Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. [18] 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. [25]
Southwark was an ancient borough, being described as a borough from at least the 12th century. The area historically formed part of the county of Surrey. Southwark had a complicated administrative relationship with the neighbouring City of London. There was a parliamentary borough (constituency) of Southwark from 1295 onwards.
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.
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 ...
Southwark and Bermondsey was an inner city constituency in London, United Kingdom. Its sole Member of Parliament was Simon Hughes, in the first stage of his career in the house, as a Liberal then Liberal Democrat after the party's founding in 1988. It was replaced with the North Southwark and Bermondsey seat in 1997.
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.
Borough of Southwark could refer to: London Borough of Southwark (1965—present) Metropolitan Borough of Southwark (1900–1965) Ancient borough of Southwark
Southwark South East in the Parliamentary County of London, 1918-49 A map showing the wards of Southwark Metropolitan Borough as they appeared in 1916. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election , and abolished for the 1950 general election , when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark constituency .