Great Guildford Business Square, SE1

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

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

The Underground Map Pepys Street, EC3N Added: 20 Sep 2020 13:01 GMT	Pepys starts diary On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing. 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
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
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. 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

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Katharina Logan Ely Place, N1 Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT	Ely place existed in name in 1857 On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475 Reply
Reginald John Gregory Colindeep Lane, NW9 Added: 8 Aug 2022 14:07 GMT	Worked in the vicinity of my ancestor’s house, Between the years 1982-1998 (unknown to me at the time) I worked in an office close to the site of my ancestors cottage. I discovered this when researching family history - the cottage was mentioned in the 1871 census for Colindeep Lane/Ancient Street coming up from the Hyde. The family lived in the ares betwen 1805 and 1912. Reply
Barry J. Page Highbury & Islington Added: 27 Jul 2022 19:41 GMT	Highbury Corner V1 Explosion Grandma described the V1 explosion at Highbury Corner on many occasions. She was working in the scullery when the flying bomb landed. The blast shattered all the windows in the block of flats and blew off the bolt on her front door. As she looked out the front room window, people in various states of injury and shock were making their way along Highbury Station Road. One man in particular, who was bleeding profusely from glass shard wounds to his neck, insisted in getting home to see if his family was all right. Others were less fortunate. Len, the local newsagent, comforted a man, who had lost both legs caused by the blast, until the victim succumbed to his injuries. The entire area was ravaged and following are statistics. The flying bomb landed during lunch hour (12:46 p.m.) on June 27th 1944. 26 people lost their lives, 84 were seriously injured and 71 slightly injured. Reply
ANON Lydford Road, W9 Added: 20 Jul 2022 13:36 GMT	The Square & Ashmore park The Square and Ashmore park was the place to be 2000-2005. Those were the greatest times on the estate. everyday people were playing out. the park was full of kids just being kids and having fun, now everyone is grown up and only bump into eachother when heading to the shops or work. I miss the good days( Im 25yrs old as im writing this) Reply
The Underground Map Added: 18 Jul 2022 13:56 GMT	Map of Thornsett Road Esrlsfield Reply
Carolyn Hirst New Road, E1 Added: 16 Jul 2022 15:21 GMT	Henry James Hirst My second great grandfather Henry James Hirst was born at 18 New Road on 11 February 1861. He was the eighth of the eleven children of Rowland and Isabella Hirst. I think that this part of New Road was also known at the time as Gloucester Terrace. Reply
Richard Elgin Crescent, W11 Added: 12 Jul 2022 21:36 GMT	Elgin Crescent, W11 Richard Laitner (1955-1983), a barrister training to be a doctor at UCL, lived here in 1983. He was murdered aged 28 with both his parents after attending his sister’s wedding in Sheffield in 1983. The Richard Laitner Memorial Fund maintains bursaries in his memory at UCL Medical School Source: Ancestry Library Edition Reply
Anthony Mckay Grim%27s Ditch (Harrow) Added: 11 Jul 2022 00:12 GMT	Bankfield Cottages, Ass House Lane, Harrow Weald Bankfield Cottages (now demolished) at the end of Ass House Lane, appear twice in ’The Cheaters’ televison series (made 1960) in the episodes ’The Fine Print’ and ’Tine to Kill’ Source: THE CHEATERS: Episode Index Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

The Ring The Ring was a boxing stadium which once stood on Blackfriars Road in Southwark.

The Ring

NEARBY STREETS

All Hallows Place, SE1 All Hallows Place disappeared due to Second World World bombing.

All Hallows Place, SE1

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

America Street, SE1

Anchor Terrace, SE1 Anchor Terrace is a large symmetrical building on the east side of Southwark Bridge Road, situated very close to the River Thames.

Anchor Terrace, SE1

Angel Place, SE1 Angel Place was the site of the Marshalsea Prison between 1811 and 1842.

Angel Place, SE1

Applegarth House, SE1 Residential block

Applegarth House, SE1

Argent Street, SE1 Silver Street connected Orange Street (now Copperfield Street) and Loman Street.

Argent Street, SE1

Ayres Street, SE1 Ayres Street was formerly known as Whitecross Street.

Ayres Street, SE1

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

Bank End, SE1

Bankside Lofts, SE1 Bankside Lofts is a block in Southwark.

