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Southwark Bridge (/ ˈ s ʌ ð ə k / ⓘ SUDH-ək) [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 ...
Museum of Life Sciences: Southwark: Southwark: South East: Natural history: Historic biological and pharmaceutical collections, including skeletons, fluid-preserved material, taxidermy, and fossils; part of King's College London: Museum of London: Barbican Estate: City of London: North East: History: City's history, culture, archaeology Museum ...
Kirkaldy first operated his machine at premises on The Grove, Southwark, London SE1. [2] His business was successful, and he moved the machine to larger purpose-built new premises at 99 Southwark Street, leased from the Crown Estate, in 1874. [2] Today, the museum continues to serve as an educational and historical site.
The Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret at 9a St Thomas Street is a museum of surgical history and one of the oldest surviving operating theatres. It is located in the garret of St Thomas's Church , Southwark , in London , on the original site of St Thomas' Hospital .
The Frozen Thames (1677) by Abraham Hondius in the Museum of London, showing Old London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral at right All the houses were shops, and the bridge was one of the City of London's four or five main shopping streets.
View from Southwark Cathedral, c.1666, Museum of London A true and exact propect of the famous citty of London ... before the fire [and] ... after the sad calamitie [sic] , British Museum Out of the shadows, Veronica Horwell on Gillian Tindall's life of the elusive artist Wenceslaus Hollar, The Man Who Drew London , The Guardian, 19 October 2002
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 ...