Blackman Street, SE1

Blackman Street formed the southern portion of Borough High Street.

Blackman Street, Borough, London (1885)

Credit: John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)

Stow notes in 1633 that Blackman Street began at the southern end of Long Southwark near St George Southwark and moved south towards the Parish of St Mary Newington.

In 1720, Strype depicted it as a "broad, but the Buildings and Inhabitants not much to be boasted of; the End next to Newington hath the West side open to St. Georges Fields being rather a Road than a Street".

A century later, Blackman Street is described in the accompanying text of Tallis’ Views as "a broad, open street, principally consisting of well supplied tradesmen’s shops. Its thoroughfare is very considerable, it being the leading road to the south of England".

It was combined into Borough High Street in 1889.

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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
Christine D Elliott Spitalfields Added: 11 Jun 2023 14:50 GMT	Spitalfields Charles Blutte came to Spitalfields from Walincourt, Picardie, France for reason of religious persecution. His brother Pierre Phillippe Blutte followed the following year. Between the two brothers they had eventually 20 children, they worked as silk weavers around the Brick Lane area. Member’s of Pierre’s family resided at 40 Thomas Street for over 100 years. Another residence associated with the Blutte family is Vine Court, Lamb Street, Spitalfields, number 16,17 & 18 Vine Court was owned by John Kindon, the father in law of Charles Blutte’s son Jean (John) who married Ann Kindon. This residence appears several times in the census records. Source: Quarto_52_Vol_LII_La_Providence 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
jack stevens Whites Row, E1 Added: 26 Sep 2021 13:38 GMT	Mothers birth place Number 5 Whites Row which was built in around 1736 and still standing was the premises my now 93 year old mother was born in, her name at birth was Hilda Evelyne Shaw, 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
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. 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
The Underground Map Aldgate Added: 8 Mar 2021 15:05 GMT	A plague on all your houses Aldgate station is built directly on top of a vast plague pit, where thousands of bodies are apparently buried. No-one knows quite how many. 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

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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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Boughton House, SE1 Boughton House is a block on Tennis Street.

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

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

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Calvert’s Buildings, SE1 Felix Calvert, local brewer, is recorded as operating here in the late 18th century.

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

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

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Chapel Place, SE1 Chapel Place largely followed the modern route of Hankey Place.

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Clink St Studios, SE1 Clink St Studios is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

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

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

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

Collinson Court, SE1

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

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

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Crayford House, SE1 Crayford House can be found on Staple Street.

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

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Daryngton House, SE1 Daryngton House is located on Hankey Place.

Daryngton House, SE1

Devonshire House, SE1 Devonshire House is a block on Bath Terrace.

Devonshire House, SE1

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

Dickens Square, SE1

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

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

Disney Street, SE1

Dorking House, SE1 Dorking House is located on Pardoner Street.

Dorking House, SE1

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

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Eastwell House, SE1 Eastwell House is a building on Manciple Street.

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Elgood House, SE1 Elgood House can be found on Tabard Street.

Elgood House, SE1

Ellington House, SE1 Ellington House is a block on Harper Road.

Ellington House, SE1

Empire Square East, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Empire Square East, SE1

Empire Square South, SE1 Empire Square South is a road in the SE1 postcode area

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Empire Square West, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

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

Ernst Building, SE1

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

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Express House, SE1 Express House is a block on Spurgeon Street.

Express House, SE1

Eynsford House, SE1 Eynsford House is a block on Crosby Row.

Eynsford House, SE1

Faraday House, SE1 Faraday House is sited on Cole Street.

Faraday House, SE1

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

Farnham House, SE1

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

Flat Iron Square, SE1

Fraser Court, SE1 Fraser Court is a block on Brockham Street.

Fraser Court, SE1

Gaitskell Way, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Gaitskell Way, SE1

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George Inn Yard, SE1

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Halfmoon Yard, SE1

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Hamlet Way, SE1

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Hankey House, SE1

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Hankey Place, SE1

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Harbledown House, SE1

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Harper Road, SE1

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Hartley Buildings, SE1

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Hatchers Mews, SE1

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Hatters Court, SE1

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Henriette Raphael House, SE1

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Hoadly House, SE1

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Horsemongers Mews, SE1

Huberd House, SE1 Huberd House is a block on Manciple Street.

Huberd House, SE1

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

Hulme Place, SE1

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Hunter House, SE1

Isaac Way, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Isaac Way, SE1

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

Kell Street, SE1

Kellow House, SE1 Kellow House can be found on Tennis Street.

