3A25000">TQ326803</a></span> on the north wall of the North Transept of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwark_Cathedral" class="extiw" title="en:Southwark Cathedral">Southwark Cathedral</a>. It formerly belonged to the church of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Olave,_Southwark" class="extiw" title="en:St Olave, Southwark">St Olave, Southwark</a>. It is dated 1674 and is made of wood. The sword rests in other churches in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London" class="extiw" title="en:City of London">City of London</a> are almost always of iron. </p> <p>The Bridge House, which was the administrative and maintenance centre of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge" class="extiw" title="en:London Bridge">Old London Bridge</a>, was located on the south bank of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames" class="extiw" title="en:River Thames">River Thames</a>, near the site of St Olave's. So, appropriately, on this sword rest we see the red cross with red sword in dexter chief of the City of London on the left and the blue Bridge Mark, the logo of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Bridge_Trust" class="extiw" title="en:City Bridge Trust">Bridge House Estates</a> on the right. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rhaworth.net/phots/rwhgal1.php?g=bm">More on the Bridge Mark and sword rests</a>. </p> |
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