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Southwark is thought to have become a burh in 886. The area appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 within the hundred of Brixton as held by several Surrey manors. [22] The ancient borough of Southwark, enfranchised in 1295, initially consisted of the pre-existing Surrey parishes of St George the Martyr, St Olave, St Margaret and St Mary. [36]
At the 2001 census Southwark had a population of 244,866. Southwark was ethnically 63.04% white, 5.9% Asian or Asian British, and 25.9% black or black British. By 2021 the population was 307,640, with 51.5% white, 9.9% Asian or Asian British, and 25.1% black or black British. 31% of householders were owner–occupiers.
It is the only independent, paid-for newspaper in London. The newspaper is owned and run by Southwark Newspaper Limited, based in Bermondsey. [1] Southwark News was founded by Dave Clark as the Bermondsey News in 1987, later expanding to the borough and the surrounding area. [2] It was funded for a time by Barry Albin-Dyer. In 2002, Albin-Dyer ...
Southwark London Borough Council, also known as Southwark Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Southwark in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2010. The council is based at 160 Tooley Street.
Borough of Southwark could refer to: London Borough of Southwark (1965—present) ... This page was last edited on 8 February 2023, at 17:21 (UTC).
The City Hall building was designed by Norman Foster and was constructed at a cost of £43 million [5] on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London.It opened in July 2002, two years after the GLA was created, and was leased rather than owned by the GLA. [6]
Southwark North (London County Council constituency) (1919–1949) Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) Southwark South East (London County Council constituency) (1919–1949) Southwark South East (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) Southwark West (UK Parliament constituency) (1885–1918)
Southwark in London, 1868–85 Southwark in London, 1950–74. Southwark (/ ˈ s ʌ ð ər k / ⓘ SUDH-ərk) [1] was a constituency centred on the Southwark district of South London.It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the English Parliament from 1295 to 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the UK Parliament until its first abolition ...