Abbey Wood
Anerley & Penge
Beckenham
Bermondsey
Bexley
Blackheath
Borough
Brixton
Brockley
Bromley
Camberwell
Catford
Charlton
Croydon
Crystal Palace
Deptford
Dulwich Village
East Dulwich
Elephant and Castle
Eltham
Forest Hill
Greenwich
Herne Hill
Kennington
Lee
Lewisham
New Cross
Old Kent Road
Peckham
Rotherhithe
Southbank
Sydenham
Walworth
West Norwood
Woolwich
Bermondsey is located by the river Thames.
The village centre was around Abbey Street. The name comes from OE and
may have meant 'Beornumund's Island'. Bermondsey was a district of marshes.
Norman Bermondsey
1082 Bermondsey Abbey founded as
a Cluniac monastery.
1086 Reference to Bermundeseye church in Domesday Book.
1127 Bermondsey Abbey given land in Dulwich and elsewhere
by Henry I.
Mediaeval Bermondsey
1154 Henry II held his court at
Bermondsey Abbey, early version of Parliament.
1392 Early mention of tanners in Bermondsey.
1450 Reference to Bermonsey.
Tudor Bermondsey
1538 Bermondsey Abbey taken by the crown.
1541 Bermondsey Abbey demolished to make Bermondsey House
in 20 acres.
1560 St Olave¹s Grammar School built on Tooley Street.
1570 Elizabeth I visited Sir Thomas Pope at Bermondsey
House.
1592 Swan Theatre opened (west of Hopton Street).
Stuart Bermondsey
1647 Hollar¹s View of Bankside.
1667 St Mary Magdalen (prev. church for Bermondsey Abbey)
rebuilt (now much altered).
1703 Leather industry in Bermondsey granted charter by
Queen Anne.
Georgian Bermondsey
1721 Guy¹s Hospital started
by Thomas Guy in St Thomas¹ s Street.
1746 Rocque¹s map of London.
1800 Southwark remained largely rural.
1829 St James¹ Church built near Jamaica Road by
James Savage.
1836 First London railway started from Spa Road, Bermondsey
to Deptford.
Later linked to London Bridge.
Victorian Bermondsey
1839 Croydon Railway opened.
1844 Bricklayers Arms opened in Old Kent Road.
1866 Viaduct built above Borough Market and Clink Street
to link to Cannon Street Railway Bridge.
1869 Tower Subway opened (linked to Tooley Street).
1879 Bermondsey Leather market built.
1892 Central Library built in Spa Road.
1894 Tower Bridge opened.
Modern Bermondsey
1915 Spa Road Station closed.
1921 New Southwark Bridge designed by Sir Ernest George.
1928 St Olave¹s Church demolished.
1920s Film of Tower Bridge market
(Manze Pie & Mash at 1:57 is still trading)
1963 Bankside Power Station opened (now Tate Modern).
1940-41 Many local people killed by German bombing raids.
1950 Caledonian Market moved to Bermondsey.
1965 Borough of Southwark was formed by amalgamation
of boroughs of Bermondsey, Camberwell and Southwark.
1971 HMS Belfast, largest of the WW2 cruisers, moored
by Tooley Street.
Booklist:
The
History and Antiquities of the Parish of Bermondsey - GW Phillips (1840)
Bermondsey - ET Clarke (1901)
Bermondsey Story - F. Brockway (1949)
Old Bankside - G. Golden (1951)
Thames Crossings - G Phillips (1981).
The Story of Bermondsey - Mary Boast (1978 London Borough of Southwark)