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  Broadmining: Southwark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Southwark is on a previously marshy area south of the River Thames.
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.
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 St George's Cathedral Southwark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
St George's Cathedral Southwark is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Southwark, South London.
It should not be confused with the Anglican Southwark Cathedral.
The cathedral is the Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Province of Southwark which covers the Archdiocese of Southwark (all of London south of the River Thames including Kent and north Surrey) and the Dioceses of Arundel and Brighton, Portsmouth, and Plymouth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St_George's_Cathedral_Southwark   (140 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: St George's Cathedral Southwark
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 Cathedral Southwark Cathedral or St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge.
Southwark London has many famous churches and cathedrals, in a density unmatched anywhere else in England.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/St-George%27s-Cathedral-Southwark   (591 words)

  
 The George, Southwark.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The George stood between these two and, like them, was very much part and parcel of a life that often involved arduous journeys in appalling conditions.
It is first mentioned as the St. George and the inn sign still sports a portrait of the saint in full battle dress.
The playwright not only had lodgings close by, near Southwark Cathedral, but quite probably came to watch performances of his own and other plays here on a regular basis.
www.hiddenlondon.com /thegeorge.htm   (727 words)

  
 GEORGE BETJEMANN'S LINE
Their first son, George Jnr, named more typically after the father, was born June 16th 1798, when the family lived on Pennington St. He was baptised at St George’s on July 15th that year, registered in the surname of ‘Betigemann’ (reflecting spelling uncertainty more on the part of the incumbent than the parents, one suspects).
George William too was destined to become a Cabinetmaker, after apprenticing with his father later in Clerkenwell, between Oct 1848 and 1855, along with younger brother John, and their twin cousins.
George Vincent was himself shown as a ‘Professor of Music’ (the same as his brother), aged 34, born in Stepney (ie Mile End Old Town); with his wife, 33 and sons, 6, 4, and 1, all born in Islington.
www.btinternet.com /~johnmillman/geobetjemann.htm   (10999 words)

  
 George HALES
Christened 26 SEP 1845 at Whitchurch, Shropshire, and of Whitchurch, Shropshire, England in 1881 the son of George HALES and Elizabeth...
George HALE(S) Born NOV 1858 in Lorain County, Ohio the son of George HALES and Margaret Ann SMITH.
Born 12 AUG 1865 at Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah and of Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah in 1870 and 1880 the son of George Gillette HALES and Tryphena BRADFORD.
www.hales.org /hg04.htm   (7575 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Southwark
Southwark, the principal borough in South London, is the episcopal city.
Thus in 1882 the Diocese of Southwark comprised South London, the five counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire, and Hampshire, and the Channel Islands.
On the appointment of Bishop Coffin in 1882 the diocese was divided, and the Counties of Berkshire and Hampshire, together with the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands, were separated from the diocese and erected in the new Diocese of Portsmouth.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14162b.htm   (1058 words)

  
 George HALES
Born 1821 in Middlesex, England and of Southwark, Surrey, England in 1851.
M- George William HALES; born 31 DEC 1852 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah and of Ward 15, Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah in 1860 and of Beaver, Beaver, Utah in 1870 and of Star, Beaver, Utah in 1880; married 5 SEP 1882 Caroline PETERSON; died 27 JAN 1932.
George HALES died 8 SEP 1907 at Beaver, Beaver, Utah and was buried 10 SEP 1907 at the Beaver, Beaver, Utah Mountain View Cemetery.
www.hales.org /hg03.htm   (7477 words)

  
 Britannia.com: Hidden London by Jan Collie
Southwark Cathedral is by no means a dusky repository for the dead, though.
Unlikely as it might seem today, Southwark Cathedral stood at the heart of one of the liveliest and most notorious districts of the city.
This was the Southwark to which Shakespeare came with the Globe Theatre and he probably lived close by, in the shadow of the cathedral.
www.britannia.com /hiddenlondon/southwark_cathedral.html   (839 words)

  
 Southwark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Southwark Cathedral It is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark.
Southwark tube station Southwark tube station is a London Underground station on Blackfriars Road in Southwark.
Southwark tube station Southwark is the nearest tube station to Tate Modern.
bonose.com /Southwark.html   (550 words)

  
 Hidden London by Jan Collie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Tabard, for instance, was Chaucer's choice for the starting point of his 'Canterbury Tales' and the White Hart was both Shakespeare's setting for Jack Cade's final plea to his deserting followers in Henry VI Part ii, and Dickens' setting when introducing Sam Weller in Pickwick Papers.
The history of The George can be traced back to 1542 although it is likely that an inn existed here for some time before.
Like the other Southwark inns, the George was built around three sides of a courtyard and in Summer its wide, double-tiered balconies became an excellent vantage point for the plays that would be acted out below.
www.offtolondon.com /hiddenlondoncopy/thegeorge.html   (741 words)

