Gambia Street, SE1

Gambia Street - then called William Street - was already on the 1800 maps of London.

Railway Bridge 27 XTD, Gambia Street, London
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This area was primarily orchards and tenter grounds until the 1770s when development began due to the opening of Blackfriars Bridge in 1769.

On a map of 1760 Union Street (originally Charlotte Street) was dotted on the map running west from Duke Street (now Union Street continuing to the east).

Gambia Street seems to have been named in combination with Scoresby Street. Gambia Street was William Street and Scoresby Street was Pitt Street - both after the Prime Minister.

On Horwood’s map of 1799 (not illustrated), Charlotte Street (now Union Street) and William Street (Gambia Street) were shown for the first time. Residential buildings were on the frontage of William Street with commercial block leading onto Charlotte Street. The 1821 Gardner map shows Little Charlotte Street and William Street and a hat manufacturer.

The renaming to Gambia Street occurred during the name reorganisation by the Post Office in 1892.

The pedestrianised section stretching north, and formerly part of Gambia Street, was officially renamed Marion’s Way during 2021 in honour of the late local resident and advocate, Marion Marples, who passed away in 2019.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
Scott Hatton Blackmoor Street, WC2B Added: 11 Sep 2020 19:47 GMT	Millions Of Rats In Busy London The Daily Mail on 14 April 1903 reported "MILLIONS OF RATS IN BUSY LONDON" A rat plague, unprecedented in the annals of London, has broken out on the north side of the Strand. The streets principally infested are Catherine street, Drury lane, Blackmore street, Clare Market and Russell street. Something akin to a reign of terror prevails among the inhabitants after nightfall. Women refuse to pass along Blackmore street and the lower parts of Stanhope street after dusk, for droves of rats perambulate the roadways and pavements, and may be seen running along the window ledges of the empty houses awaiting demolition by the County Council in the Strand to Holborn improvement scheme. The rats, indeed, have appeared in almost-incredible numbers. "There are millions of them," said one shopkeeper, and his statement was supported by other residents. The unwelcome visitors have been evicted from their old haunts by the County Council housebreakers, and are now busily in search of new homes. The Gaiety Restaurant has been the greatest sufferer. Rats have invaded the premises in such force that the managers have had to close the large dining room on the first floor and the grill rooms on the ground floor and in the basement. Those three spacious halls which have witnessed many as semblages of theatre-goers are now qui:e deserted. Behind the wainscot of the bandstand in the grillroom is a large mound of linen shreds. This represents 1728 serviettes carried theee by the rats. In the bar the removal of a panel disclosed the astonishing fact that the rats have dragged for a distance of seven or eight yards some thirty or forty beer and wine bottles and stacked them in such a fashion as to make comfortable sleeping places. Mr Williams. the manager of the restaurant, estimates that the rats have destroyed L200 worth of linen. Formerly the Gaiety Restaurant dined 2000 persons daily; no business whatever is now done in this direction. Reply
Bruce McTavish Lambeth North Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT	Kennington Road Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design. Reply
Richard Lake De Laune Street, SE17 Added: 28 Sep 2022 09:37 GMT	Trade Union Official John William Lake snr moved with his family to 22 De Laune Street in 1936. He was the London Branch Secretary for the Street Masons, Paviours and Road Makers Union. He had previously lived in Orange St now Copperfield St Southwark but had been forced to move because the landlord didn’t like him working from home and said it broke his lease. John William snr died in 1940. His son John William Lake jnr also became a stone mason and at the end of World War two he was responsible for the engraving of the dates of WW2 onto the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Johna216 Fielding Street, SE17 Added: 9 Aug 2017 16:26 GMT	Thanks! I have recently started a web site, the info you provide on this site has helped me greatly. Thank you for all of your time & work. There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. by Erich Fromm. eeggefeceefb Reply
Johnshort Hurley Road, SE11 Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT	Hurley Road, SE11 There were stables in the road mid way - also Danny reading had a coal delivery lorry. Reply
Robert smitherman Saunders Street, SE11 Added: 23 Aug 2017 11:01 GMT	Saunders Street, SE11 I was born in a prefab on Saunders street SE11 in the 60’s, when I lived there, the road consisted of a few prefab houses, the road originally ran from Lollard street all the way thru to Fitzalan street. I went back there to have a look back in the early 90’s but all that is left of the road is about 20m of road and the road sign. Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales Reply
sam Burdett Street, SE1 Added: 31 Dec 2021 00:54 GMT	Burdett Street, SE1 I was on 2nd July 1952, in Burdett chambers (which is also known as Burdett buildings)on Burdett street Reply
All bar one Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT	All Bar One The capitalisation is wrong Reply
John Dean’s Court, EC4M Added: 29 Mar 2023 17:31 GMT	Auction of the paper stock of Janssen and Roberts A broadside advertisement reads: "By auction, to be sold on Thursday next being the 16th of this present July, the remainder of the stock in partnership between Janssen and Roberts, at their late dwelling-house in Dean’s Court, the south side of St. Pauls, consisting of Genoa papers according to the particulars underneath." The date in the ESTC record is purely speculative; July 16th was a Thursday in many years during the 18th century; 1750 is only one possibility. Extensive searching has found no other record of the partners or the auction. Source: ESTC - Search Results Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply
Sue L Battersea Added: 13 Oct 2023 17:21 GMT	Duffield Street, Battersea I’ve been looking for ages for a photo of Duffield Street without any luck. My mother and grandfather lived there during the war. It was the first property he was able to buy but sadly after only a few months they were bombed out. My mother told the story that one night they were aware of a train stopping above them in the embankment. It was full of soldiers who threw out cigarettes and sweets at about four in the morning. They were returning from Dunkirk though of course my mother had no idea at the time. I have heard the same story from a different source too. Reply

