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Southwark Bridge (/ ˈ s ʌ ð ər k / ⓘ SUDH-ərk) [1] is an arch bridge in London, for traffic linking the district of Southwark and the City across the River Thames. Besides when others are closed for temporary repairs, it has the least traffic of the Thames bridges in London .
The natural shoreline of the City Of London was a short distance further back than it is now, and the high tide shoreline on the Southwark side was much further back, except for the area around London Bridge. Southwark was mostly made up of a series of often marshy tidal islands in the Thames, with some of the waterways between these island ...
Southwark Adult Education Institute formerly Pioneer Health Centre, St Mary's Road, Peckham, Southwark: Further Education College: 1972: 27 September 1972: 1385863: Southwark Adult Education Institute
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 ...
In addition, several new bridges for road, pedestrian, and railway traffic were built: Southwark Bridge (1819), [126] Waterloo Bridge (1817), [127] Hungerford Bridge (opened in 1845 as a footbridge, and converted in 1859 into a combination footbridge/railway bridge for Charing Cross Station), [128] and Tower Bridge (1894). [129]
The former St Thomas' Church, Southwark. St Thomas' Hospital as it looked in the eighteenth century. St Thomas Street is a street in Southwark in London located next to London Bridge station. [1] It takes its name from St Thomas' Hospital which was originally located nearby and dates back to the mid-sixteenth century. [2]
The Victorian era White Hart Inn Railway viaducts on the route into London Bridge Station. Great Suffolk Street is a street in the Southwark area of London. [1] It runs from the north at Southwark Street to Borough High Street, crossing Union Street and Southwark Bridge Road on the way. At its southern end it becomes Trinity Street.
The 'fork' at the junction with Southwark Street was created when that street was inserted, in 1864, to connect the London Bridge, Southwark Bridge, and Blackfriars Bridge routes together. This new route cut across Stoney Street and isolated its southern end, which section was subsequently renumbered as part of Borough High Street although it ...