  
 The George, Southwark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The George, in full George Inn, (and formerly the George and Dragon) is a public house established in the medieval period on Borough High Street in Southwark, London.
It became one of the many famous coaching inns in the days of Charles Dickens (who mentions it in Little Dorrit).
It is owned by the National Trust, who market it under the name George Inn, and is leased to a private company.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The%20George,%20Southwark   (147 words)

  
 Southwark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Southwark TV - Local media generated by local people for the promotion of stories, talent, campaigns and achievement.
Diocese of Southwark - Use ProCAD+ on RISC OS for maintaining and improving 400 houses in South London and North East Surrey.
Southwark Cathedral Girls' Choir - Launched in July 2000, to enrich the Cathedral's musical heritage and to offer girls the same opportunity for musical, spiritual and social development as the boys have.
www.findly.com /southwark.htm   (420 words)

  
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Marriage of George Chaundy, otp, a bachelor and Mary Ann Chadwin, otp, a spinster by licence at Saint Mary, Battersea on 16th July 1818.
Baptism on 11th November 1821 of George Chadwin Chaundy at Saint Mary, Battersea, London, parents George and Mary Ann Chaundy of St. George, Southwark, baker.
Baptism on 31st March 1825 of George Chadwin Chaundy at Saint Mary, Battersea, London, parents George and Mary Ann Chaundy of St. George, Southwark, baker.
members.lycos.co.uk /Chaundy/lo_George.html   (1666 words)

  
 Sennet: notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cornelius Bradley, a bricklayer or mason's labourer from the parish of Saint George, Southwark, was born in Ireland around l789.
He married in l825 at Saint Mary, Newington, Ann Cokeley who was born in Ireland around 1810, and whose parents were deceased by the time of her marriage.
They had two children: Eleanor or Ellen, born in the parish of Saint George, Southwark in early 1837, and James, born at 7 John's Place, London Street, London Road, also in the parish of Saint George, on June 18th 1839.
www.avendano.org /genealogy/sennettnotes.html   (101 words)

  
 St George-the-Martyr, Southwark Workhouse and Poor Law Parish
The parish of St George-the-Martyr, Southwark, had a workhouse on the north side of Mint Street in Southwark which was erected in 1782.
St George-the-Martyr, Southwark, was constituted as a Poor Law Parish on 28th October, 1835.
This house is situated in Mint-street, Southwark, a densely crowded district on the S.E. of the Thames, with a population of 55,510 and is surrounded with every possible nuisance, physical and moral.
users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/Southwark/Southwark.shtml   (1613 words)

  
 Southwark Cathedral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
nlikely as it might seem today, Southwark Cathedral stood at the heart of one of the liveliest and most notorious districts of the city.
It was damaged by wartime bombing and was restored, along with much of the fabric of the chapel, thanks to funding from Harvard alumni.
A plaque to Oscar Hammerstein, the playwright and lyricist can be found in the Harvard Chapel and another, to the actor Sam Wanamaker (1919-1993) whose extraordinary vision and tenacity led to the reconstruction of the Globe Theatre on the Bankside, can be found beside the memorial to Shakespeare.
www.hiddenlondon.com /southwark_cathedral.htm   (871 words)

  
 Diocese of Southwark: Parishes - Southwark, St George the Martyr
Southwark, St George the Martyr with St Alphege and St Jude)
St George's was designed by John Price in 1735 and is a brick church of classical design with Portland stone pediments, string courses and dressings.
The present ornate ceiling was designed by Basil Champneys in 1897 and restored by Thomas Ford in 1951 after war damage.
www.southwark.anglican.org /parishes/253cx1_a.htm   (91 words)

  
 IN PICTURES: St George's Day and Shakespeare's Birthday < News < London SE1
Southwark Playhouse held a taster session for its forthcoming community production of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Bermondsey-born comedian Arthur Smith and Rick Jones marked William Shakespeare's 441st birthday at Southwark Cathedral with a celebration of the brief, tragic life of his younger brother Edmund with lute songs and speeches.
The church of St George the Martyr in Borough High Street rounded off the day with Evensong to mark its patronal festival, followed by an evening of Victorian entertainment to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Little Dorrit.
www.london-se1.co.uk /news/view.php?ArtID=1547   (582 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.
Records of the Civil Parish and its Vestry meetings are held at the Southwark Local Studies Library, which is close by the church.
www.stgeorgethemartyr.fsnet.co.uk /history.html   (410 words)

