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  Bermondsey
Bermondsey is a riverside settlement to the east of Southwark.
By 1900 Bermondsey’s population was all working class, but this was a broad church ranging from the almost destitute casual worker to skilled Thames watermen and lightermen.
In general, Bermondsey’s 19th and early 20th century residents also worked there; it was a self-contained area, not a suburb of elsewhere.
www.ideal-homes.org.uk /southwark/main/bermondsey1.htm   (681 words)

  
  Bermondsey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bermondsey is a place in the London Borough of Southwark.
In the 18th century, the discovery of a spring in the area led to Bermondsey becoming a spa.
It was from the Bermondsey riverside that the painter J.M.W. Turner executed his famous painting of The Fighting "Temeraire" Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1839), depicting the veteran warship being towed to Rotherhithe to be scrapped.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bermondsey   (680 words)

  
 Bermondsey by-election, 1983 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A by-election was held in the Bermondsey constituency in South London, on February 24, 1983 after the resignation of Labour MP Robert Mellish, who had represented the constituency in the House of Commons and its predecessors since 1946.
Mellish was not reassured about the future direction of the Labour Party and resigned from it on August 2, 1982, a clear preliminary to resigning his seat, which he did by taking the Chiltern Hundreds on November 1.
Bermondsey was one of the first byelections to be extensively polled.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bermondsey_by-election,_1983   (1597 words)

  
 Bermondsey
Bermondsey is on the south bank of the Thames, and lies between Southwark on the west and Rotherhithe on the east.
This parish is noticed in 'Domesday', where it is called Bermundeseye : it had a Cluniac priory, founded by Aylwin Child, a citizen of London, in 1082 : the yearly revenues at the dissolution were £548, 2 shillings, 3 pence and 3 farthings gross, or £474, 14 shillings, 4 pence and 3 farthings clear.
Bermondsey now consists of a number of paved streets and roads with flagged footpaths, lined in some few parts with tolerably good houses, but more commonly by others of an inferior description.
www.oldtowns.co.uk /Surrey/bermondsey.htm   (283 words)

  
 GO BRITANNIA! Travel Guide: Southwark - Bermondsey
Bermondsey is almost certainly one of the oldest parts of Southwark.
Outside of the abbey Bermondsey was still a small village, set on the higher ground which was frequently flooded by the Thames, for example in 1208 and 1230.
The Bermondsey industry was perceived as a threat by the City of London which often tried to restrict the sale of Bermondsey goods within three miles of the City.
www.britannia.com /PriorityTravel/book_a_tour.html   (932 words)

  
 Oxford in Bermondsey
John Stansfeld ('The Doctor') founded the Oxford Medical Mission in Bermondsey in 1897.
The mission was later known as the Oxford and Bermondsey Club.
Alexander Paterson is now remembered as a prison reformer, however, he was also a key figure in the establishment of TOC H and an influential figure in boys' club work.
www.infed.org /features/oxford_in_bermondsey.htm   (378 words)

  
 Victorian London - Districts - Areas - Bermondsey
There is an Eastern fable which tells us that a certain city was infested by poisonous serpents that killed all they fastened upon; and the citizens, thinking them sent from Heaven as a scourge for their sins, kept praying that the visitation might be removed from them, until scarcely a house remained unsmitten.
At Bermondsey, perhaps, is carried on a greater variety of trades and manufactures than in any other parish of the kingdom.
Bermondsey Spa, a chalybeate spring, discovered about 1770, was opened in 1780, as a minor Vauxhall, with fireworks, and a picture-model of the siege of Gibraltar, painted by Keyac, and occupying about four acres, He died in 1800, and the garden was shut up about 1805.
www.victorianlondon.org /districts/bermondsey.htm   (3589 words)

  
 BERMONDSEY - Online Information article about BERMONDSEY
A "bermond" is Norman French for a "porter"...and "Bermondsey" means "Porters' Isle"...probably a hiring spot for longshoremen.
What you have then is a Spanish ship in London, which, at midnight, is rolling up the street, while a couple of hundred yards away, Bermondsey, Southwark, Surrey, things are just getting started...and a shipload of Spanish sailors who want to go to town.
They don't know Bermondsey, but Ariel does, so they put down a lifeboat and off they go....remembering, of course, to bring back a couple of cases upon their return.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /BEC_BER/BERMONDSEY.html   (1089 words)

