Road · Lambeth · SE11 · Contributed by The Underground Map

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Lambeth

The ’Lamb’ in Lambeth really means just that.

The name is recorded in 1062 as Lambehitha, meaning ’landing place for lambs’, and in 1255 as Lambeth. The name refers to a harbour where lambs were either shipped from or to. It is formed from the Old English ’lamb’ and ’hythe.

South Lambeth is recorded as Sutlamehethe in 1241 and North Lambeth is recorded in 1319 as North Lamhuth. The marshland in the area, known as Lambeth Marshe, was drained in the 18th century but is remembered in the Lower Marsh street name. Sometime after the opening of Waterloo railway station in 1848 the locality around the station and Lower Marsh became known as Waterloo.

Lambeth Palace is located opposite the Palace of Westminster. The two were linked by a horse ferry across the Thames.

Until the mid-18th Century the north of Lambeth was marshland, crossed by a number of roads raised against floods.

With the opening of Westminster Bridge in 1750, followed by the Blackfriars Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge, a number of major thoroughfares were developed through Lambeth, such as Westminster Bridge Road, Kennington Road and Camberwell New Road.

In William Blake’s epic Milton a Poem, the poet John Milton leaves Heaven and travels to Lambeth, in the form of a falling comet, and enters Blake’s foot. This allows Blake to treat the ordinary world as perceived by the five senses as a sandal formed of "precious stones and gold" that he can now wear. Blake ties the sandal and, guided by Los, walks with it into the City of Art, inspired by the spirit of poetic creativity. The poem was written between 1804 and 1810.

LOCATIONS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

Archbishop Sumner Church of England Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Archbishop Tenison’s School:   Voluntary aided school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Archbishop Tenison’s School:   Archbishop Tenison’s School moved to The Oval in 1928
Ashmole Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Bishops House Children’s Centre:   This is a children’s centre.
Canterbury Music Hall:   The Canterbury Music Hall was established in 1852 by Charles Morton on the site of a former skittle alley adjacent to the Canterbury Tavern at 143 Westminster Bridge Road.
Charlotte Sharman Primary School:   Foundation school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 2 and 11.
Christ Church Primary SW9:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Christ Church, Lambeth:   Christ Church was founded by the Rev Dr Christopher Newman Hall in 1876 as a Congregational chapel on Westminster Bridge Road.
City Racing:   City Racing was an artist-run space in Kennington, South London which was active between 1988 and 1998.
DLD College London:   Other independent school which accepts students between the ages of 14 and 19.
Durand Academy:   Academy converter (All through) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 18.
Eaves Housing for Women:   Eaves Housing for Women (Eaves) was a charitable company based in London.
Ethelred Nursery School & Children’s Centre:   This is a children’s centre.
Ethelred Nursery School and Children’s Centre:   Local authority nursery school (Nursery) which accepts students between the ages of 2 and 4.
Evelina Hospital School:   Community special school which accepts students between the ages of 2 and 19.
Garden Museum:   The first museum in the world dedicated to the history of gardening.
Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park:   Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park is a public park in Kennington.
Henry Fawcett Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Henry Fawcett Primary School and Children’s Centre:   This is a children’s centre.
Horns Tavern:   The first mention of the Green Man and Horns tavern near Kennington Common was in 1725.
Jubilee Gardens:   
Kennington:   Kennington was a royal manor in the ancient parish of St Mary, Lambeth in the county of Surrey and was the administrative centre of the parish from 1853.
Kennington Park:   Kennington Park is a public park in Kennington, south London.
Kennington Park Academy:   Academy alternative provision converter which accepts students between the ages of 5 and 11.
Keyworth Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
King’s College London Maths School:   Free schools 16 to 19 (16 plus) which accepts students between the ages of 16 and 19. Admissions policy: Non-selective.
Lambeth:   The ’Lamb’ in Lambeth really means just that.
Lambeth North:   Lambeth North is the area surrounding the Imperial War Museum.
Lilian Baylis Technology School:   Community school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 18. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Morley College:   Further education (16 plus) which accepts students between the ages of 18 and 99.
Necropolis Station:   The London Necropolis Railway was opened in 1854 as a reaction to severe overcrowding in London’s existing graveyards and cemeteries.
Notre Dame Roman Catholic Girls’ School:   Voluntary aided school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 16. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Oasis Academy Johanna:   Academy converter (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Oasis Academy South Bank:   Free schools (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 16. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
Octavia House Schools:   Other independent special school which accepts students between the ages of 5 and 16.
Oval:   Oval tube station in Kennington is named after The Oval Cricket Ground, which it serves.
Ovalhouse:   Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, is an Off-West End theatre.
Reay Primary School:   Foundation school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
Saint Gabriel’s College:   Voluntary aided school (Secondary) which accepts students between the ages of 11 and 16. Admissions policy: Comprehensive (secondary).
St George’s Cathedral Catholic Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
St John the Divine Church of England Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
St Jude’s Church of England Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 5 and 11.
St Mark’s Church of England Primary School:   Voluntary aided school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.
The Autism Project - CareTrade:   Special post 16 institution which accepts students between the ages of 17 and 25.
The Marine Society College of the Sea:   Further education (16 plus) which accepts students between the ages of 18 and 99.
Walnut Tree Walk Primary School:   Community school (Primary) which accepts students between the ages of 3 and 11.

