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SOUTHWARK , a central See also:metropolitan See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:London, See also:England, bounded N. by the See also:river See also:Thames, E. by See also:Bermondsey, S.E. by See also:Camberwell and W. by See also:Lambeth. Pop. (1901), zo6,180. It is a poor and crowded See also:district, and a large See also:industrial See also:population is employed in the See also:riverside wharves and in See also:potteries, glassworks and other manufactures. There are also large breweries, and the See also:Hop See also:Exchange is a centre of the hop See also:trade. The borough is connected with the See also:City of London by Blackfriars, Southwark and London See also:bridges; the thoroughfares leading from these and the other road-bridges as far up as Lambeth converge at St See also:George's See also:Circus; another important junction is the " See also:Elephant and See also:Castle." Southwark is a bishopric of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of England created by See also:act of 1904 (previously a See also:suffragan bishopric in the See also:diocese of See also:Rochester), and also of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic Church. The See also:cathedral of St Saviour belonged to the Augustinian priory of St See also:Mary Overy, or Overies (i.e. St Mary over the river), receiving its See also:present name after the suppression of the monasteries. It is cruciform, with a central See also:tower, and has been so restored as to preserve its See also:ancient beauty. Its See also:style is mainly See also:Early See also:English, and among those buried here are See also:Gower, See also:Fletcher and See also:Massinger, the poets, and See also:Edmund, See also:brother of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Shakespeare. The Roman Catholic cathedral of St George is a See also:Gothic See also:building by A. W. See also:Pugin, in St George's Road. Near the " Elephant and Castle " is the Metropolitan See also:Tabernacle, the See also:original building of which, burnt down in 1898, became famous under the Baptist preacher, See also:Charles See also:Spurgeon. The See also:principal benevolent institutions are See also:Guy's See also:Hospital, St See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas's See also:Street, founded in 1721 by Thomas Guy, with an important medical school; and See also:Bethlehem Royal Hospital for the Insane, commonly corrupted to See also:Bedlam, the origin of which is found in a priory of the 13th See also:century founded within the City, beside the See also:modern See also:Liverpool Street. Other institutions are the Evelina See also:Children's Hospital, the Royal See also:Eye Hospital and the Borough See also:Polytechnic See also:Institute. In Newington See also:Causeway is the Sessions See also:House for the See also:county of London (See also:south of the Thames). The See also:Robert See also:Browning See also:Settlement was founded in See also:York Street, See also:Walworth Road, in 1895 and incorporated in 1903, and in See also:Nelson Square is the See also:Women's University Settlement. The municipal borough includes the western and See also:part of the Bermondsey divisions of the See also:parliamentary borough of Southwark, and the borough of Newington, divided into the western and Walworth divisions; each See also:division returning one member. The borough See also:council consists of a See also:mayor, 10 aldermen and 6o councillors. See also:Area, 1131.5 acres.
The See also:history of Southwark is intimately connected with that of the City of London. At an early date it was incorporated, and its See also:familiar See also:title of " The Borough " still survives. It came, at least in part, under the See also:jurisdiction of the City in 1327. The citizens of London having suffered from the depredations of thieves and felons who escaped into Southwark, petitioned See also:parliament for See also:protection. Accordingly, See also:Edward III., by letters patent, granted them for ever the See also:town and borough, a See also:privilege confirmed by Edward IV. In this connexion was constituted the See also:Bridge See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward Without, the See also:alderman of which is elected not by the borough, but by the other aldermen from among themselves. The authority of the City over the borough is now merely nominal.
The junction in Southwark of the See also:great roads from the south of England for the passage of the Thames sufficiently accounted for the early origin of Southwark. The name is taken from the southward See also:works or fortifications of London. Numerous Roman remains have been found. Southwark witnessed variousepisodes during the invasions of the Norsemen, and was fortified by the Danes against the City in the reign of See also:Ethelred the Unready. Besides the priory of St Mary Overy, there was the hospital of St Thomas, founded in 1213 from. the neighbouring priory of Bermondsey, and forming the origin of the great modern hospital of the same name in Lambeth (q.v.). The many See also:historical associations of Southwark, contemporary memorials of which are almost wholly swept away, centre upon the district bordering the river, and formerly known as Bankside. In this locality was See also:Winchester House, a seat of the bishops of Winchester for five centuries from 1107. At Bankside were the See also:Bear and the See also:Paris Gardens, used for the popular See also:sport of bear and See also:bull baiting; and the Globe See also:theatre, the See also:scene of the See also:production of many of Shakespeare's plays for fifteen years after its erection in 1599. Southwark was further noted for its inns and its prisons. Among the first, the name of the " See also:Tabard " is well known from its mention by See also:Chaucer in detailing the See also:company of pilgrims for See also:Canterbury. Charles See also:Dickens had an early acquaintance with Southwark, as his See also:father was confined in the See also:Marshalsea, one of several prisons here. The See also:prison, no longer extant, and the church of St George the See also:Martyr, where many prisoners, including See also:Bishop See also:Bonner (d. 1561), were buried, figure in the novel Little Dorrit. The existing church See also:dates from 1736.
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