The current bridge stands at the western end of the Pool of London but is positioned 30 metres (98 ft) upstream from previous alignments. The traditional ends of the medieval bridge were marked by St Magnus-the-Martyr on the northern bank and Southwark Cathedral on the southern shore.
Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking achievement, can today confirm that Ms. Susannah Mushatt Jones of Brooklyn, New York is now the worldâs oldest living person, who today celebrates her 116th birthday!
Misao Okawa â Misao Okawa of Osaka, Japan, was 117 when she died on April 1. She was the world's oldest person, according to Guinness World Records. She was born on March 5, 1898, and had three children. Her husband died in 1931. She kept in shape throughout much of her life; at 102, she said she did leg squats to keep healthy.