Crossing · London
Mercer’s Span
Mercer's Span is a bridge from which one can see the whole arrangement of London: the river below with barges and ferries, the Commons spread out, Westminster rising beyond and the Crown compounds higher still. It ties commercial traffic to the river system and is a place where paperwork, money and movement meet. Its debt cells serve as a lockhouse for debtors.
Where the volumes speak of it
- Book II › Chapter 1 — London at a Glance
- Book II › Chapter 1 — London at a Glance › 1.4 The Shape of the City
- LiB1 › Chapter 10 — The Watch and the Courts › 10.8 Lockhouses and Gaols
- LiB1 › 10.8 Lockhouses and Gaols