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Bankside, SE1 Bankside is named after former earthen banks built to protect the area against the Thames.

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Bear Gardens, SE1 Bear Gardens is the site of a medieval pleasure ground.

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Bear Lane, SE1 Bear Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

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Benbow House, SE1 Benbow House is a block on New Globe Walk.

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Benson House, SE1 Benson House is located on Hatfields.

Benson House, SE1

Black Friars Road, SE1 Black Friars Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Black Friars Road, SE1

Blackfriars Foundry 154-156, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Blackfriars Foundry 154-156, SE1

Blackfriars Road, SE1 Blackfriars Road runs between St George’s Circus at the southern end and Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames at the northern end, leading to the City of London.

Blackfriars Road, SE1

Blue Fin Building, SE1 Blue Fin Building is a block on Southwark Street.

Blue Fin Building, SE1

Boundary Row, SE1 Boundary Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Boundary Row, SE1

Brad Street, SE1 Brad Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Brad Street, SE1

Braque Building, SE1 Braque Building is a building on Ewer Street.

Braque Building, SE1

Brinton Walk, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Brinton Walk, SE1

Broadwall, SE1 Broadwall is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Broadwall, SE1

Brookwood House, SE1 Brookwood House is a building on Webber Street.

Brookwood House, SE1

Burrell Street, SE1 Burrell Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Burrell Street, SE1

Burrows Mews, SE1 Burrows Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Burrows Mews, SE1

Canvey Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Canvey Street, SE1

Cardinal Cap Alley, SE1 Cardinal Cap Alley is an alley in Bankside.

Cardinal Cap Alley, SE1

Chancel Street, SE1 Chancel Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Chancel Street, SE1

Chaplin Close, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Chaplin Close, SE1

City Bridge House, SE1 City Bridge House is a block on Southwark Street.

City Bridge House, SE1

Clandon House, SE1 Clandon House is located on Boyfield Street.

Clandon House, SE1

Clennam Street, SE1 Clennam Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Clennam Street, SE1

Climsland House, SE1 Climsland House is a block on Duchy Street.

Climsland House, SE1

Coin Street, SE1 Coin Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Coin Street, SE1

Cole House, SE1 Cole House is a block on Tanswell Street.