  
 Bermondsey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bermondsey is a place in the London Borough of Southwark in London England.
It was in the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey from 1900 until 1965 since when has been a part of the London Borough of Southwark.
By the mid- 19th century however parts of Bermondsey had become notorious slum with the arrival of industrial docks and immigrant housing.
www.freeglossary.com /Bermondsey   (697 words)

  
 bermondsey kitchen - history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bermondsey Kitchen was built in November 2002 by Dela Foster, who worked in the retail and catering industries for six years before launching her own business.
Most of the area surrounding Bermondsey Street was bombed out in the war, but somehow this street and its church managed to escape destruction.
Bermondsey Kitchen's unusually open kitchen (probably the most visible in London) emphasises the transparency of food sourcing and preparation which we have focussed on since the beginning.
www.bermondseykitchen.co.uk /ber-history.htm   (638 words)

  
 Southwark Council | Discover Southwark | Historic Southwark | Historic Villages | Bermondsey History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bermondsey is almost certainly one of the oldest parts of Southwark.
Bermondsey was also close to the London markets and had good transport links.
The Bermondsey industry was perceived as a threat by the City of London, which often tried to restrict the sale of Bermondsey goods within three miles of the City.
www.southwark.gov.uk /DiscoverSouthwark/HistoricSouthwark/HistoricVillagesSection   (871 words)

  
 stjamesbermondsey
Travellers through Bermondsey all know St James' Church as a landmark - by road, rail and from the air, the dragon on the steeple rides calmly amid the tower blocks and acres of housing estates.
Before 1829, when the church was consecrated, the only church in the whole of Bermondsey was the Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen, at the end of Bermondsey Street.
The only houses were along Bermondsey Wall, which was part of the only road or highway from the City out into Kent.
stjamesbermondsey.org.uk /4790/index.html?*session*id*key*=*session*...   (671 words)

  
 LDDC Completion Booklet - Bermondsey Riverside
On 30th October 1994, Bermondsey Riverside became the first part of the London Docklands Urban Development Area to be handed on by the London Docklands Development Corporation at the completion of its remit.
London's man-made docks to the east of Bermondsey Riverside were dogged by obsolescence from the moment they began to be dug at the start of the 19th century, and the waterside wharves and warehouses of Bermondsey were similarly affected.
Bermondsey Riverside will continue to be supported by Southwark Council to play its unique role in the future shape and function of central London.
www.lddc-history.org.uk /bermondsey/index.html   (4205 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Liberals romp home with a giant swing
The big mystery which has to be unravelled after Bermondsey is how far the result reflects a national decline in the fortunes of the Labour Party, and how far it is the product of the unique local turmoil which preceded and then invaded the byelection.
The Bermondsey result is wildly out of line with all recent results - most of all with the next-door constituency of Peckham, which polled in September.
Clearly, the single greatest influence on the course of the Bermondsey campaign was the publication of the NOP poll.
politics.guardian.co.uk /byelections/story/0,11043,1045642,00.html   (751 words)

  
 Bermondsey Village - Who we are
Bermondsey Street was built up as a causeway crossing the marshy land.
Although inhabitants of Bermondsey Street were subject to plague, fires and flooding that affected all Londoners, they eventually flourished in an area of successful artisans and manufacturers.
In the centre of a conservation area, Bermondsey Street is in the next phase of its long history, developing as a mainly residential quarter.
www.bermondseyvillage.org.uk /history.htm   (559 words)

  
 Bermondsey
Bermondsey Street is lined with trendy bars such as The Garrison and Village East, soon to be joined by The Hide Bar.
Zandra Rhodes' long-awaited Fashion and Textile Museum remains a beacon on Bermondsey Street (the colour scheme means it's unmissable) but sadly its doors are currently closed to the public.
Bermondsey's main parish church is St Mary Magdalen's in Bermondsey Street.
www.london-se1.co.uk /areas/bermondsey.html   (487 words)

  
 Bermondsey Add Info
Bermondsey Square was the site of a courtyard with an inner gate to the north (demolished 1805) and an outer gate onto Bermondsey Street.
It was also where the Bermondsey watchmen reported for duty (10pm in summer, 9pm in winter) before setting off on their rounds.
Bermondsey was noted for its hatters, who used the wool removed from sheepskins.
www.london-footprints.co.uk /wkbermondseyadd.htm   (966 words)

  
 Bermondsey Workhouse and Poor Law Parish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, was the subject of a report in An Account of Several Workhouses...
The Bermondsey Poor Law Parish was formed on 21st March, 1836, comprising the single parish of St Mary Magdalen.
The expanded union acquired the existing workhouses from Bermondsey at Tanner Street, and from Rotherhithe at Lower Road, which were redeployed to provide the separate workhouse and hospital accommodation that was required.
users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/Bermondsey/Bermondsey.shtml   (368 words)