  
 Casework news, September 1999
Southwark has recently put back the original 1771 obelisk at the centre of the Circus.
An urban design framework study is needed to address the wider environmental issues, such as traffic management and pedestrian flow, as a blueprint for development and this must be fully integrated with the planning of the redevelopment of the Elephant and Castle.
Southwark must be persuaded that sustainable regeneration means not only wholesale redevelopment but also, and hand in hand, the more modest reuse of honest historic buildings such as these.
www.savebritainsheritage.org /casework02-00.htm   (1614 words)

  
 George Street   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
George Street, a north-south street, ran south from Gaskell to Cedar St. between 2nd and 3rd St., and continued southward in Southwark two blocks to Plumb Street (now Kenilworth).
Oddly, MacPherson established two parts for this street, an East George Street and a North George Street, and made it clear that he considered them parts of the same street by his numbering: North George Street's numbers are a continuation of the numbering for East George.
Early Philadelphia politician Joel B. Sutherland was living at #66 George Street (it's not clear which numbering system this was, though probably Biddle's) in 1820, according to the same source.
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 Registration Districts in London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
George Hanover Square, Westminster St. John (from 1868), Westminster St. Margaret (from 1868), Westminster St. Peter (from 1868).
George Bloomsbury (from 1838), St. Giles in the Fields.
George in the East (from 1926), St. Katharine by the Tower (from 1926), Shadwell, Stepney, Spitalfields (from 1926), Tower of London (from 1926), Wapping, Whitechapel (from 1926).
www.fhsc.org.uk /genuki/REG/lnd.htm   (1506 words)

  
 Southwark Council | Discover Southwark | Tourism | Eating & Drinking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
New restaurants, pavement cafés and bars are opening all the time offering an abundance of choice and bringing life and vitality to Southwark.
The George Inn is the only galleried pub left in London.
The George Inn is mentioned in Dickens’ novel Little Dorrit.
www.southwark.gov.uk /DiscoverSouthwark/Tourism/EatingandDrinking.html   (873 words)

  
 ruadster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
George lived all his life at Ruardean and probably was a farmer.
His wife was a tenant of a copyhold in the Southwark manor of the Mays.
She is mentioned in 1661 together with her son Nathaniel by the Southwark land rolls as owning two properties in Mill Lane.
www.zip.com.au /~rsterry/gen/ruadster.htm   (3859 words)

  
 Live broadcast from Southwark's RC Cathedral < News < London SE1
Visiting preacher Bishop George Stack, from the Westminster Archdiocese, took as his theme 'Who is my neighbour?' and during the short address explored the challenges of Christian identity in a multi-faith society.
The sound was faded during the last hymn leaving the congregation in Southwark to enjoy the rousing recessional music by Langlais.
Sunday Worship from Southwark is available 'on demand' from the BBC website until Sunday 30 May.
www.london-se1.co.uk /news/view.php?ArtID=1001   (362 words)

  
 Southwark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Swan (theatre) The Swan was a theatre in Southwark, London around the time that William Shakespeare was active.
Tower Bridge Roada road in London, UK that runs north to south and connects the Bricklayers Arms roundabout in Southwark and flyover at its southern end to Tower Bridge and across the River Thames at its northern.
It is on the Bakerloo Line between Lambeth North and Embankment, the Jubilee Line between Westminster and Southwark, the Northern Line between Kennington and Embankment, and the Waterloo and City Line leading to Bank.
bonose.com /Southwark-108.html   (1120 words)

  
 St Georges Cathedral Southwark - London Tour Guide
Welcome to the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George, Southwark.
St George's has a fine musical tradition, with a diversity of musical...
Court, Choral Scholar at St Georges RC Cathedral, Southwark, deputy at various London churches, Choral Scholar at St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh.
www.ishop-online.org.uk /2-tours/st-georges-cathedral-southwark.html   (164 words)

  
 Casework news, September 1999
Now dilapidated these late Georgian buildings are all that remain of a grand scheme initially designed for the Corporation of London by George Dance Jr in the 1770s.
They are now owned by the South Bank University, which has been drawing up plans with architects BDP to demolish them and replace them with new lecture, library and sporting facilities.
Southwark has recently put back the original 1771 obelisk at the centre of the Circus, yet it seems prepared to let the remaining Georgian buildings around it be pulled down.
www.savebritainsheritage.org /casework09-99.htm   (2225 words)

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