Cole House, SE1

Colombo House, SE1 Colombo House is a block on Joan Street.

Colombo House, SE1

Colombo Street, SE1 Colombo Street was - until 1937 - called Collingwood Street.

Colombo Street, SE1

Columbo House, SE1 Columbo House is a block on Blackfriars Road.

Columbo House, SE1

Cons Street, SE1 Emma Cons was the founder of the Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall, that later became known as the Old Vic.

Cons Street, SE1

Copperfield Street, SE1 Copperfield Street was named after the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, by association with nearby Dickens Square.

Copperfield Street, SE1

Coral Street, SE1 Coral Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Coral Street, SE1

Cornwall Flats, SE1 Cornwall Flats is a block on Cornwall Road.

Cornwall Flats, SE1

Cornwall Road, SE1 According to John Norden’s description in 1615, there was a lane running northwest towards the Thames, following the approximate path of the modern Cornwall Road.

Cornwall Road, SE1

Cubitt House, SE1 Cubitt House is a block on Blackfriars Road.

Cubitt House, SE1

Dolben Street, SE1 Dolben Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Dolben Street, SE1

Doreen Ramsey Court, SE1 Doreen Ramsey Court is a block on The Cut.

Doreen Ramsey Court, SE1

Dorset House, SE1 Dorset House is a block on Stamford Street.

Dorset House, SE1

Doyce Street, SE1 Doyce Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Doyce Street, SE1

Duchy Street, SE1 Duchy Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Duchy Street, SE1

Emerson Street, SE1 Emerson Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Emerson Street, SE1

Enterprise House, SE1 Residential block

Enterprise House, SE1

Ernst Building, SE1 Ernst Building is a block on Union Street.

Ernst Building, SE1

Ethelm House, SE1 Ethelm House is a block on Cornwall Road.

Ethelm House, SE1

Europoint House, SW8 Europoint House is a location in London.

Europoint House, SW8

Ewer Street, SE1 Ewer Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Ewer Street, SE1

Falcon Point Piazza, SE1 Falcon Point Piazza is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Falcon Point Piazza, SE1

Farnham House, SE1 Farnham House is a building on Union Street.

Farnham House, SE1

Fifth Floor Valentine Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Fifth Floor Valentine Place, SE1

Friars Bridge Court, SE1 Friars Bridge Court is located on Blackfriars Road.

Friars Bridge Court, SE1

Friars House, SE1 Friars House is a block on Blackfriars Road.

Friars House, SE1

Gabriels Wharf, SE1 Gabriels Wharf is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Gabriels Wharf, SE1

Gaitskell Way, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Gaitskell Way, SE1

Gare Apartments, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Gare Apartments, SE1

Gay Street, SE1 Gay Street is a road in the SW15 postcode area

Gay Street, SE1

Glasshill Street, SE1 Glasshill Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Glasshill Street, SE1

Global House, SE1 Global House is a building on Great Suffolk Street.

Global House, SE1

Globe View House, SE1 Globe View House is a block on Blackfriars Road.

Globe View House, SE1

Grande Vitesse Industrial Centre, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Grande Vitesse Industrial Centre, SE1

Gray Street, SE1 Gray Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Gray Street, SE1

Great Guildford Business Square, SE1 Great Guildford Business Square is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Great Guildford Business Square, SE1

Great Guildford Street, SE1 Great Guildford Street runs north-south in Southwark.

Great Guildford Street, SE1

Great Suffolk Street, SE1 Great Suffolk Street was at one time called Dirty Lane.

Great Suffolk Street, SE1

Greet Street, SE1 Greet Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Greet Street, SE1

Hatfields, SE1 The name "Hatfields" is believed to originate from a time when the area was used for drying animal skins, which were then used in various industries, including hat-making.

Hatfields, SE1

Heath Lodge, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Heath Lodge, SE1

Helen Gladstone House, SE1 Helen Gladstone House is a block on Nelson Square.

Helen Gladstone House, SE1

Henry House, SE1 Henry House is a building on Coin Street.

