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Southwark appears to recover only during the time of King Alfred and his successors. Sometime about 886, the burh of Southwark was created and the Roman city area reoccupied. [13] It was probably fortified to defend the bridge and hence the reemerging City of London to the north.
The City of London's Bridge Without ward which had covered parts of Southwark was effectively abolished as part of the reforms, losing all its territory. [ 9 ] The larger London Borough of Southwark was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963 , covering the combined area of the former metropolitan boroughs of Southwark, Bermondsey ...
John Strype's map of 1720 describes London as consisting of four parts: The City of London, Westminster, Southwark and the eastern 'That Part Beyond the Tower'. [1] As London expanded, it absorbed many hundreds of existing towns and villages which continued to assert their local identities.
Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160% Geographic limits: West: 0.13W; East: 0.01W; North: 51.515N; South: 51.415N
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John Rocque's 24-sheet map. In 1746, the French-born British surveyor and cartographer John Rocque produced two maps of London and the surrounding area. The better known of these has the full name A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark: it is a map of Georgian London to a scale of 26 inches to a mile (i.e. 1:2437), surveyed by John Rocque, engraved by John ...
Walworth Town Hall A map showing the wards of Southwark Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916.. Walworth Town Hall, previously the Vestry Hall of St Mary, Newington, became the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark and was renamed "Southwark Town Hall" in 1900. [9]