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Military units and formations in Southwark (1 C, 18 P) Pages in category "History of the London Borough of Southwark" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
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 ...
The vestry of St John Horsleydown proposed naming the boroughs as "Southwark St Saviour's" and "Southwark St Olave's", a suggestion supported by the London County Council. [5] A decision was finally made on 25 January 1900, with the western borough becoming "Southwark" and the eastern borough as Bermondsey. [6]
Southwark is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Sudweca. The name means "southern defensive work" and is formed from the Old English sūþ (south) and weorc (work). The southern location is in reference to the City of London to the north, Southwark being at the southern end of London Bridge.
London's population is 50,569 in the City, 3,779,728 in the county, and 4,766,661 in Greater London. [7] 1/8 of the UK's population now live in London. 18 April: The Natural History Museum opens [162] in South Kensington. 14–20 July: The International Anarchist Congress is held in London. 26 July: The Evening News is first published. [9]
368 – The city is known as Augusta by this date, indicating that it is a Roman provincial capital. 490 – Saxons are in power, and the Roman city is largely abandoned. [8] By early 7th century – Settlement at Lundenwic (modern-day Aldwych). c. 604 – Mellitus is the first Bishop of London in the modern succession to be consecrated.
The London Archives is an amalgamation of several separate bodies. The first three were the London County Record Office, the London County Council Members Library and the Middlesex County Record Office, which merged in 1965 to form the Greater London Record Office and History Library (GLRO).
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 ...