Cotham Street, SE17

Cotham Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Much of Dickens’ Great Expections was set in Walworth.
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DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 13:03 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 A conveyance from The British Land Company to (sisters?) Emma and Mary Anne Crawley ... presumably the first development on this site. 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
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
DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 11:31 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 A 1960s redevelopment of the spacious 101 Talfourd Road (there doesn’t seem to have been a 103 in spite of title deeds) 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
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
[email protected] Wren Road, SE5 Added: 6 Jul 2021 05:38 GMT	Wren Road in the 1950s and 60s Living in Grove Lane I knew Wren Road; my grandfather’s bank, Lloyds, was on the corner; the Scout District had their office in the Congregational Church and the entrance to the back of the Police station with the stables and horses was off it. Now very changed - smile. Reply
All bar one Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT	All Bar One The capitalisation is wrong Reply
Jonathan Cocking Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 30 Aug 2022 13:38 GMT	Tower Bridge, SE1 The driver subsequently married his clippie (conductress). Reply
DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 11:27 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 Actually SE15 (SE15 5PB) as marker is across the road. Reply
DavidA Grange Court, SE5 Added: 11 Aug 2023 11:34 GMT	Grange Court, SE5 Proud of being in Peckham.... Reply
DavidA Talfourd Road, SE15 Added: 11 Aug 2023 13:59 GMT	The British Land Co. ...was set up in 1858 by the National Building Society to own land and split it into plots so the new freeholder could get a vote in elections. So it seems some individual houses were built like in 1869 and maybe the terraces came a bit later, with mortgages from the building society. Maybe the road names were already there ... after judges Sir Thomas Talfourd, Lord Denman and Lord Lyndhurst ... which each got a (former) pub name too Source: British Land - Wikipedia Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Jean Deane Mill Lane, looking east (1900s) Added: 2 Oct 2023 16:43 GMT	Advertisement for a laundry in Mill Lane, Brixton Hill, SW2 from early 1900’s The New Imperial Laundry Source: From a Ladies glance guide for Mistress and Maid Reply
Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT	Meyrick Rd My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
Lady Townshend Bridge House Added: 8 Sep 2023 16:02 GMT	Tenant at Westbourne (1807 - 1811) I think that the 3rd Marquess Townshend - at that time Lord Chartley - was a tenant living either at Westbourne Manor or at Bridge House. He undertook considerable building work there as well as creating gardens. I am trying to trace which house it was. Any ideas gratefully received Reply
Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
Kevin Pont Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:52 GMT	Shhh.... Roding Valley is the quietest tube station, each year transporting the same number of passengers as Waterloo does in one day. Reply
Kevin Pont Dollis Hill Added: 30 Aug 2023 09:47 GMT	The connection with Bletchley Park The code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

East Street Market East Street Market (sometimes known locally as ’The Lane’ or ’East Lane’) is a street market in Walworth.

East Street Market

NEARBY STREETS

Alder Path, SE17 Alder Path lies in Elephant and Castle.

Alder Path, SE17

Amelia Street, SE17 Amelia Street originally consisted of late 19th century tenement blocks built by James Pullen, a local builder, between 1886 and 1901.

Amelia Street, SE17

Angle Street, SE17 The former Cross Street was given the name Angle Street in 1868.

Angle Street, SE17

Art Works Elephant, SE17 Art Works Elephant is a location in London.

Art Works Elephant, SE17

Art Works House, SE17 Art Works House is a location in London.

Art Works House, SE17

Artworks House, SE17 Artworks House is a location in London.

Artworks House, SE17

Ash Avenue, SE12 Ash Avenue is a location in London.

Ash Avenue, SE12

Ashenden House, SE17 Residential block

Ashenden House, SE17

Asolando Drive, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Asolando Drive, SE17

Aylesbury Road, SE17 Aylesbury Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Aylesbury Road, SE17

Balfour Street, SE17 Balfour Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Balfour Street, SE17

Barlow Street, SE17 Barlow Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Barlow Street, SE17

Barrett House, SE17 Barrett House is a block on Browning Street.

Barrett House, SE17

Baytree Mews, SE1 A street within the SE17 postcode

Baytree Mews, SE1

Ben Ezra Court, SE17 Ben Ezra Court is a block on Asolando Drive.

Ben Ezra Court, SE17

Berryfield Road, SE17 Berryfield Road was created in 1877 but was Sturge Road for a couple of years until 1879.

Berryfield Road, SE17

Blackwood Apartments, SE17 Blackwood Apartments is sited on Paragon Way.

