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Jacob’s Island history

The origin of the name is not clear, but one possibility is that it derives from a vernacular term for frogs. One possibility is that the name derives from the term for frog.

Slum

Bermondsey was historically a rural parish on the outskirts of London until the 17th century when the area began to be developed as a wealthy suburb following the Great Fire of London . By the 19th century, the once affluent parts of the area had experienced a serious decline and became the site of notorious slums .

Clearance and redevelopment

In the early 1850s Jacob’s Island was gradually cleared as part of a slum clearance . The tidal ditches that formed the eastern and southern boundaries were filled . In 1861, the slum was partly destroyed by a fire, and the area later redeveloped as warehouses .

  

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