Waterloo, London "For a list of street names etymologies in the area see: Street names of Waterloo" Waterloo is connected to the Strand area on the north bank of the River Thames by Waterloo Bridge. The first bridge on the site was opened in 1817 and the current bridge was opened in 1945. The bridge was named to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Waterloo Road also dates from this time, built on land belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury.. St John's, Waterloo was constructed from 1822 by the Commissioners for Building New Churches as the population of the parish of
Kew Bridge Barnard, and "Old Kew Bridge, London" by James Webb, an oil painting dating from 1876 to 1885, are held at the Museum of London. The oil painting "Kew Bridge" by Henry Muhrman (1854–1916) was painted in about 1898, when the artist was living in Gunnersbury. It is now in the Tate Gallery's collection. The Tate also holds J.M.W. Turner's pen and ink sketch "The Thames at Kew with Kew Bridge" (1805) and his oil painting "The Thames Glimpsed between Trees, possibly at Kew Bridge c.1806-7". Myles Birket Foster (1825–1899) painted "Kew Bridge from Strand on the Green". Landscapist Lewis Pinhorn