Blackwood Apartments, SE17

Blackwood Avenue, SE17 Blackwood Avenue is a road in the N18 postcode area

Blackwood Avenue, SE17

Blackwood Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Blackwood Street, SE17

Blendon House, SE17 Blendon House is located on Wadding Street.

Blendon House, SE17

Bodley Way, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Bodley Way, SE17

Borrett Close, SE17 Borrett Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Borrett Close, SE17

Brandon Street, SE17 Brandon Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Brandon Street, SE17

Brettell Street, SE17 Brettell Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Brettell Street, SE17

Bronti Close, SE17 Bronti Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Bronti Close, SE17

Browning Street, SE17 Browning Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Browning Street, SE17

Burton Grove, SE17 Burton Grove is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Burton Grove, SE17

Carter Place, SE17 Carter Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Carter Place, SE17

Castle Industrial Estate, SE17 Commercial area

Castle Industrial Estate, SE17

Castle Square, SE17 Castle Square is a location in London.

Castle Square, SE17

Catesby Street, SE17 Catesby Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Catesby Street, SE17

Chadwell House, SE17 Chadwell House can be found on Inville Road.

Chadwell House, SE17

Charleston Street, SE17 Charleston Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Charleston Street, SE17

Chatham Street, SE17 Chatham Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Chatham Street, SE17

Coleridge House, SE17 Coleridge House is a block on Browning Street.

Coleridge House, SE17

Colworth Grove, SE17 Colworth Grove is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Colworth Grove, SE17

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

County Street, SE1

Cowper House, SE17 Cowper House is a block on Browning Street.

Cowper House, SE17

Crail Row, SE17 Crail Row is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Crail Row, SE17

Crampton Street, SE17 Crampton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Crampton Street, SE17

Crosslet Street, SE17 Crosslet Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Crosslet Street, SE17

Curtis House, SE17 Curtis House is a block on Morecambe Street.

Curtis House, SE17

Cutler Apartments, SE17 Cutler Apartments is sited on New Kent Road.

Cutler Apartments, SE17

Darwin Street, SE17 Darwin Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Darwin Street, SE17

Date Street, SE17 Date Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Date Street, SE17

Dawes House, SE17 Dawes House can be found on Rodney Road.

Dawes House, SE17

Dawes Street, SE17 James Arthur Dawes was the first Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark.

Dawes Street, SE17

Deacon Street, SE17 Deacon Street is a location in London.

Deacon Street, SE17

Deacon Way, SE17 Deacon Way is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Deacon Way, SE17

Dean’s Buildings, SE17 Dean’s Buildings is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Dean’s Buildings, SE17

Draper House, SE1 Draper House is a block on A3.

Draper House, SE1

Driscoll House, SE1 Driscoll House is a block on New Kent Road.

Driscoll House, SE1

East Street, SE17 East Street, famous for its market, is likely to have been the birthplace of Charlie Chaplin, although no birth certificate exists.

East Street, SE17

Edison House, SE17 Edison House is a block on Balfour Street.

Edison House, SE17

Edward Clifford House, SE17 Edward Clifford House is a block on Elsted Street.

Edward Clifford House, SE17

Elba Place, SE17 Elba Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Elba Place, SE17

Elephant Road, SE17 Elephant Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Elephant Road, SE17

Ellery House, SE17 Ellery House is a building on Beckway Street.

Ellery House, SE17

Ellis House, SE17 Ellis House is a block on Brandon Street.

Ellis House, SE17

Elsted Street, SE17 Elsted Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Elsted Street, SE17

Eltham Street, SE17 Eltham Street was once part of the most densely populated part of London with no open space at all and counting 249 people per acre in St Johns Ward.

Eltham Street, SE17

Ethel Street, SE17 Ethel Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Ethel Street, SE17

Eugene Cotter House, SE17 Eugene Cotter House is located on Tatum Street.

Eugene Cotter House, SE17

Everett House, SE17 Everett House is a block on East Street.

Everett House, SE17

Farrell Court, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Farrell Court, SE17

Flint Street, SE17 Flint Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Flint Street, SE17

Gower House, SE17 Gower House is a block on Morecambe Street.

Gower House, SE17

Gray House, SE17 Gray House is located on King and Queen Street.

Gray House, SE17

Halpin Place, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Halpin Place, SE17

Hampton Street, SE17 Hampton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Hampton Street, SE17

Hannibal House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Hannibal House, SE1

Harrison House, SE17 Harrison House is a block on Brandon Street.