Bankside Lofts, SE1

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

Bankside, SE1

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

Bear Gardens, SE1

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

Bear Lane, SE1

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

Bedale Street, SE1

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

Benbow House, SE1

Betsham House, SE1 Residential block

Betsham 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

Borough High Street, SE1 Borough High Street was the Roman ’Stane Street’.

Borough High Street, SE1

Bowling Green Place, SE1 Bowling Green Place is a location in London.

Bowling Green Place, SE1

Brinton Walk, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Brinton Walk, SE1

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

Burrell Street, 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

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

Cathedral Street, SE1

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

Chaloner Court, SE1

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

Chancel Street, SE1

Chapel Court, SE1 Chapel Court has hosted The Blue-Eyed Maid pub since 1613.

Chapel Court, SE1

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

Clennam Street, SE1

Clink Street, SE1 Clink Street is best known as the historic location of the Clink Prison.

Clink Street, SE1

Clink Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Clink Wharf, 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

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

Disney Place, SE1

Disney Street, SE1 Disney Street is a location in London.

Disney Street, SE1

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

Dolben Street, SE1

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

Doyce Street, SE1

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

Emerson Street, 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

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

Fifth Floor Valentine Place, SE1

Gaitskell Way, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Gaitskell Way, SE1

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

Gambia Street, SE1

Gare Apartments, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Gare Apartments, SE1

Gatehouse Square, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Gatehouse Square, 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

Godfree Court, SE1 Godfree Court is a block in Southwark.

Godfree Court, SE1

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

Grande Vitesse Industrial Centre, 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

Green Dragon Court, SE1 Green Dragon Court ran off Bedale Street.

Green Dragon Court, SE1

Halfmoon Yard, SE1 Halfmoon Yard lay off Borough High Street,

Halfmoon Yard, SE1

Hart Yard, E3 Hart Yard is a location in London.

Hart Yard, E3

Heath Lodge, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Heath Lodge, SE1

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

Holland Street, SE1

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

Hopton Street, SE1

Horseshoe Wharf Apartments, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Horseshoe Wharf Apartments, 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

Junction Approach, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Junction Approach, SE1

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

Kentish Buildings, 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 Head Yard, SE1 Kings Head Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Kings Head Yard, SE1

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

Lagare Apartments, SE1

Langdale House, SE1 Residential block

Langdale House, SE1

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

Lant Street, SE1

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

Lavington Street, SE1

Layton’s Buildings, SE1 Layton’s Buildings lay off Borough High Street.

Layton’s Buildings, SE1

Layton’s Grove, SE1 Layton’s Grove was situated off Borough High Street.

Layton’s Grove, SE1

Little Dorrit Court, SE1 Little Dorrit’s Court, North of Marshalsea Road, is named after the Dickens character.

Little Dorrit Court, 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

Madison Apartments, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Madison Apartments, SE1

Maiden Lane, SE1 Maiden Lane is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Maiden Lane, SE1

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

Maidstone Buildings Mews, SE1

Marlborough Gardens, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Marlborough Gardens, SE1

Marshalsea Road, SE1 Marshalsea Road was previously called Mint Street after a royal Tudor coin mint in the area.

Marshalsea Road, SE1

Maya House, SE1 Maya House, on Borough High Street, is notable for its distinctive sculptures.

Maya House, SE1

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

Mermaid Court, SE1

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

Merrow Street, SE1

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

Mint Street, 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

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

Newcomen Street, SE1

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

Nicholson Street, SE1

O’Meara Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

O’Meara Street, SE1

Oystergate Walk, SE1 Oystergate Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Oystergate Walk, SE1

Park Street, SE1 Park Street runs one block south of Bankside.

Park Street, SE1

Partners Ltd, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Partners Ltd, SE1

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

Peckham High Street, SE1

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

Pepper Street, SE1

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

Perkins Square, SE1

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

Pickwick Street, SE1

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

Plantain Place, SE1

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

Pocock Street, SE1

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

Porter Street, SE1

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

Price’s Street, SE1

Quastels House, SE1 Residential block

Quastels House, SE1

Queen’s Head Yard, SE1 Queen’s Head Yard is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Queen’s Head Yard, SE1

Reach Walk, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Reach Walk, SE1

Redcross Way, SE1 Redcross Way was previously called Red Cross Street.

Redcross Way, SE1

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

Risborough Street, SE1

Robinson Road, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Robinson Road, SE1

Rochester Walk, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Rochester Walk, SE1

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

Rose Alley, 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

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

Sanctuary 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

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

Soho Wharf, SE1

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

Solomon Way, E1

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 Bridge, SE1 This is a street in the EC4R postcode area

Southwark Bridge, 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 to the east.