Kellow House, SE1

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Kentish Buildings, SE1

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

Keyworth Street, SE1

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King James Court, SE1

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King James Street, SE1

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King’s Place, SE1

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Kings Bench Street, SE1

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Kipling Street, SE1

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Lagare Apartments, SE1

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Lake House, SE1

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Lancaster Street, SE1

Langdale House, SE1 Residential block

Langdale House, SE1

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Lansdowne Place, SE1

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

Lant Street, SE1

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

Larnaca Works, 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

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Lefroy House, SE1

Lenham House, SE1 Lenham House is a block on Manciple Street.

Lenham House, SE1

Lingfield House, SE1 Lingfield House is a block on Lancaster Street.

Lingfield House, SE1

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

Linton House, SE1

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Little Dorrit Court, SE1

Little Strood House, SE1 Little Strood House is a building on Hankey Place.

Little Strood House, SE1

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

Loman Street, SE1

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

Long Lane, SE1

Longstone Court, SE1 Longstone Court is a block on Great Dover Street.

Longstone Court, SE1

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

Lower Road, SE1

Lumiere Court, SE1 Lumiere Court is sited on Lancaster Street.

Lumiere Court, SE1

Madison Apartments, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Madison Apartments, SE1

Maidstone Buildings Mews, SE1 Maidstone Buildings Mews lies off Borough High Street.

Maidstone Buildings Mews, SE1

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

Manciple Street, SE1

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

Market Yard Mews, SE1

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

Marshalsea Road, SE1

Mathieson Court, SE1 Mathieson Court is a block on King James Street.

Mathieson Court, SE1

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

Maya House, SE1

Medway House, SE1 Medway House is a block on Hankey Place.

Medway House, SE1

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

Mermaid Court, SE1

Merrick Square, SE1 Merrick Square is a garden square in Newington.

Merrick Square, SE1

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

Merrow Street, SE1

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

Middle Yard, SE1

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

Mint Street, SE1

Nag’s Head Yard, SE1 The alley name seems to have fallen out of favour in recent years, though it still exists.

Nag’s Head Yard, SE1

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

Nebraska Street, SE1

New Hunt’s House, SE1 New Hunt’s House is a block on Newcomen Street.

New Hunt’s House, SE1

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

Newcomen Street, SE1

Newington Causeway, SE1 Newington Causeway appears to have been so named in the middle of the 18th century.

Newington Causeway, SE1

Newington Court, SE1 Newington Court is a block on Newington Court.

Newington Court, SE1

Northfleet House, SE1 Northfleet House is a block on Newcomen Street.

Northfleet House, SE1

Nuffield House, SE1 Nuffield House is a block on Newcomen Street.

Nuffield House, SE1

Old Guy’s House, SE1 Old Guy’s House is a block on St Thomas Street.

Old Guy’s House, SE1

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

Olwen House, SE1

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

Ontario Street, SE1

Otford House, SE1 Otford House is a block on Staple Street.

Otford House, SE1

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

Oxford Drive, SE1

Pardoner House, SE1 Pardoner House is located on Pardoner Street.

Pardoner House, SE1

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

Pardoner Street, SE1

Partners Ltd, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Partners Ltd, SE1

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

Patrick Court, SE1

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

Peckham High Street, 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

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

Pickfords Wharf, SE1

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

Pickwick Street, SE1

Pilgrim House, SE1 Pilgrim House is a building on Tabard Street.

Pilgrim House, SE1

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

Pilgrimage Street, SE1

Pioneer/Signal Building, SE1 Pioneer/Signal Building is a block on Newington Causeway.

Pioneer/Signal Building, 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

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

Porlock Street, SE1

Portland Court, SE1 Portland Court is sited on Great Dover Street.

Portland Court, SE1

Prospero House, SE1 Prospero House is a block on Borough High Street.

Prospero House, 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

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

Redman House, SE1

Rich Industrial Estate, SE1 Commercial area

Rich Industrial Estate, SE1

Richer House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Richer House, SE1

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

Risborough Street, SE1

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

Rosler Building, SE1

Rumford House, SE1 Rumford House is sited on Bath Terrace.

Rumford 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

Scovell Crescent, SE1 Scovell Crescent is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Scovell Crescent, SE1

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

Scovell Road, SE1

Shaftsbury Court, SE1 Shaftsbury Court is a block on Alderney Mews.

Shaftsbury Court, SE1

Shaftsbury Court, SE17 Shaftsbury Court is a block on Deverell Street.

Shaftsbury Court, SE17

Shepherd’s House, SE1 Shepherd’s House is a building on Beak Alley.

Shepherd’s House, SE1

Sidney Webb House, SE1 Sidney Webb House is a block on Great Dover Street.

Sidney Webb House, SE1

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

Signal House, 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 Technopark, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

South Bank Technopark, SE1

Southall Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Southall Place, SE1

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

Southwark Bridge Road, SE1

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

Spurgeon 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

Staple Street, SE1 Staple Street connects Long Lane with Manciple Street.

