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Bermondsey history

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Toponomy

Bermondsey may be understood to mean Beornmund’s island, but may not have been an island as such in the Anglo-Saxon period . The element “ey” represents Old English eg, for “island”, “piece of firm land in a fen”, or simply a “place by a stream or river” Bermondssey’s earliest written appearance is in the Domesday Book of 1086 .

Anglo-Saxon and Norman period

Bermondsey appears in the Domesday Book as Bermundesy and Bermundesye, in the Hundred of Brixton within the County of Surrey . It was then held by King William, though a small part was in the hands of Robert, Count of Mortain, the king’s half brother, and younger brother of Odo of Bayeux, then earl of Kent .

14th century

King Edward III built a manor house close to the Thames in Bermondsey in 1353 . The excavated foundations are visible next to the famous Angel public house .

17th century

After the Great Fire of London, Bermondsey took on the character of a garden suburb . A pleasure garden was founded there in the 17th century, commemorated by the Cherry Garden Pier . Samuel Pepys visited “Jamaica House” at Cherry Gardens in 1664 .

18th century

In the 18th century, the discovery of a spring from the river Neckinger in the area led to the development of Bermondsey Spa . A new church was built for the growing population of the area, and named St John Horsleydown .

19th century

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 .

20th century

To the east of Tower Bridge, Bermondsey’s 3+1/2 mi (5.6 km) of riverside were lined with warehouses and wharves . They suffered severe damage in World War II bombing and became redundant in the 1960s following the collapse of the river trade . After standing derelict for some years, they were redeveloped under aegis of the London Docklands Development Corporation during the 1980s .

  

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