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	London Borough of Southwark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It neighbours the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to the north over the Thames and it neighbours the London Borough of Lambeth to the west and the London Borough of Lewisham to the east.
		The name Southwark originates as the name of the area immediately south of London Bridge which was first settled in the Roman period, and first got its name in the 9th century.
		The London Borough of Southwark was formed in 1965 from the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, and the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_Borough_of_Southwark (308 words)

	Southwark - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Borough or Southwark (pronounced "suthuk") is is an area of London and part of the larger London Borough of Southwark.
		Southwark is on a traditionally marshy area south of the River Thames.
		In 1899 Southwark was incorporated along with Newington and Walworth into the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, and in 1965 this was incorporated with the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell and Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey into the London Borough of Southwark.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Southwark (406 words)

	CIVICHERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-GREATER LONDON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The London Borough of Barnet was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Finchley, the Borough of Hendon, the Barnet Urban District, the East Barnet Urban District and the Friern Barnet Urban District.
		The London Borough of Hillingdon was formed by the amalgamation of the Borough of Uxbridge, the Hayes and Harlington Urban District, the Ruislip-Northwood Urban District and the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District.
		The mural crown, a symbol of civic government, is from the crest of Carshalton UDC and the parrot (or popinjay) is from the crest of the Borough of Sutton and Cheam, derived from the heraldry of the Lumley family, former Lords of the Manor of Cheam.
	www.civicheraldry.mcmail.com /great_london.html (7351 words)

	BERMONDSEY - LoveToKnow Article on BERMONDSEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Southwark Park in the centre of the borough is 63 acres in extent.
		Bermondsey is in the parliamentary borough of Southwark, including the whole of Rotherhithe and part of the Bermondsey division.
		The borough council consists of a mayor, 9 aldermen, and 54 councillors.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BE/BERMONDSEY.htm (395 words)

	CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-GREATER LONDON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The white horse, from the crest of the Borough of Bexley and the arms of the Crayford UDC, is derived from the arms of Kent County Council.
		The principal charge, as in the arms of the former Borough of Enfield, is a mythological heraldic creature, known as an "Enfield", which has the head of a fox, the chest of a hound, the talons of an eagle, the body of a lion and the hindquarters and tail of a wolf.
		The gold crescent and annulets, seen in the arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury, on the red chief are taken from the arms of Thomas Sutton, the founder of the Charterhouse and the arms of Sir Richard Whittington.
	www.civicheraldry.co.uk /great_london.html (9757 words)

	London Borough of Southwark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Its neighbours to the north are the City of London and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
		Its neighbours to the south are the London Borough of Lambeth and the London Borough of Lewisham.
		The name Southwark originates as the name of the area immediately south of London Bridge which was first settled in the Roman period, and first got its name in the 9th Century AD.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/london_borough_of_southwark (274 words)

	Southwark - TheBestLinks.com - Alfred the Great, City of London, London, Middle Ages, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Borough or Southwark(e) (pronounced "suthuk" or "suthark") is the area of London immediately south of London Bridge and part of the larger London Borough of Southwark.
		Southwark and the city seem to have become largely deserted during the so-called Dark Ages.
		During the Middle Ages, Southwark remained outside of the control of the City and was a haven for criminals and free traders, who would sell goods and conduct trades outside the regulation of the City Livery Companies.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Southwark.html (739 words)

	Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner
		The inhabitants of the borough were subjected to the officers of the City as though themselves citizens, and in like manner were admitted to participation in civic rights and privileges.
		In spite of these efforts, however, Southwark remained a predominantly poor and crowded area, and for this reason proved to be an ideal breeding ground for plague during the outbreaks of 1577-78, 1603, 1625, 1635, 1636-37, and 1641.
		The borough's reputation for lawlessness was due not only to the number of "masterless men" who resided there, but also to the prevalence of apprentices, who, called out by their traditional rallying cry of "Clubs!", were prone to burst the bonds of occupational restraint and run riot, particularly on holidays and festivals.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /journals/EH/EH36/browner1.html (8998 words)

