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Map of borough boundary The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark ( Br [ˈsʌðɨk]) [ 1 ] was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965. It was created to cover the western section of the ancient borough of Southwark and the parish of Newington.
The London Borough of Southwark (/ ˈ s ʌ ð ə k / ⓘ SUDH-ərk) [2] [3] in South London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was created in 1965 when three smaller council areas were amalgamated under the London Government Act 1963.
The ancient borough of Southwark's river frontage extended from the modern borough boundary, just to the west of the Oxo Tower, to St Saviour's Dock (originally the mouth of the River Neckinger) in the east. In the 16th century, parts of Southwark near London Bridge became a formal City ward, Bridge Without.
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.
Blank map of the London Borough of Southwark, showing electoral wards. 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; Date: 28 July 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Ward data from Boundary-Line product. Water data from VectorMap District ...
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 ...
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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