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

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

Stoney 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

Talbot Yard, SE1 Talbot Yard used to host one of the most famous inns in English literature.

Talbot Yard, SE1

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

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

The Foundry, SE1

The Hop Exchange, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

The Hop Exchange, SE1

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

The Mews, SE1

The Ride, SE1 The Ride connected Bowling Green Lane (later Bowling Green Lane) and Tennis Court (later Tennis Street).

The Ride, SE1

The Terrace, SE1 The Terrace is a road in the SE1 postcode area

The Terrace, SE1

The Vineyard, SE1 The Vineyard is a location in London.

The Vineyard, SE1

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

Thrale Street, SE1

Three Crown Square, SE1 Three Crown Square is an official address within Borough Market.

Three Crown Square, SE1

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

Toulmin Street, SE1

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

Trundle Street, SE1

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

Union Street, SE1

Victor Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Victor Wharf, SE1

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

Vine Yard, 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

White Hart Yard, SE1 This is a street in the SE1 postcode area

White Hart Yard, SE1

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

Winchester Square, SE1

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

Winchester Walk, SE1

Winchester Wharf, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Winchester Wharf, SE1

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

Zoar Street, SE1

NEARBY PUBS

Bankside house This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Bankside house

Belushis & st christophers village This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Belushis & st christophers village

Blackfriars wine bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Blackfriars wine bar

Blue eyed maid This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Blue eyed maid

Charles dickens This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Charles dickens

Doggetts coat & badge This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Doggetts coat & badge

Founders arms This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Founders arms

Katzenjammers This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Katzenjammers

Lord clyde This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Lord clyde

Mar i terra This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Mar i terra

Old thameside inn This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Old thameside inn

Prince william henry This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Prince william henry

Rose & crown This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Rose & crown

Slug and lettuce This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Slug and lettuce

St christopher’s This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

St christopher’s

The Anchor The Anchor is a pub on the south bank of the River Thames, close to Southwark Cathedral and London Bridge station.

The Anchor

The boot & flogger This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The boot & flogger

The george inn This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The george inn

The globe tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The globe tavern

The goldsmith This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The goldsmith

The heeltap This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The heeltap

The kings arms public house This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The kings arms public house

The lord nelson This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The lord nelson

The mad hatter hotel This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The mad hatter hotel

The market porter This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The market porter

The mudlark This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The mudlark

The rake This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The rake

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

The Ring

The southwark tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The southwark tavern

The union jack nolia gallary This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The union jack nolia gallary

Trinity This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Trinity

Vinopolis city of wine This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Vinopolis city of wine

White hart This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

White hart

Southwark

Southwark is the area immediately south of London Bridge, opposite the City of London.

Southwark is on a previously marshy area south of the River Thames. Recent excavation has revealed prehistoric activity including evidence of early ploughing, burial mounds and ritual activity. The area was originally a series of islands in the River Thames. This formed the best place to bridge the Thames and the area became an important part of Londinium owing its importance to its position as the endpoint of the Roman London Bridge. Two Roman roads, Stane Street and Watling Street, met at Southwark in what is now Borough High Street.

At some point the Bridge fell or was pulled down. Southwark and the city seem to have become largely deserted during the Early Middle Ages. Archaeologically, evidence of settlement is replaced by a largely featureless soil called the Dark Earth which probably (although this is contested) represents an urban area abandoned.

Southwark appears to recover only during the time of King Alfred and his successors. Sometime in and around 886 AD the Bridge was rebuilt and the City and Southwark restored. Southwark was called ’Suddringa Geworc’ which means the ’defensive works of the men of Surrey’. It was probably fortified to defend the bridge and hence the re-emerging City of London to the north. This defensive role is highlighted by the use of the Bridge as a defense against King Swein, his son King Cnut and in 1066, against King William the Conqueror. He failed to force the Bridge during the Norman conquest of England, but Southwark was devastated.

Much of Southwark was originally owned by the church - the greatest reminder of monastic London is Southwark Cathedral, originally the priory of St Mary Overy.

During the Middle Ages, Southwark remained outside of the control of the City and was a haven for criminals and free traders, who would sell goods and conduct trades outside the regulation of the City Livery Companies. An important market - later to become known as the Borough Market - was established there some time in the 13th century. The area was renowned for its inns, especially The Tabard, from which Chaucer’s pilgrims set off on their journey in The Canterbury Tales.