PHOTOS OF THE AREA

Chartist meeting, Kennington Common (1848):   On 10 April 1848, William Kilburn took daguerrotypes of the Great Chartist Meeting on Kennington Common – taken from the top of The Horns tavern were the first ever photos of a crowd scene.
Gunner's Cottages (1910):   Gunner’s Cottages, off Salamanca Street, Lambeth 1910.
Lambeth Bridge (1865):   Lambeth Bridge is on the site of a horse ferry between the Palace of Westminster and Lambeth Palace on the south bank.
Lambeth High Street (1860):   This photograph of the Windmill inn, Lambeth High Street, dates from 1860
Street cricket (1953):   Street cricket has been played across London since the rules of the game were formulated.
Wake Street:   Wake Street (King Street before the 1880s) was featured in photos from the Picture Post edition of 31 December 1938.
Waterloo Air Terminal (1953):   Officially known as the British European Airways Waterloo Air Terminal, the building was officially opened on the Festival of Britain site on 19 May 1953 by the then Minister of Aviation.

NEARBY STREETS AND BUILDINGS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

(formerly Hillingdon Street), SE17 · (formerly Hillingdon Street), SE5 · (formerly Lucas Road), SE5 · Akerman Road, SE5 · Akerman Road, SW9 · Alvanley House, SW9 · Ashmole Place, SW8 · Ashmole Street, SW8 · Aulton Place, SE11 · Aveline Street, SE11 · Barbel Street, SE1 · Barons Place, SE1 · Baylis Road, SE1 · Beaufoy Walk, SE11 · Bedlam Mews, SE11 · Belvedere Road, SE1 · Bishops Terrace, SE11 · Black Prince Road, SE1 · Black Prince Road, SE11 · Bolton Crescent, SE5 · Bolton Cresent, SE5 · Bowden Street, SE11 · Bowling Green Street, SE11 · Braganza Street, SE17 · Brixton Road, SE11 · Brook Drive, SE11 · Burdett Street, SE1 · Calais Gate, SE5 · Caldwell Street, SW9 · Camberwell New Road, SE11 · Cancell Road, SW9 · Cardigan Street, SE11 · Carlisle Lane, SE1 · Castlebrook Close, SE11 · Centaur Street, SE1 · Chester Way, SE11 · China Walk, SE11 · Chryssell Road, SW9 · Claylands Place, SW8 · Claylands Road, SW8 · Clayton Street, SE11 · Cleaver Square, SE11 · Cleaver Street, SE11 · Colnbrook Street, SE1 · Conwall Square Kennings Way, SE11 · Cooper Close, SE1 · Coral Street, SE1 · Cormont Road, SE5 · Cosser Street, SE1 · Cottingham Road, SW8 · Courtenay Square, SE11 · Courtenay Street, SE11 · Cowley Road, SW9 · Cranmer Road, SW9 · Cranworth Gardens, SW9 · Crewdson Road, SW9 · Cromwell Road, SW9 · De Laune Street, SE17 · Denny Crescent, SE11 · Denny Cresent, SE11 · Distin Street, SE11 · Doddington Grove, SE17 · Dodson Street, SE1 · Dolland House, SE11 · Dryden Court, SE11 · Dugard Way, SE11 · Durand Gardens, SW9 · Elliott Road, SW9 · Eythorne Road, SW9 · Farnham Royal, SE11 · Faunce Street, SE17 · Fitzalan Street, SE11 · Fountain Place, SW9 · Foxley Road, SW9 · Foxley Square, SW9 · Frazier Street, SE1 · Frederick Crescent, SW9 · Frederick Cresent, SW9 · Garden Row, SE1 · Geraldine Street, SE1 · Geraldine Street, SE11 · Gerridge Street, SE1 · Gibson Road, SE11 · Gilbert Road, SE11 · Gladstone Street, SE1 · Gosling Way, SW9 · Greenham Close, SE1 · Groveway, SW9 · Hackford Road, SW9 · Hackford Walk, SW9 · Handforth Road, SW9 · Hanover Gardens, SE11 · Hanover Gardens, SW8 · Hanworth House, SE5 · Harleyford Street, SE11 · Harmsworth Street, SE17 · Hayles Street, SE11 · Hedger Street, SE11 · Heralds Place, SE11 · Hercules Road, SE1 · Hillyard Street, SW9 · Holland Grove, SW9 · Hornbeam Close, SE11 · Hotspur Street, SE11 · Hurley Road, SE11 · Johanna Street, SE1 · Johnston Close, SW9 · Jonathan Street, SE11 · Juxon Street, SE11 · Kempsford Road, SE11 · Kendal Close, SE5 · Kendal Close, SW9 · Kennings Way, SE11 · Kennington Lane, SE11 · Kennington Lane, SW8 · Kennington Oval, SE11 · Kennington Oval, SW8 · Kennington Park Gardens, SE17 · Kennington Park Place, SE11 · Kennington Park Place, SE17 · Kennington Park Road, SE11 · Kennington Park Road, SE17 · Kennington Park, SE5 · Kennington Road, SE1 · Kennington Road, SE11 · Kennington Road, SW95 · King Edward Walk, SE1 · Lambeth Bridge, SE1 · Lambeth High Street, SE1 · Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 · Lambeth Palace Road, SW1 · Lambeth Pier, SE1 · Lambeth Road, SE1 · Lambeth Road, SE11 · Lambeth Walk, SE1 · Lambeth Walk, SE11 · Lamlash Street, SE11 · Lauderdale House, SW9 · Launcelot Street, SE1 · Leake Street, SE1 · Lett Road, SW9 · Liberty Street, SW9 · Lilac Place, SE11 · Listowel Close, SW9 · Lohmann House, SE11 · Lollard Street, SE11 · Loughborough Street, SE11 · Lower Marsh, SE1 · Magee Street, SE11 · Marylee Way, SE11 · Melbourne Mews, SW9 · Methley Street, SE11 · Milverton Street, SE11 · Minerva Close, SW9 · Monkton Street, SE11 · Montford Place, SE11 · Morat Street, SW9 · Morley Street, SE1 · Mowll Street, SW9 · Murphy Street, SE1 · Murphy Street, [no · Myatt Road, SW9 · Newburn Street, SE11 · Newnham Terrace, SE1 · Newport Street, SE11 · Nightingale Mews, SE11 · Norfolk Row, SE1 · Normandy Road, SW9 · Oakden Street, SE11 · Oakey Lane, SE1 · Offley Road, SW9 · Old Paradise Street, SE1 · Old Paradise Street, SE11 · Opal Street, SE11 · Orient Street, SE11 · Orsett Street, SE11 · Otto Street, SE17 · Oval Way, SE11 · Palfrey Place, SW8 · Patmos Road, SW9 · Peabody Square, SE1 · Pear Place, SE1 · Pearman Street, SE1 · Pegasus Place, SE11 · Perseverance Place, SW9 · Pratt Walk, SE1 · Pratt Walk, SE11 · Prima Road, SW9 · Printers Road, SW9 · Radcot Street, SE11 · Ramsey House, SW9 · Randall Road, SE11 · Ravensdon Street, SE11 · Reedworth Street, SE11 · Renfrew Road, SE11 · Richborne Terrace, SW9 · Royal Road, SE11 · Royal Road, SE17 · Royal Street, SE1 · Russell Grove, SW9 · Sail Street, SE11 · Saint Agnes Place, SE11 · Saint George’s Road, SE1 · Salamanca Place, SE1 · Salamanca Street, SE1 · Sancroft Street, SE11 · Saunders Street, SE11 · Scotson House, SE11 · Sedley House, SE11 · Sharstead Street, SE17 · Sharsted Street, SE17 · Silk Mews, SE11 · South Island Place, SW9 · South Street, SE11 · Southey Road, SW9 · St Agnes Place, SE11 · St Georges Circus, SE1 · St Georges Road, SE1 · St George’s Road, SE1 · St Marys Gardens, SE11 · St Marys Walk, SE11 · St. Agnes Place, SE11 · St. Georges Mews, SE1 · Stannary Street, SE11 · Steam Pump Lane, W4 · Studios, N1 · Tanswell Street, SE1 · Terrace Walk, SW8 · The Chandlery, SE1 · The Fosters Oval, SE11 · The Tunnel, SE1 · Trigon Road, SW8 · Upper Marsh Street, SE1 · Usborne Mews, SW8 · Van Gogh Walk, SW9 · Vassall Road, SW9 · Vauxhall Street, SE11 · Vauxhall Walk, SE11 · Virgil Street, SE1 · Walcot Square, SE11 · Walnut Tree Walk, SE11 · Waterloo Bridge, SE1 · Waterloo Bridge, WC2R · Waterloo Centre, SE1 · Webber Row, SE1 · West Square, SE11 · Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 · White Hart Street, SE11 · Whitehorse Mews, SE1 · Whitehouse Apartments, SE1 · Whitgift Street, SE1 · Whitgift Street, SE11 · Winchester House, SW9 · Wincott Parade, SE11 · Wincott Street, SE11 · Windmill Row, SE11 · Wynyard Terrace, SE11 ·