Southwark
Coordinates: 51°29′56″N 0°05′24″W / 51.4988°N 0.0901°W
Southwark (/ˈsʌðərk/ SUDH-ərk)[1] is the main part of the inner London Borough of Southwark. It is on the Thames, south of London Bridge. It is often called just 'The Borough'. Southwark was once a separate town in Surrey, and was made part of London in 1889.
Southwark shown within Southwark has several important buildings: Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge station and the Tate Modern art gallery. Two Roman roads met in Southwark: Watling Street and Stane Street. The area was marshy with islands in Roman times. They built the first London Bridge here.
The word 'Southwark' is pronounced Suthuk.
Southwark Media
London in 120 AD, showing the original high-tide waterline around Southwark, to the left (south)
Londinium in 400 AD: A narrow strip of firm ground on the Southwark side, provided an opportunity to bridge the Thames. The bridge was central to the foundation of Londinium.
Museum of London, inscription on a stele that mentions 'Londoners' for the first time
St Olaf House, Southwark. Olaf, (or Olave), helped the English retake London Bridge, and with it London, from his fellow Norsemen.
Old London Bridge, c. 1650
Laytons Buildings, Southwark, 1904 by Philip Norman
The parishes of the ancient borough of Southwark, 1870
The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark was formed by merging western parts of Southwark with Newington.
160 Tooley Street, the headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark
View from Tower Bridge towards Southwark: City Hall and the rest of More London development in the foreground, and the Shard London Bridge skyscraper (under construction at the time of the photo) in the background.
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References
- ↑ "Southwark", in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World (1952), New York: Columbia University Press.
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