After many decades’ petitioning, in 1550, Southwark was incorporated into the City of London as ’The Ward of Bridge Without’. It became the entertainment district for London, and it was also the red-light area. In 1599, William Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was built on the South Bank in Southwark, though it burned down in 1613. A modern replica, also called the Globe, has been built near the original site. Southwark was also a favorite area for entertainment like bull and bear-baiting. There was also a famous fair in Southwark which took place near the Church of St. George the Martyr. William Hogarth depicted this fair in his engraving of Southwark Fair (1733).

In 1844 the railway reached Southwark with the opening of London Bridge station.

In 1861 the Great Fire of Southwark destroyed a large number of buildings between Tooley Street and the Thames, including those around Hays Wharf, where Hays Galleria was later built, and blocks to the west almost as far as St Olave’s Church.

In 1899 Southwark was incorporated along with Newington and Walworth into the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, and in 1965 this was incorporated with the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell and Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey into the London Borough of Southwark.

Southwark tube station was opened on 20 November 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension.

The original plan for the Extension did not include a station between those at Waterloo and London Bridge; Southwark station was added after lobbying by the local council. Although it is close to Waterloo, not near the Bankside attractions it was intended to serve, and its only rail interchange is to London Waterloo East mainline station; the passenger usage matches those of other minor central stations. It does however get over double the traffic of nearby Borough station and around triple Lambeth North.

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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	Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532 Credit: Hans Holbein TUM image id: 1490827371 Licence:	Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station. TUM image id: 1508582712 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	The Southwark Street estate was opened in 1876. Originally there were 12 blocks, with 22 flats in each one. In the 1960s two blocks in the centre of the estate were demolished as part of a modernisation programme, which created a space for the construction of a children’s play area. In the 1990s a block near the estate boundary was pulled down, and some adjoining land was purchased. This enabled the building of new blocks with a frontage to Great Guildford Street, which include some shop units. TUM image id: 1657027225 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Southwark Cathedral Credit: IG/aleks london diary TUM image id: 1653856025 Licence: CC BY 2.0
"London Bridge from the Old Swan" by the Irish painter Hubert Pugh (1780) Shooting the tidal rapids at old London Bridge was dangerous; many passengers preferred to get off at the Old Swan, and walk. Immediately across the river in the painting is St Saviour’s Church, now Southwark Cathedral. Credit: Hubert Pugh (Bank of England Museum) TUM image id: 1623675815 Licence:	The Anchor, Bankside Credit: IG/meolafrancesco TUM image id: 1653841490 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Ring, Blackfriars Road, SE1 (1925) Although established as a boxing venue in 1910, the building dated from 1783 as the Surrey Congregational Chapel by the Reverend Rowland Hill - who reportedly opted for the unusual, circular design so that there would be no corners in which the devil could hide. The person responsible for overseeing the chapel’s conversion was Dick Burge, a former English middleweight champion from Cheltenham. The former place of worship was then a warehouse. Dick and his wife Bella Burge enlisted the help of local homeless people to clean out the building and transform it into a state fit for presenting boxing to the public. The Ring opened on 14 May 1910, with the Blackfriars arena soon staging events four to five times a week, and the name from the circular shape of the building. The term "boxing ring" is not derived from the name of the building, contrary to local legend, but - still from the capital - instead from the London Prize Ring Rules in 1743, which specified a small circle in the centre of the fight area where the boxers met at the start of each round. The term ’ringside seat’ dates from the 1860s. TUM image id: 1509724629 Licence:	Amen Court, EC4M TUM image id: 1493474208 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:

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Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532
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Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station.
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Hopton’s Almshouses, Hopton Street, Bankside (1957)
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Wagstaff Buildings, Sumner Road, Bankside, c. 1920.
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Hopton Street, Borough, 1977.
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Tate Modern viewed from Thames pleasure boat (2003)
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The Southwark Street estate was opened in 1876. Originally there were 12 blocks, with 22 flats in each one. In the 1960s two blocks in the centre of the estate were demolished as part of a modernisation programme, which created a space for the construction of a children’s play area. In the 1990s a block near the estate boundary was pulled down, and some adjoining land was purchased. This enabled the building of new blocks with a frontage to Great Guildford Street, which include some shop units.
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The Anchor, Bankside
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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.
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