Harrison House, SE17

Hemp Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Hemp Walk, SE17

Henshaw Street, SE17 Henshaw Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Henshaw Street, SE17

Heygate Street, SE17 Heygate Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Heygate Street, SE17

Hillery Close, SE17 Hillery Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Hillery Close, SE17

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

Howell Walk, SE1

Iliffe Street, SE17 Iliffe Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Iliffe Street, SE17

Iliffe Yard, SE17 Iliffe Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Iliffe Yard, SE17

John Maurice Close, SE17 John Maurice Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

John Maurice Close, SE17

Kennedy Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Kennedy Walk, SE17

King & Queen Street, SE17 King & Queen Street is a location in London.

King & Queen Street, SE17

King and Queen Street, SE17 King and Queen Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

King and Queen Street, SE17

King George IV Court, SE17 King George IV Court is a block on Dawes Street.

King George IV Court, SE17

King Queen Street, SE17 King Queen Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

King Queen Street, SE17

Larcom Street, SE17 Larcom Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Larcom Street, SE17

Laugan Walk, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Laugan Walk, SE17

Manor Place, SE17 Manor Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Manor Place, SE17

Manor Place, SE17 Manor Place is a road in the SE11 postcode area

Manor Place, SE17

Mansfield Point, SE17 Mansfield Point is a location in London.

Mansfield Point, SE17

Marlborough Close, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Marlborough Close, SE17

Marnock House, SE17 Marnock House is a block on Brandon Street.

Marnock House, SE17

Marshall House, SE17 Marshall House is a block on East Street.

Marshall House, SE17

Marsland Close, SE17 Marsland Close is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Marsland Close, SE17

Martara Mews, SE17 Martara Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Martara Mews, SE17

Mason Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Mason Street, SE17

Matara Mews, SE17 Matara Mews is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Matara Mews, SE17

Merrow Walk, SE17 Merrow Walk is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Merrow Walk, SE17

Missenden, SE17 Missenden is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Missenden, SE17

Morant Court, SE17 Morant Court is a block on Munton Road.

Morant Court, SE17

Morecambe Street, SE17 Morecambe Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Morecambe Street, SE17

Munton Road, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Munton Road, SE17

New Kent Road, SE1 New Kent Road is the main road leading east from Elephant & Castle.

New Kent Road, SE1

New Kent Road, SE1 New Kent Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

New Kent Road, SE1

New Paragon Walk, SE17 New Paragon Walk is a location in London.

New Paragon Walk, SE17

Newbolt House, SE17 Newbolt House is a block on Brandon Street.

Newbolt House, SE17

Newington Butts, SE1 Newington Butts, once a hamlet, now forms part of the London Borough of Southwark.

Newington Butts, SE1

Newington Industrial Estate, SE17 Newington Industrial Estate lies in SE17.

Newington Industrial Estate, SE17

Nicholson House, SE17 Nicholson House was built as one of the first blocks of the Browning Estate.

Nicholson House, SE17

Northchurch, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Northchurch, SE17

Occupation Road, SE17 Occupation Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Occupation Road, SE17

Orb Street, SE17 Orb Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Orb Street, SE17

Pasley Close, SE17 Pasley Close is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Pasley Close, SE17

Paxton House, SE17 Paxton House is a block on Morecambe Street.

Paxton House, SE17

Peacock Street, SE17 Peacock Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Peacock Street, SE17

Peacock Yard, SE17 Peacock Yard is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Peacock Yard, SE17

Penrose Grove, SE17 Penrose Grove is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Penrose Grove, SE17

Penton Place, SE17 Penton Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Penton Place, SE17

Pilton Place, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Pilton Place, SE17

Pullens Buildings, SE17 Pullens Buildings is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Pullens Buildings, SE17

Richmond House, SE17 Richmond House is a block on East Street.

Richmond House, SE17

Robert Dashwood Way, SE17 Robert Dashwood Way is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Robert Dashwood Way, SE17

Rodney Place, SE17 Rodney Place is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Rodney Place, SE17

Rodney Road, SE17 Rodney Road is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Rodney Road, SE17

Rosa Parks House, SE17 Rosa Parks House is a block on Munton Road.

Rosa Parks House, SE17

Rutherford Heights, SE17 Rutherford Heights is a location in London.

Rutherford Heights, SE17

Salisbury Close, SE17 Salisbury Close is a location in London.

Salisbury Close, SE17

Sayer Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Sayer Street, SE17

Searles Road, SE17 Searles Road is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Searles Road, SE17

Shelley House, SE17 Shelley House is a building on Browning Street.

Shelley House, SE17

Sir John Soane Apartments, SE17 Sir John Soane Apartments is a block on O’Callaghan Way.