	Borough of Southwark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Southwark was formed in 1963 from the amalgamation of the old metropolitan boroughs of Southwark, Bermondsey and Camberwell.
		The "poorest borough" label has only recently become inappropriate, and it is the massive redevelopments along the banks of the Thames and within the old London Docks that have raised Southwark's profile.
		The borough still exhibits the same "crap sandwich" demography as neighbouring Lambeth, with the smart and affluent areas of Bankside, Rotherhithe and Dulwich being separated by poor and unlovely areas such as Bermondsey, Newington and Peckham.
	www.jbutler.org.uk /London/Southwark/index.shtml (305 words)

	The use of information in the London Borough of Southwark: a case study
		Southwark was trialing a model of local governance aimed at increasing local community involvement in the borough’s democratic processes.
		Southwark had a directory of over 300 different projects and initiatives ranging from a small environmental improvement scheme or a project delivering a service such as neighbour mediation, to major activities such as a Single Regeneration Budget funded programme to tackle hate crime or the youth offender team function.
		The high crime rates of a metropolitan borough such as Southwark made it high on the Government’s priority list for support; but still the case for support had to be made, evidence had to be marshalled.
	www.crimereduction.gov.uk /infosharing10.htm (3589 words)

	Southwark -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Nearly all of Southwark belongs to the historic county of Surrey, apart from a small section in the east that belongs to Kent.
		Two former Southwark landmarks have given rise to popular phrases: the state of bedlam (i.e., animated confusion), derived from the popular name for the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem (founded as a priory in 1247) for the mentally ill; and to be in the clink (i.e., imprisoned), derived from the prison on Clink Street.
		The borough's main crossroads, known as the Elephant and Castle (the name of an inn), is a principal traffic approach for the London, Blackfriars, and Southwark bridges and, via the borough of Lambeth, the Westminster and Lambeth bridges.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9068930 (1431 words)

	Borough - Art History Online Reference and Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Throughout Britain, borough and burgh are pronounced [ˈbʌrə] (IPA transliteration) as independent words and [brə] as quasi-suffixes in place names; in America, borough is pronounced [ˈbɝoʊ] (or [ˈbʌroʊ] in some areas, notably New York City) and -burg(h) in place names as [bɝg].
		In 1888 boroughs were divided into two sorts: county boroughs with powers similar to those of counties, and the ordinary municipal boroughs.
		In Quebec, the term borough is used as the English translation of the French arrondissement, meaning an administrative division of a major city.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Burgh (747 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Southwark, these two aspects of provision are co-ordinated and managed together strategically in the library service and the advantages of this approach needs to be emphasised.
		In Southwark's case, this increased demand is particularly noticeable in the north of the borough, around the Elephant and Castle with its concentration of colleges, and Newington Reference Library can barely cope with this intense use e.g.
		In Southwark, the proximity of national resources such as the Patent Office and the City Business Library just a tube joumey away emphasises the need to provide complementary services, including referral services pointing to other sources of help, that are tailored to match local needs with both local and national resources.
	panizzi.shef.ac.uk /library-review/london/south.txt (4049 words)

	CIVIC HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES-LONDON, COUNTY OF (OBSOLETE)
		The Borough was formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, St. Olave, St. John Horselydown and St. Thomas Southwark, of which the first three are represented in the Arms.
		The Borough was formed by the amalgamation of the Parishes of St. Saviour (formerly St. Mary Overy), St. Mary Newington, St. George the Martyr and Christ Church.
		The device in the third quarter, known as the Southwark Cross, is commemorative of the martyrdom of St. George and was used as a device by the Bridge Estates Committee.
	www.civicheraldry.co.uk /lcc.html (3371 words)

	London Borough of Southwark
		The London Borough of Southwark, with justification, claims to be London’s most historic borough.
		Southwark was home to numerous prisons such as the Clink, the Kings Bench and the Marshalsea.
		Today the borough is one of great contrasts: prosperity in its south; pockets of deprivation in Peckham and Walworth; ethnic diversity throughout; part of the cultural heart of London on its riverside, and, in Tate Modern, its Jubilee Line stations and Peckham Library, modern buildings of international importance.
	www.ideal-homes.org.uk /southwark/main (555 words)

	BBC News \| EDUCATION \| Government intervention for more authorities
		Consultants are to be sent into the London Borough of Southwark, and Walsall and Bristol councils as a result of the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) reports.
		The report on Southwark is one of the most damning LEA inspection reports published to date.
		Southwark's director of education, Gordon Mott, took early retirement weeks before the return of inspectors earlier this year, although he denied the re-inspection was the cause of his departure.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/education/newsid_563000/563543.stm (617 words)

