Woodman’s Place, SE1

Cottage Place became Woodman’s Place in 1879 (9283).

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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
Bruce McTavish Lambeth North Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT	Kennington Road Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design. Reply
Richard Lake De Laune Street, SE17 Added: 28 Sep 2022 09:37 GMT	Trade Union Official John William Lake snr moved with his family to 22 De Laune Street in 1936. He was the London Branch Secretary for the Street Masons, Paviours and Road Makers Union. He had previously lived in Orange St now Copperfield St Southwark but had been forced to move because the landlord didn’t like him working from home and said it broke his lease. John William snr died in 1940. His son John William Lake jnr also became a stone mason and at the end of World War two he was responsible for the engraving of the dates of WW2 onto the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Johna216 Fielding Street, SE17 Added: 9 Aug 2017 16:26 GMT	Thanks! I have recently started a web site, the info you provide on this site has helped me greatly. Thank you for all of your time & work. There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail. by Erich Fromm. eeggefeceefb Reply
Johnshort Hurley Road, SE11 Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT	Hurley Road, SE11 There were stables in the road mid way - also Danny reading had a coal delivery lorry. Reply
Robert smitherman Saunders Street, SE11 Added: 23 Aug 2017 11:01 GMT	Saunders Street, SE11 I was born in a prefab on Saunders street SE11 in the 60’s, when I lived there, the road consisted of a few prefab houses, the road originally ran from Lollard street all the way thru to Fitzalan street. I went back there to have a look back in the early 90’s but all that is left of the road is about 20m of road and the road sign. Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
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

Scott Hatton Savile Row, W1S Added: 30 Jan 2023 11:28 GMT	The Beatles on a London rooftop The Beatles’ rooftop concert took place on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building in London. It was their final public performance as a band and was unannounced, attracting a crowd of onlookers. The concert lasted for 42 minutes and included nine songs. The concert is remembered as a seminal moment in the history of rock music and remains one of the most famous rock performances of all time. Reply
Michael Upham Bala Place, SE16 Added: 16 Jan 2023 21:16 GMT	Bala Place, SE16 My grandfather was born at 2 Bala Place. Reply
Nant Street, E2 Added: 15 Jan 2023 09:49 GMT	The Bombing of Nant Street WW2 My uncle with his young son and baby daughter were killed in the bombing of Nant Street in WW2. His wife had gone to be with her mother whilst the bombing of the area was taking place, and so survived. Cannot imagine how she felt when she returned to see her home flattened and to be told of the death of her husband and children. Reply
Brian J MacIntyre Dolphin Square Added: 8 Jan 2023 17:27 GMT	Malcolm Davey at Raleigh House, Dolphin Square My former partner, actor Malcolm Davey, lived at Raleigh House, Dolphin Square, for many years until his death. He was a wonderful human being and an even better friend. A somewhat underrated actor, but loved by many, including myself. I miss you terribly, Malcolm. Here’s to you and to History, our favourite subject. Love Always - Brian J MacIntyre Minnesota, USA Reply
Robert Burns Abourne Street, W9 Added: 5 Jan 2023 17:46 GMT	1 Abourne Street My mother, and my Aunt and my Aunt’s family lived at number 1 Abourne Street. I remember visitingn my aunt Win Housego, and the Housego family there. If I remember correctly virtually opposite number 1, onthe corner was the Lord Amberley pub. Reply
Southam Street, W10 Added: 30 Dec 2022 21:41 GMT	Southam Street, W10 do any one remember J&A DEMOLITON at harrow rd kensal green my dad work for them in a aec 6 wheel tipper got a photo of him in it Reply
Fumblina Red Lion Added: 26 Dec 2022 18:59 GMT	Detailed history of Red Lion I’m not the author but this blog by Dick Weindling and Marianne Colloms has loads of really clear information about the history of the Red Lion which people might appreciate. Source: ‘Professor Morris’ and the Red Lion, Kilburn Reply
BG Lancing Street, NW1 Added: 20 Dec 2022 02:58 GMT	Lancing Street, NW1 LANCING STREET Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

All Hallows’ Church All Hallows Church was built in 1892.

All Hallows’ Church

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.

George Inn

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

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

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

Avon Place, SE1

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

Ayres Street, 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

Belvedere Buildings, SE1 Belvedere Buildings is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Belvedere Buildings, 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

Borough Road, SE1 Borough Road runs east-west between St George’s Circus and Borough High Street.

Borough Road, SE1

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

Bowling Green Place, SE1

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

Boyfield Street, 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

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

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

Cole Street, SE1

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

Collinson Walk, 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

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

Empire Square South, SE1

Empire Square West, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Empire Square West, 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

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

George Inn Yard, SE1 George Inn Yard is a yard of unknown antiquity in Southwark.

George Inn Yard, SE1

Glade Path, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Glade Path, SE1

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

Glasshill Street, SE1

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

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

Great Guildford Business Square, SE1

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

Great Guildford Street, SE1

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

Great Suffolk Street, SE1

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

Harbledown House, SE1 Harbledown House is a building on Manciple Street

Harbledown House, SE1

Horsemongers Mews, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Horsemongers Mews, SE1

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

Hulme Place, 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

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

Kell Street, SE1

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

Kentish Buildings, SE1

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

King James Court, SE1

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

King James Street, SE1

King’s Place, SE1 King’s Place lies off of Borough High Street.

King’s Place, 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

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

Lancaster Street, 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

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

Library Street, SE1

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

Little Dorrit Court, 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

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

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

Milcote Street, 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

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

Nelson Square, 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

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

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

Pickwick Street, SE1

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

Pilgrimage 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

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

Rochester Walk, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Rochester Walk, SE1

Rotary Street, SE1 Rotary Street runs from Borough Road to Thomas Doyle Street.

Rotary Street, SE1

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

Rowland Hill House, SE1

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

Rushworth Street, SE1

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

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

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

Silex Street, SE1

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

Solomon Way, E1

Southall Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Southall Place, SE1

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

Southwalk Street, SE1

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

Southwark Bridge Road, SE1

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

Southwark Street, SE1

St Alphege House, SE1 Residential block

St Alphege House, SE1

St George’s Circus, SE1 St Georges Circus is a junction where six major roads meet.

St George’s Circus, SE1

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

St. Georges Cottages, SE1

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

Sterry Street, SE1

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

Stoney Street, SE1

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

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

Tabard Street, 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 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 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

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

Trinity Church Square, 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

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

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 White Hart Yard leads off Borough High Street.

White Hart Yard, 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 libertine

The lord nelson

The market porter

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

The Ring

The southwark tavern

The union jack nolia gallary

Trinity

White hart

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Elephant and Castle

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

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

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

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

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

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

LOCAL PHOTOS

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Postal area SE1 TUM image id: 1483541461 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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	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	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 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 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:	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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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)
Credit: Christine Matthews
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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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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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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.
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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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