The Old Bridge, The Only Bridge Over the Thames Until 1750, Stood for Six and a Half Cent...', 1937 Creator: Unknown. The Old Bridge, The Only Bridge Over the Thames Until 1750, Stood for Six and a Half Centuries" A View of London Bridge in the Year 1616.', 1937. Houses on the old bridge over the River Thames, with Southwark Cathedral in the foreground. Note heads on spikes over the entrance gate. From 'an engraving by John Visscher' in "The Said Noble River", by Alan Bell. [The Port of London Authority, London, 1937]