Henry House, SE1

Hermes House, SE1 Hermes House is a block on Blackfriars Road.

Hermes House, SE1

Hoadly House, SE1 Hoadly House is a block on Union Street.

Hoadly House, SE1

Holland Street, SE1 Today’s Holland Street was originally part of a street called Gravel Lane.

Holland Street, SE1

Holmes Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Holmes Terrace, SE1

Hopetown Place, SE1 Russell Place was renamed to Hopetown Place, SE1 in 1892.

Hopetown Place, SE1

Hopton Street, SE1 Hopton Street was known as Green Walk until the late nineteenth century.

Hopton Street, SE1

Invicta Plaza, SE1 Invicta Plaza is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Invicta Plaza, SE1

Isaac Way, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Isaac Way, SE1

Isabella Street, SE1 Isabella Street contains a number of restaurants which are housed in the railway arches below the London Bridge - Charing Cross railway lines.

Isabella Street, SE1

James Forbes House, SE1 James Forbes House is a block on Great Suffolk Street.

James Forbes House, SE1

Joan Street, SE1 Jane Street became Joan Street in 1937.

Joan Street, SE1

Kings Bench Street, SE1 Kings Bench Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Kings Bench Street, SE1

Kings Reach, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Kings Reach, SE1

Lagare Apartments, SE1 Lagare Apartments is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Lagare Apartments, SE1

Lambert House, SE1 Lambert House is sited on Southwark Street.

Lambert House, SE1

Lant Street, SE1 Lant Street derives its name from the Lant family who inherited the estates known as Southwark Place.

Lant Street, SE1

Larch House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Larch House, SE1

Lavington Street, SE1 Lavington Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Lavington Street, SE1

Linton House, SE1 Linton House is a block on Union Street.

Linton House, SE1

Lockesley Square, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Lockesley Square, SE1

Loman Street, SE1 Loman Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Loman Street, SE1

Marlborough Gardens, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Marlborough Gardens, SE1

Merrow Street, SE1 Merrow Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Merrow Street, SE1

Metro House, SE1 Metro House can be found on Blackfriars Road.

Metro House, SE1

Meymott Street, SE1 Meymott Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Meymott Street, SE1

Miller Walk, SE1 Miller Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Miller Walk, SE1

Milroy Walk, SE1 Milroy Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Milroy Walk, SE1

Mint Street, SE1 Mint Street, an ancient Southwark street, (now) runs off Marchelsea Road.

Mint Street, SE1

Mitre Road, SE1 Mitre Road is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Mitre Road, SE1

Nelson Square, SE1 Nelson Square is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Nelson Square, SE1

New Globe Walk, SE1 New Globe Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

New Globe Walk, SE1

Nicholson Street, SE1 Nicholson Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Nicholson Street, SE1

Oakley Street, SE1 Gibson Street was called Oakley Street after 1877.

Oakley Street, SE1

Old Barge House Alley, SE1 This is an article about Old Barge House Alley.

Old Barge House Alley, SE1

Olwen House, SE1 Olwen House is sited on Loman Street.

Olwen House, SE1

One Blackfriars Tower, SE1 One Blackfriars Tower is a building on Upper Ground.

One Blackfriars Tower, SE1

Oxo Tower Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Oxo Tower Wharf, SE1

Palestra House, SE1 Palestra House is a block on Blackfriars Road.

Palestra House, SE1

Paris Garden, SE1 Paris Garden is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Paris Garden, SE1

Patrick Court, SE1 Patrick Court is a block on Webber Street.

Patrick Court, SE1

Pear Place, SE1 Pear Place was formerly Peartree Street.

Pear Place, SE1

Pegasus House, SE1 Pegasus House is a block on Great Suffolk Street.

Pegasus House, SE1

Pepper Street, SE1 Pepper Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Pepper Street, SE1

Pickwick Street, SE1 Pickwick Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Pickwick Street, SE1

Platts Lane, WC1R Platts Lane is a location in London.

