Gambia Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.
The Angel The Angel was a public house in Webber Street. The Ring The Ring was a boxing stadium which once stood on Blackfriars Road in Southwark. Anchor Terrace, SE1 The streetscape of Anchor Terrace largely involves small late 18th century residential properties Bankside, SE1 Bankside is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Barons Place, SE1 Barons Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Baylis Road, SE1 Baylis Road runs between Westminster Bridge Road and Waterloo Road. Bear Lane, SE1 Bear Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. 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. Boundary Row, SE1 Boundary Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Brad Street, SE1 Brad Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Broadwall, SE1 Broadwall is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Burrows Mews, SE1 Burrows Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Coin Street, SE1 Coin Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Cons Street, SE1 Emma Cons was the founder of the Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall, that later became known as the Old Vic. Copperfield Street, SE1 Copperfield Street was named after the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, by association with nearby Dickens Square. Coral Street, SE1 Coral Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Doyce Street, SE1 Doyce Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Duchy Street, SE1 Duchy Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Ewer Street, SE1 Ewer Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Greet Street, SE1 Greet Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Hatfields, SE1 Hatfields is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Hopton Street, SE1 Hopton Street was known as Green Walk until the late nineteenth century. Joan Street, SE1 Joan Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Lant Street, SE1 Lant Street derives its name from the Lant family who inherited the estates known as Southwark Olace. Loman Street, SE1 Loman Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Miller Walk, SE1 Miller Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Milroy Walk, SE1 Milroy Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Mint Street, SE1 Mint Street, an ancient Southwark street, (now) runs off Marchelsea Road. Paris Garden, SE1 Paris Garden is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Pear Place, SE1 Pear Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Rose Alley, SE1 Rose Alley is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Sawyer Street, SE1 Sawyer Street is named after Bob Sawyer, a character in the novel The Pickwick Papers by local resident Charles Dickens. Short Street, SE1 Short Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Silex Street, SE1 Silex Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. 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. Sumner Street, SE1 Sumner Street runs from Great Guildford Street to Southwark Bridge Road. Surrey Row, SE1 Surrey Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Surrey Rowe, SE1 Surrey Rowe is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. The Cut, SE1 The Cut is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. The Foundry, SE1 The Foundry is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Theed Street, SE1 Theed Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Upper Ground, SE1 Upper Ground is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area. Waterloo Road, SE1 Waterloo Road is the main road in the Waterloo area straddling the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.
Weller Street, SE1 Weller Street is one of several local streets named after Dickens characters. Zoar Street, SE1 Zoar Street is named after the former Zoar Chapel here, named for the Biblical Zoara.
Southwark is the area immediately south of London Bridge, opposite the City of London.Southwark is on a previously marshy area south of the River Thames. Recent excavation has revealed prehistoric activity including evidence of early ploughing, burial mounds and ritual activity. The area was originally a series of islands in the River Thames. This formed the best place to bridge the Thames and the area became an important part of Londinium owing its importance to its position as the endpoint of the Roman London Bridge. Two Roman roads, Stane Street and Watling Street, met at Southwark in what is now Borough High Street.
At some point the Bridge fell or was pulled down. Southwark and the city seem to have become largely deserted during the Early Middle Ages. Archaeologically, evidence of settlement is replaced by a largely featureless soil called the Dark Earth which probably (although this is contested) represents an urban area abandoned.
Southwark appears to recover only during the time of King Alfred and his successors. Sometime in and around 886 AD the Bridge was rebuilt and the City and Southwark restored. Southwark was called ’Suddringa Geworc’ which means the ’defensive works of the men of Surrey’. It was probably fortified to defend the bridge and hence the re-emerging City of London to the north. This defensive role is highlighted by the use of the Bridge as a defense against King Swein, his son King Cnut and in 1066, against King William the Conqueror. He failed to force the Bridge during the Norman conquest of England, but Southwark was devastated.
Much of Southwark was originally owned by the church - the greatest reminder of monastic London is Southwark Cathedral, originally the priory of St Mary Overy.
During the Middle Ages, Southwark remained outside of the control of the City and was a haven for criminals and free traders, who would sell goods and conduct trades outside the regulation of the City Livery Companies. An important market - later to become known as the Borough Market - was established there some time in the 13th century. The area was renowned for its inns, especially The Tabard, from which Chaucer’s pilgrims set off on their journey in The Canterbury Tales.
After many decades’ petitioning, in 1550, Southwark was incorporated into the City of London as ’The Ward of Bridge Without’. It became the entertainment district for London, and it was also the red-light area. In 1599, William Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was built on the South Bank in Southwark, though it burned down in 1613. A modern replica, also called the Globe, has been built near the original site. Southwark was also a favorite area for entertainment like bull and bear-baiting. There was also a famous fair in Southwark which took place near the Church of St. George the Martyr. William Hogarth depicted this fair in his engraving of Southwark Fair (1733).
In 1844 the railway reached Southwark with the opening of London Bridge station.
In 1861 the Great Fire of Southwark destroyed a large number of buildings between Tooley Street and the Thames, including those around Hays Wharf, where Hays Galleria was later built, and blocks to the west almost as far as St Olave’s Church.
In 1899 Southwark was incorporated along with Newington and Walworth into the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, and in 1965 this was incorporated with the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell and Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey into the London Borough of Southwark.
Southwark tube station was opened on 20 November 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension.
The original plan for the Extension did not include a station between those at Waterloo and London Bridge; Southwark station was added after lobbying by the local council. Although it is close to Waterloo, not near the
Bankside attractions it was intended to serve, and its only rail interchange is to London Waterloo East mainline station; the passenger usage matches those of other minor central stations. It does however get over double the traffic of nearby Borough station and around triple Lambeth North.
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