Sir John Soane Apartments, SE17

South Garden Court, SE17 South Garden Court is located on O’Callaghan Way.

South Garden Court, SE17

Southey House, SE17 Southey House is a block on the Browning Estate.

Southey House, SE17

Spare Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Spare Street, SE17

St Gabriel Walk, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

St Gabriel Walk, SE1

Stead Street, SE17 Stead Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Stead Street, SE17

Steedman Street, SE17 Steedman Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Steedman Street, SE17

Stockham Court, SE17 Stockham Court is a block on Rodney Road.

Stockham Court, SE17

Stopford Road, SE17 Stopford Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Stopford Road, SE17

Suffield House, SE17 Suffield House is a block on Ambergate Street.

Suffield House, SE17

Taplow, SE17 Taplow is a block in Walworth.

Taplow, SE17

Tarver Road, SE17 Tarver Road is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Tarver Road, SE17

Tavern Court, SE1 Tavern Court is a block on New Kent Road.

Tavern Court, SE1

Tennyson House, SE17 Tennyson House can be found on Browning Street.

Tennyson House, SE17

The Chaplin Centre, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

The Chaplin Centre, SE17

Theobald Street, SE1 Theobald Street is (now) a short street lying off of the New Kent Road.

Theobald Street, SE1

Thobal Place, SE1 Thomas Place became Thobal Place in 1892.

Thobal Place, SE1

Thrush Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Thrush Street, SE17

Tisdall Place, SE17 Tisdall Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Tisdall Place, SE17

Townley Street, SE17 Townley Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Townley Street, SE17

Trafalgar House, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Trafalgar House, SE17

Trafalgar Street, SE17 Trafalgar Street is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Trafalgar Street, SE17

Turquand Street, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Turquand Street, SE17

Tyler Court, SE17 Tyler Court is a block on Balfour Street.

Tyler Court, SE17

Victory Place, SE17 Victory Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Victory Place, SE17

Wadding Street, SE17 Wadding Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Wadding Street, SE17

Walcorde Avenue, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Walcorde Avenue, SE17

Walsham House, SE17 Walsham House is sited on Bronti Close.

Walsham House, SE17

Walworth Place, SE17 Walworth Place is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Walworth Place, SE17

Walworth Road, SE1 The northernmost section of Walworth Road, nearest to the Elephant and Castle lies in the SE1 postal area.

Walworth Road, SE1

Walworth Road, SE17 Walworth Road runs from the Elephant and Castle towards Camberwell.

Walworth Road, SE17

Walworth Square, SE17 Walworth Square is a location in London.

Walworth Square, SE17

Wansey Street, SE17 Wansey Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Wansey Street, SE17

Watling House, SE17 Watling House is a block on New Kent Road.

Watling House, SE17

Wendover, SE17 A street within the SE17 postcode

Wendover, SE17

Wingrave, SE17 Wingrave is one of the streets of London in the SE17 postal area.

Wingrave, SE17

Wollaston Close, SE17 A street within the SE1 postcode

Wollaston Close, SE17

Wooler Street, SE17 Wooler Street is a road in the SE17 postcode area

Wooler Street, SE17

NEARBY PUBS

Bison bar

Dark room students bar (licensed bar)

The Good Intent The Good Intent has been the final remaining out of nine pubs to still be serving customers in East Street Market.

The Good Intent

The tankard

Woodcraft folk

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Walworth

Walworth is an inner-city district in the London Borough of Southwark. Walworth probably derives its name from the Old English Wealhworth, meaning 'farm'. It is located 2 miles south east of Charing Cross and near to Camberwell and Elephant and Castle.

The major streets in Walworth are the Old Kent Road and Walworth Road. It once had a common surrounded by streets with houses on one side, the Common on the other. This whole area is now covered by housing.

St. Peter's Church, Walworth's altar
St. Peter's Church, Walworth, built circa 1825, is an excellent example of the neo-classical style of church built by Sir John Soane. It is an indication of the wealth of the middle-class merchants who then lived in the vicinity that they could afford an architect of such prominence. Charles Upfold was born at Walworth Common and baptised at St. Peters. The church is home to the Monkey Park - which was once home to a menagerie kept by a past Reverend of the Church, but is now a garden.

Walworth is also home to the Pullens buildings - a mixture of Victorian live/work spaces and yards. Many of the flats are 1 bedroom, and some of the flats still connect to the Workshops of any of the three yards (Illife Yard, Peacock Yard and one other). They all share communal roof terraces with extensive views over to the West End.
Walworth also used to have a Zoo, in Royal Surrey Gardens, which was visited by Queen Victoria.