Platts Lane, WC1R

Pocock Street, SE1 Pocock Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Pocock Street, SE1

Pontypool Place, SE1 Pontypool Place is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Pontypool Place, SE1

Price’s Street, SE1 Price’s Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Price’s Street, SE1

Redman House, SE1 Redman House is a building on Sanctuary Street.

Redman House, SE1

Reeves House, SE1 Reeves House is a block on Baylis Road.

Reeves House, SE1

Rennie Street, SE1 Rennie Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Rennie Street, SE1

Risborough Street, SE1 Risborough Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Risborough Street, SE1

Riverside House, SE1 Riverside House is sited on Southwark Bridge Road.

Riverside House, SE1

Robinson Road, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Robinson Road, SE1

Rose Alley, SE1 Rose Alley is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Rose Alley, SE1

Rosler Building, SE1 Rosler Building is a block on Ewer Street.

Rosler Building, SE1

Roupell Street, SE1 Roupell Street was developed by John Palmer Roupell during the 1820s.

Roupell Street, SE1

Rowland Hill House, SE1 Rowland Hill House is a block on Union Street.

Rowland Hill House, SE1

Rushworth Street, SE1 Rushworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Rushworth Street, SE1

Samford Street, SE1 Samford Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area

Samford Street, SE1

Sampson House, SE1 Sampson House is a block on Hopton Street.

Sampson House, SE1

Sanctuary Street, SE1 Sanctuary Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Sanctuary Street, SE1

Sandell Street, SE1 Sandell Street is named after a Mr Sandell, who owned warehouses here in the 1860s

Sandell Street, SE1

Sawyer Street, SE1 Sawyer Street is named after Bob Sawyer, a character in the novel The Pickwick Papers by local resident Charles Dickens.

Sawyer Street, SE1

Scoresby Street, SE1 Scoresby Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Scoresby Street, SE1

Short Street, SE1 Short Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Short Street, SE1

Silex Street, SE1 Silex Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Silex Street, SE1

Smale House, SE1 Smale House is sited on Great Suffolk Street.

Smale House, SE1

Solomon Way, E1 Solomon Way is a location in London.

Solomon Way, E1

South Bank Tower, SE1 South Bank Tower can be found on Stamford Street.

South Bank Tower, SE1

Southwalk Street, SE1 Southwalk Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Southwalk Street, SE1

Southwark Bridge Road, SE1 Southwark Bridge Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Southwark Bridge Road, SE1

Southwark Street, SE1 Southwark Street is a major street just south of the River Thames. It runs between Blackfriars Road to the west and Borough High Street.

Southwark Street, SE1

St Alphege House, SE1 Residential block

St Alphege House, SE1

St. Georges Cottages, SE1 St. Georges Cottages is a location in London.

St. Georges Cottages, SE1

Stamford Street, SE1 Stamford Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Stamford Street, SE1

Sudrey Street, SE1 Sudrey Street was formerly Little Suffolk Street.

Sudrey Street, SE1

Sumner Street, SE1 Sumner Street runs from Great Guildford Street to Southwark Bridge Road.

Sumner Street, SE1

Surrey Row, SE1 Surrey Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Surrey Row, SE1

Surrey Rowe, SE1 Surrey Rowe is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Surrey Rowe, SE1

Thames Reach, SE28 Thames Reach is a location in London.

Thames Reach, SE28

The Blue Fin Building, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

The Blue Fin Building, SE1

The Cut, SE1 Lower Marsh and The Cut, with its street market, formed the commercial heart of the area from the early 19th century.

The Cut, SE1

The Foundry, SE1 The Foundry is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

The Foundry, SE1

Theed Street, SE1 Theed Street was one of the local streets developed by John Roupell.

Theed Street, SE1

Thorold House, SE1 Thorold House is a block on Pepper Street.

Thorold House, SE1

Titan House, SE1 Titan House is a block on Southwark Street.

Titan House, SE1

Tomline House, SE1 Tomline House is located on Union Street.

Tomline House, SE1

Toulmin Street, SE1 Toulmin Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Toulmin Street, SE1

Trelawney House, SE1 Trelawney House can be found on Union Street.

