Southwark

From the records: “In February 2022, archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) announced the discovery of a well-preserved massive Roman mosaic which is believed to date from A.D. 175–225.”

From the records: “Londinium was abandoned at the end of the Roman occupation in the early 5th century and both the city and its bridge collapsed in decay.”

From the records: “London submitted to Swein in 1014, but on Swein's death, Ethelred returned, with Olaf in support.”

From the records: “Southwark and in particular the Bridge, proved a formidable obstacle against William the Conqueror in 1066.”

From the records: “Southwark is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Sudweca.”

From the records: “The first recorded use of this name was in about 1105, as Rederheia.”

From the records: “The land was granted in 1127 by King Henry I to Bermondsey Abbey who then owned the surrounding land.”

From the records: “During the early Middle Ages, Southwark developed and was one of the four Surrey towns which returned Members of Parliament for the first commons assembly in 1295.”

From the records: “King Edward III built a manor house close to the Thames in Bermondsey in 1353.”

From the records: “The continuing defensive importance of London Bridge was demonstrated by its important role in thwarting Jack Cade's Rebellion in 1450;”

From the records: “In 1538, Henry VIII sold the area to goldsmith Thomas Calton for £609.”

From the records: “London was given various manorial and judicial rights over parts of Southwark, notably in 1327 and 1550, when Southwark was brought within the city boundaries as the ward of Bridge Without.”

From the records: “In the 1580s, Reasonable Blackman worked as a silk weaver in Southwark, as one of the first people of African heritage to work as independent business owners in London in that era.”

From the records: “In 1599 the Globe Theatre, in which Shakespeare was a shareholder, was erected on the Bankside in the Liberty of the Clink.”

From the records: “Rotherhithe has a long history as a port, with Elizabethan shipyards and working docks until the 1970s.”

From the records: “Calton's grandson Sir Francis Calton, due to financial reasons, sold the Manor of Dulwich for £5,000 in 1605 to Elizabethan actor and entrepreneur Edward Alleyn.”

From the records: “In July 1620, the Mayflower sailed from Rotherhithe and picked up 65 passengers, probably from Blackwall, then proceeded to Southampton on the south coast of England to begin loading food and supplies for the voyage to America.”

From the records: “In the 17th century, King Charles I of England visited Dulwich Woods on a regular basis to hunt.”

From the records: “On 26 May 1676, ten years after the Great Fire of London, a great fire broke out, which continued for 17 hours before houses were blown up to create fire breaks.”

From the records: “On 5 August 1677 John Evelyn writes that he took the waters at Dulwich.”

From the records: “In 1702 Edward Swallow built a shipyard near what is now Lavender Street.”

From the records: “Since 1744 stagecoaches had travelled with an armed guard between Peckham and London to give protection from highwaymen.”

From the records: “In the 18th century, the discovery of a spring from the river Neckinger in the area led to the development of Bermondsey Spa, as the area between Grange and Jamaica Roads called Spa Road commemorates.”

From the records: “In 1767 William Blake visited Peckham Rye and had a vision of an angel in a tree.”

From the records: “During the Napoleonic Wars volunteer units were formed for home defence, including the 'Old' and 'New' Bermondsey Volunteers (existing in 1799) and the Rotherhithe Volunteers in 1803.”

From the records: “Bermondsey, specifically Blue Anchor Lane, was also the location of the world's first food canning business, established in 1812, by Donkin, Hall and Gamble.”

From the records: “Peckham is a Saxon place name meaning the village of the River Peck, a small stream that ran through the district until it was enclosed in 1823.”

From the records: “The canal was built from Surrey Commercial Docks to Peckham before the builders ran out of funds in 1826.”

From the records: “In 1836, the first railway in the London area was created, the London and Greenwich Railway, originally terminating at Spa Road and later extended west to London Bridge.”

From the records: “By 1901, the population had grown to 10,247 from a smaller population of 1,632 in 1851 due to the development of railway networks and a growth in housing for the middle and working classes.”

From the records: “Peek, Frean and Co was established in 1857 at Dockhead, Bermondsey by James Peek and George Hender Frean.”

From the records: “In 1861, another great fire in Southwark destroyed a large number of buildings between Tooley Street and the Thames, including those around Hays Wharf (later replaced by Hays Galleria) and blocks to the west almost as far as St Olave's Church.”

From the records: “In 1899 St Olave and St Thomas's District was created as a single civil parish and the next year, following London government reorganisation, this was merged with Rotherhithe and part of Deptford to form, with Bermondsey civil parish, the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.”

From the records: “A new Diocese of Southwark was established in 1905 from parts of the Diocese of Rochester; the diocese serves large parts of south London and Surrey.”

From the records: “On 7 September 1940, on the first day of the London Blitz, the deal yards of Surrey Docks were set ablaze.”

From the records: “North Peckham was heavily redeveloped in the 1960s, consisting mainly of high-rise flats to rehouse people from dilapidated old houses.”

From the records: “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 and Camberwell.”

From the records: “Rotherhithe has a long history as a port, with Elizabethan shipyards and working docks until the 1970s.”

From the records: “Since the 1990s the European Union has invested in the regeneration of the area; partly funding the award-winning Peckham Library, a new town square and new housing to replace the North Peckham Estate.”

From the records: “The Jubilee line was extended to the area in 1999, giving fast connections to the West End and to Canary Wharf; the East London underground line was converted to part of the London Overground network in 2010, which provides easy access to the City of London.”

From the records: “Until 2022 Southwark was the location of City Hall, the administrative headquarters of the Greater London Authority and the meeting place of the London Assembly and Mayor of London.”