	FOOTBALLCRESTS.COM - Fisher Athletic [London] FC
		Versions of the former Bermonsey Metropolitan Borough Council's coat of arms (left) were used as the club as its crest for a number of years.
		The London Borough of Southwark was formed by an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Bermondsey, Camerwell and Southwark in 1966.
		The chequers are said to symbolise the Borough's old and new elements while the supporters represent the area's connections with Shakespeare and Chaucer, and are taken from Hamlet and The Canterbury Tales.
	www.footballcrests.com /fisherathleticfc.htm (454 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Southwark is undoubtedly one of the busiest and the most demanding metropolitan authorities in the country.
		Yours sincerely Robert Coomber Chief Executive Introduction to Southwark The London Borough of Southwark was established as one of 33 London Boroughs in 1964, from the adjoining Metropolitan Boroughs of Bermondsey, Camberwell and Southwark.
		Borough and Bankside in the north of the borough is now a vibrant cultural and commercial quarter at the heart of the capital, with new cultural and retail developments.
	www.jobsatsouthwark.co.uk /uploads/3724.doc (4300 words)

	Metropolitan Borough of Southwark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Arms of The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark
		The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark was a metropolitan borough in the County of London, created in 1899, as a merger of the parishes of St Saviour, St Mary Newington, St George the Martyr and Christ Church.
		After 1965 it was amalgamated into the London Borough of Southwark with the Metropolitan boroughs of Camberwell and Bermondsey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Southwark (106 words)

	St George the Martyr
		St George the Martyr is one of the ancient parishes of Southwark and probably the first church in London to be dedicated to St George.
		The earliest record of the church is an entry in the Annals of Bermondsey Priory, for the year 1122, recording the gift of the advowson of St George’s to the Priory by Thomas de Arderne and his son.
		During the 19th century, the Borough became one of the most densely populated areas in the country.
	www.stgeorgethemartyr.fsnet.co.uk /history.html (472 words)

	BERMONDSEY - Online Information article about BERMONDSEY
		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.
		Polytechnic, Southwark, is devoted to instruction in connexion with the leather See also:
		Park in the centre of the borough is 63 acres in extent.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BEC_BER/BERMONDSEY.html (586 words)

	Southwark -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Situated opposite the central City of London, Southwark borough extends south from the River Thames over such areas and historic villages as Rotherhithe, Southwark (including Bankside, a historic street along the Thames), Bermondsey, Walworth, Camberwell, Peckham (in part), Nunhead, East Dulwich, Herne…
		Situated opposite the central City of London, Southwark borough extends south from the River Thames over such areas and historic villages as Rotherhithe, Southwark (including Bankside, a historic street along the Thames), Bermondsey, Walworth, Camberwell, Peckham (in part), Nunhead, East Dulwich, Herne Hill (in part), Dulwich, and Sydenham...
		It is the seat of one of the world's oldest parliamentary governments, a great industrial city, an international center of finance, and a huge port.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9068930 (622 words)

	Southwark Council Culture & Heritage Services - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions ...
		The Cuming Museum is home to the rich and unusual collection of the Cuming family and a museum of Southwark's history.
		Henry Syer Cuming left the collection amassed by himself and his father Richard, to the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark when he died in 1902.
		The Local Studies Library and Archives is the borough archive and histoy library tells the fascinating story of the development of London's most historic borough.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /museum_gfx_en/AM22212.html (270 words)

	Southwark Borough Police \| Home Page
		The Metropolitan Police has recently raised the level of security threat to London.
		Southwark Police and Southwark Council are working with business and resident communities across the Borough to keep people informed, vigilant and safe.
		Southwark Police, and Southwark Community Wardens, will continue to maintain daily patrols to reassure communities, protect vulnerable or notable premises and ensure that everyone across the Borough remains aware and vigilant to the very real threat of terrorism.
	www.met.police.uk /southwark (201 words)

	BBC News \| EDUCATION \| School beat officers tackle pupil crime
		Police officers are being drafted into secondary schools in the London borough of Southwark, where 10-year-old Damilola Taylor was murdered.
		The initiative, which was set up in conjunction with the local education authority, had the support of head teachers in Southwark.
		It was piloted last year at a school in Tottenham, north London, but not brought in across the borough.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/education/1318796.stm (364 words)

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