Trelawney House, SE1

Trundle Street, SE1 Trundle Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Trundle Street, SE1

Ufford Street, SE1 Ufford Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Ufford Street, SE1

Union House, SE1 Union House is a block on Great Suffolk Street.

Union House, SE1

Union Street, SE1 Union Street was so-called as it linked two other streets.

Union Street, SE1

Upper Ground, SE1 Upper Ground is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Upper Ground, SE1

Valentine Place, SE1 Valentine Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Valentine Place, SE1

Valentine Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Valentine Row, SE1

Vaughan House, SE1 Vaughan House is a block on Nelson Square.

Vaughan House, SE1

Waterloo Court, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Waterloo Court, SE1

Waterloo Road, SE1 Waterloo Road is the main road in the Waterloo area straddling the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.

Waterloo Road, SE1

Wayerloo Court, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Wayerloo Court, SE1

Waynflete House, SE1 Waynflete House is a block on Union Street.

Waynflete House, SE1

Webber Row, SE1 Webber Row is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Webber Row, SE1

Webber Street, SE1 Webber Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Webber Street, SE1

Weller Street, SE1 Weller Street is one of several local streets named after Dickens characters.

Weller Street, SE1

Wellington House, SE1 Wellington House is a building on Waterloo Road.

Wellington House, SE1

Whittlesey Street, SE1 Whittlesey Street dates from the 1830s.

Whittlesey Street, SE1

Winchester House, SE1 Winchester House is sited on Southwark Bridge Road.

Winchester House, SE1

Windmill House, SE1 Windmill House is a block on Wootton Street.

Windmill House, SE1

Windmill Walk, SE1 Windmill Walk stretches north and south of the Roupell Street Conservation Area.

Windmill Walk, SE1

Wireworks Court, SE1 Wireworks Court is a block on Great Suffolk Street.

Wireworks Court, SE1

Wootton Street, SE1 Wootton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Wootton Street, SE1

Wykeham House, SE1 Wykeham House is a block on Union Street.

Wykeham House, SE1

Zoar Street, SE1 Zoar Street is named after the former Zoar Chapel here, named for the Biblical Zoara.

NEARBY PUBS

The Angel The Angel was a public house in Webber Street.

The Ring The Ring stands on the corner of The Cut and Blackfriars Road.

The Ring

The union jack nolia gallary

The White Hart

The Windmill

White hart

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Elephant and Castle

Elephant and Castle is one of five London tube stations named after a pub.

One thing Elephant and Castle is not named after is 'La Infanta de Castilla', seemingly referring to a series of Spanish princesses such as Eleanor of Castile and María, the daughter of Philip III of Spain. However, Eleanor of Castile was not an infanta - the term only appeared in English about 1600. María has a strong British connection because she was once controversially engaged to Charles I, but she had no connection with Castile. Infanta de Castilla therefore seems to be a conflation of two Iberian royals separated by 300 years.

Regardless, the pub of that name gave its name to the station, and in turn the station to the nearby area - originally called Newington.

Elephant & Castle tube station is on the Bank branch of the Northern Line between Kennington and Borough, and is the southern terminus of the Bakerloo Line.

The station was built in two stages. The Northern Line station opened on 18 December 1890 as part of the first deep-level tube, the City & South London Railway (C&SLR). The Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS&WR) station opened on 5 August 1906, five months after the rest of the line. Although belonging to separate companies, the platforms were connected below ground from 10 August 1906.

The first baby to be born on the underground was born at the station in 1924. Press reports claimed that she had been named Thelma Ursula Beatrice Eleanor (so that her initials would have read T.U.B.E.) but this story later proved false, and she was named Marie Cordery. Elephant and Castle seems to specialise in names which prove false!