East Street market is a major street market.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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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	East Street market, Walworth in 1908 The market, in operation since the 1880s, featured in the title sequence for Only Fools and Horses Old London postcard TUM image id: 1669906466 Licence:	Amelia Street, SE11 This originally consisted of late 19th century tenement blocks built by James Pullen between 1886 and 1901. During the 1980s the buildings between Manor Place and the south side of Amelia Street were demolished. The demolition of the rest of the Pullens Estate was prevented when squatters, intent on preserving the remainder of an individual late Victorian estate, occupied some of the blocks. The south side of Amelia Street is now an open space - Pullens Gardens - created following the demolition of a tenement block. Credit: Ideal Homes TUM image id: 1536959890 Licence:	East Street, Walworth is likely to have been the birthplace of Charlie Chaplin, although no birth certificate exists. It could therefore also have been the inspiration for his similarly named 1917 seminal short film Easy Street, a suggestion made as early as 1928 in the film ’The Life Story of Charlie Chaplin’ by Harry B. Parkinson. The famous trousers and boots of Chaplin’s trademark tramp costume may have been inspired by the every-day clothes Chaplin saw worn in what he called East Lane market. East Street Market also features in the title sequence to the television programme Only Fools and Horses. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1638107581 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Elephant & Castle TUM image id: 1683196643 Licence:
Princes Street, now Princess Street near Elephant and Castle (1864) There were a few pottery firms in this street at this time. Credit: Lambeth Archives TUM image id: 1562929776 Licence:	Blackman Street, Borough, London (1885) Credit: John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893) TUM image id: 1688925177 Licence:	View across roof tops to Pink’s Factory, Tabard Street, Southwark (1916) This picture was taken prior to slum clearance to make way for the Tabard Garden Estate. TUM image id: 1660650784 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Walworth Road (1930) This view looks north along the Walworth Road towards the ornate Elephant and Castle public house. Most of the buildings here were demolished as part of the London County Council redevelopment between 1958 and 1965. TUM image id: 1620670227 Licence:	Postcard depicting Walworth Road and "The King’s First Visit To South London May 1911". The king in question was George V Old London postcard TUM image id: 1621246974 Licence:
Weston Street, SE1 (1950s) TUM image id: 1644253864 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Wild’s Rents, SE1 (1930s) TUM image id: 1644256555 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Harrison House on the Browning Estate, Walworth (1974) Credit: London Borough of Southwark TUM image id: 1637075058 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Slum housing, 24-37 Chapel Place, Southwark Chapel Place was a side turning off of Long Lane. The modern Hankey Place largely replaced it. Credit: London Metropolitan Archives TUM image id: 1622285670 Licence:	The corner of Long Lane with Staple Street, Bermondsey possibly at the end of the Boer War In the 1950s these shops were Fordham’s and Leatherdales bakery. Later still there was a fish and chip shop here opposite the Valentine pub. TUM image id: 1606858722 Licence:

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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.
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East Street market, Walworth in 1908 The market, in operation since the 1880s, featured in the title sequence for Only Fools and Horses
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Amelia Street, SE11 This originally consisted of late 19th century tenement blocks built by James Pullen between 1886 and 1901. During the 1980s the buildings between Manor Place and the south side of Amelia Street were demolished. The demolition of the rest of the Pullens Estate was prevented when squatters, intent on preserving the remainder of an individual late Victorian estate, occupied some of the blocks. The south side of Amelia Street is now an open space - Pullens Gardens - created following the demolition of a tenement block.
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East Street, Walworth is likely to have been the birthplace of Charlie Chaplin, although no birth certificate exists. It could therefore also have been the inspiration for his similarly named 1917 seminal short film Easy Street, a suggestion made as early as 1928 in the film ’The Life Story of Charlie Chaplin’ by Harry B. Parkinson. The famous trousers and boots of Chaplin’s trademark tramp costume may have been inspired by the every-day clothes Chaplin saw worn in what he called East Lane market. East Street Market also features in the title sequence to the television programme Only Fools and Horses.
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Elephant & Castle
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Walworth Road (1930) This view looks north along the Walworth Road towards the ornate Elephant and Castle public house. Most of the buildings here were demolished as part of the London County Council redevelopment between 1958 and 1965.
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Postcard depicting Walworth Road and "The King’s First Visit To South London May 1911". The king in question was George V
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Harrison House on the Browning Estate, Walworth (1974)
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Villa Street Walworth c.1907.
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Eltham Street, Walworth before demolition
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