  
 The Bermondsey Volunteers in London
The newspapers of May 8, 1801, record that "The Bermondsey Volunteers commanded by Major Gaitskell on Thursday last had their first grand field day for the summer and were reviewed at the Parade Spa Gardens, Bermondsey, by Lord Onslow, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrey.
Notwithstanding the winter recess the Corps performed the various evolutions and firings with such accuracy and exactness as was highly honourable to themselves and gratifying to the Commanding Officer, and which produced the most flattering commendations from his Lordship.
The Bermondsey Armoury or practising ground, was situated in Bermondsey-square, and £l,200 seems to have been expended to make the building available.
www.londonancestor.com /misc/bermondsey-volunteers.htm   (923 words)

  
 Southwark Council | Your Services | Regeneration | Bermondsey Spa Regeneration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Over a century ago, Bermondsey was a busy and densely populated area lined with rows of terraced houses and home to a successful leather industry.
During the 1920s and 1930s Bermondsey Borough Council pursued a vigorous policy of slum clearance and built municipal housing blocks some of which still stand today.
The area was badly bombed during the war and despite some house building after 1945, the area was left as something of a forgotten backwater.
www.southwark.gov.uk /YourServices/RegenerationSection/BermondseySpaRegeneration   (309 words)

  
 St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey - London - UK Attraction
Mary Magdalen’s in Bermondsey Street is the main parish church in Bermondsey, London.
The church was built for the servants and tenants of Bermondsey Abbey and is first mentioned in the 1290s.
After the Dissolution it became a parish church and by 1680 it was rebuilt by an unknown architect incorporating 13th century remains at the west end.
www.ukattraction.com /london/st-mary-magdalen.htm   (219 words)

  
 bermondsey kitchen - drink   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
"Bermondsey Kitchen encapsulates the contrast between old and new London.
Even after three bread baskets, we applied ourselves energetically to our lusty starters: serrano ham with an oriental dressing on a bed of crunchy beans was good, the ham was thick-cut rather than fine-shaved, which helped as the dressing had quite a kick.
Owner-manager Dela Foster's Bermondsey Kitchen grills meat from a farm in the Yorkshire dales and fish from British shores.
www.bermondseykitchen.co.uk /reviews.html   (509 words)

  
 London My Bermondsey
Bermondsey St is as autentic as you can see, Super dinners at the Garrison Pub and do not go with out buying a "Cockfighter" t-shirt.
I was born in Bermondsey and have lived in Bermondsey for years.
Bermondsey is no rougher than any inner city borough.
www.movethat.com /London/My/Bermondsey   (2321 words)

  
 BERMONDSEY
Further along on the left are the Bermondsey Leathermarket buildings of 1834 and 1879.
This park covers the site of Bermondsey Spa run by Thomas Keyse and operating between 1768 and 1805 during which time entertainment was provided.
The church of St Mary Magdalen is the oldest building in Bermondsey, originally built for the lay folk of the abbey and re-built in 1680.
www.london-footprints.co.uk /wkbermondsey.htm   (1112 words)

  
 Fellmongers In Bermondsey in directory.co.uk
Tyers came from a family of Bermondsey fellmongers, dealers in skins and hides, part of the booming leather industry.
Bermondsey Playground London Street Guide, A comprehensive look at Bermondsey Playground, its nearby events, hotels, shop, restaurants and...
Bermondsey Street London Street Guide, A comprehensive look at Bermondsey Street, its nearby events, hotels, shop, restaurants and transport...
www.directory.co.uk /Fellmongers_In_Bermondsey.htm   (191 words)

  
 London My BERMONDSEY
i grew up in bermondsey and i moved to kent about 2 years ago i would not advise moving there if you are not street wise, although it is a bad place its not the worst.
The book gives a good insight into life in Bermondsey in those times and my brother and I are checking facts to get them as correct as possible, although it is not a biography but a novel.
dave courtney never came from bermondsey, he's a wanna be bermondsey boy from forest hill.
www.movethat.co.uk /London/My/BERMONDSEY/?p=1   (1970 words)

  
 Bermondsey - Destinations National Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Bermondsey Market is easily reached by public transport.
It’s located in Bermondsey Square SEI and buses No 1,42,78 and 188 all go there whilst the nearest tube station is Elephant and Castle.
The lure of finding a bargain antiques and bric-abrac is what attracts numerous visitors to this flea market in Bermondsey which specializes in antiques.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /destinations-national/bermondsey   (194 words)

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