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Postal area SE1 TUM image id: 1483541461 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd. Credit: W. Albutt TUM image id: 1507465321 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hopton’s Almshouses, Hopton Street, Bankside (1957) TUM image id: 1470953421 Licence:	Wagstaff Buildings, Sumner Road, Bankside, c. 1920. TUM image id: 1557142019 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hopton Street, Borough, 1977. TUM image id: 1557142131 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Tate Modern viewed from Thames pleasure boat (2003) Credit: Christine Matthews TUM image id: 1557161613 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers’ chambers Credit: Wiki Commons/J D Mack TUM image id: 1660223325 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Anchor Terrace, SE1 A large symmetrical building on Southwark Bridge Road, Anchor Terrace was built in 1834 for senior employees of the nearby Anchor Brewery. The building was converted into luxury flats in the late 1990s. Credit: Wiki Commons/Jwslubbock TUM image id: 1621527193 Licence:	Ayres Street TUM image id: 1544924072 Licence: CC BY 2.0	At the southern end of Carmelite Street in the City of London stood the Victorian-era Whitefriars Fire Station. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1623066010 Licence:
Collingwood Street, near Blackfriars Road c1900 The street was renamed Colombo Street in 1937 by the London County Council. The weatherboarded cottages suffered severe bomb damage during the Blitz and were demolished in 1948 TUM image id: 1681811062 Licence:	No 37 Cheapside on the corner of Friday Street (c.1880) The ’Society for Photographing Relics of Old London’ was formed when the Oxford Arms - a traditional galleried pub - was about to be pulled down as part of the new Old Bailey development in 1875. The society subsequently campaigned to record disappearing sights, hurriedly commissioning photographs to capture buildings for posterity. Between 1875 and 1886 they produced photographic records of further buildings under threat, which were issued with descriptive text by the painter (and founder of the Society) Alfred Marks. The focus was architectural, not social; the photographs deliberately exclude signs, notices, people and traffic, to concentrate on the appearance of the bricks and mortar. Few of the streets in their images remain. This section of Friday Street was demolished after the Second World War. Credit: Society for Photographing Relics of Old London TUM image id: 1636543684 Licence:	Gladstone Street showing Albert Terrace in the background (1977) Credit: Ideal Homes TUM image id: 1513443941 Licence:	Elephant & Castle TUM image id: 1683196643 Licence:	Hopton’s Almshouses TUM image id: 1513445642 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Hopton’s Almshouses, Hopton Street, Bankside (1957)
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Tate Modern viewed from Thames pleasure boat (2003)
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Collingwood Street, near Blackfriars Road c1900 The street was renamed Colombo Street in 1937 by the London County Council. The weatherboarded cottages suffered severe bomb damage during the Blitz and were demolished in 1948
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Gladstone Street showing Albert Terrace in the background (1977)
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Hopton’s Almshouses
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Lant Street, Southwark In 1824, when Charles Dickens was 12 years old, his father, John Dickens, was arrested and sent to Marshalsea Prison for failure to pay a debt. During this time, Charles (the only member of the family not imprisoned) took up residence in the back-attic of a house on Lant Street, a short walk away from the prison. Lant Street was in an area known as "The Mint" which was notorious for its overcrowded conditions.
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"Traffic on Blackfriars Bridge" is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent actuality film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring top-hatted pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages passing over Blackfriars Bridge in London. The movie was, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "taken from the southern end looking northwards over the Thames by R.W. Paul in July 1896" and screened as part of his Alhambra Theatre programme shortly afterwards. Movie link: https://youtu.be/zuFQdN393P0 (198)
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Cardinal Cap Alley is an alley in Bankside. Bankside was a bawdy place, full of taverns, brothels then called ’stews’ from the stewhouses, which were steam baths doubling as brothels. There were bear and bull-baiting pits and, in the time of Shakespeare, public theatres. Cardinal Cap Alley, off Bankside, used to lead to a brothel called the The Cardinal’s Cap which was so-called because it had been owned by Henry Beaufort, the Bishop of Winchester, who had paraded here, wearing his red hat, after being appointed a cardinal by the Pope. In the photo, the entrance to Cardinal Cap Alley is under the lamp, left of the yellow door.
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Zoar Street (2020)
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