Staple Street, SE1

Stephenson House, SE1 Stephenson House is a block on Bath Terrace.

Stephenson House, SE1

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

Sterry Street, SE1

Stopher House, SE1 Stopher House is a block on Webber Street.

Stopher House, SE1

Strood House, SE1 Strood House is sited on Staple Street.

Strood House, SE1

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

Sudrey 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

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

Swan Street, SE1

Tabard House, SE1 Tabard House is a block on Manciple Street.

Tabard House, SE1

Tabard Street, SE1 Tabard Street was the old road to Kent and called Kent Street until 1877.

Tabard Street, SE1

Tabaroad Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Tabaroad Street, SE1

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

Talbot Yard, SE1

Tatsfield House, SE1 Tatsfield House can be found on Pardoner Street.

Tatsfield House, SE1

Telford House, SE1 Telford House is located on Tiverton Street.

Telford House, 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 Jam Factory, SE1 The Jam Factory is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

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

The Vineyard, SE1

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

Thorold House, SE1

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

Tiverton Street, 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

Triangle Court, SE1 Triangle Court is a block on Redcross Way.

Triangle Court, SE1

Trinity Church Square, SE1 Trinity Church Square is a garden square in Newington.

Trinity Church Square, SE1

Trinity House, SE1 Trinity House is a block on Bath Terrace.

Trinity House, SE1

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

Trinity Street, SE1

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

Trundle Street, SE1

Tulip House, SE1 Residential block

Tulip House, SE1

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

Tyers Gate, 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

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

Vine Yard, SE1

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

Waynflete House, SE1

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

Weller Street, SE1

Westerham House, SE1 Westerham House is a block on Law Street.

Westerham House, SE1

White Hart Yard, SE1 White Hart Yard leads off Borough High Street.

White Hart Yard, SE1

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

Winchester House, SE1

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

Wireworks Court, SE1

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

Wykeham House, SE1

NEARBY PUBS

Belushis & st christophers village

George Inn The George Inn is a public house established in the medieval period on Borough High Street in Southwark, owned and leased by the National Trust.

Ruse

Ship

The kings arms public house

The union jack nolia gallary

Trinity

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Borough

Borough tube station is a London Underground station in the London Borough of Southwark. It is on the Northern Line, between Elephant and Castle and London Bridge stations.

The Borough (of Southwark) is an area of the London Borough of Southwark situated 1.5 miles east south-east of Charing Cross.

The area has been called The Borough since the 1550s, to contrast it with the neighbouring City, in later years to distinguish it from the larger Metropolitan Borough of Southwark and now to distinguish it from the much larger London Borough of Southwark.

Much of the area around the Tate Modern gallery and the Globe Theatre is now referred to by the historic name of Bankside.

In common with much of the South Bank, The Borough has seen extensive regeneration in the last decade. Declining light industry and factories have given way to residential development, shops, restaurants, galleries and bars. The area is in easy walking distance of the City and the West End.

The Borough is generally an area of mixed development, with council estates, office developments, social housing and gated communities side by side with each other.

Borough station was opened on 18 December 1890 as part of the first deep-level tube railway, the City and South London Railway, and was rebuilt in the 1920s when the tunnels were enlarged.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Postal area SE1 TUM image id: 1483541461 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	Southwark Cathedral Credit: IG/aleks london diary TUM image id: 1653856025 Licence:	Demolition of the Heygate Estate and the construction of Elephant Central, May 2014. The Heygate Estate had been completed in 1974. The estate was used extensively as a filming location, due in part to its brutalist architecture. Credit: Wiki Commons/Zefrog TUM image id: 1637796469 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 George Inn (1889) On Borough High Street and once known as the George and Dragon, the pub is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn. Credit: National Trust TUM image id: 1669912337 Licence:	The Shard, taken from the Sky Garden on top of the ’Walkie-Talkie’ (2015) Credit: Wiki Commons/Colin TUM image id: 1644245063 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Adelaide House from above Credit: https://manchesterhistory.net/ TUM image id: 1601636552 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

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Postal area SE1
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Wagstaff Buildings, Sumner Road, Bankside, c. 1920.
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Hopton Street, Borough, 1977.
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Southwark Cathedral
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The George Inn (1889) On Borough High Street and once known as the George and Dragon, the pub is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn.
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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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Ayres Street
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Elephant & Castle
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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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Park Street, Southwark once ran across the Bishop of Winchester’s park. It was called Maid Lane from a junction which is now with Sumner Street but which was then with Gravel Lane. It then ran to Bank End, then turned south, as now, to its junction past Redcross Street where the Cure almshouses stood in an enclave. Then it turned north east to a junction with Borough market.
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