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Lambeth Marsh history

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Early records

At a very early date, probably dating to the original Roman settlements, banks of earth were erected along the south side of the Thames in order to keep out the tidal waters and to hold them in check . One of them near the river was called Narrow Wall while another binding the marsh to the east was called Broad Wall .

19th Century Lambeth Marsh

Lower Marsh Market is a street market adjacent to Waterloo station . Lower Marsh and The Cut formed the commercial heart of the area from the early 19th century . At its peak, the market stretched from Blackfriars to Vauxhall .

The arrival of the railway

Waterloo station was built in 1848 and completely changed Lambeth Marsh’s relationship to its surroundings . The sheer scale and proximity of the railway created a barrier between the street and the rest of the Marsh .

Early 20th Century

Tanswell Street, which runs south off Lower Marsh was identified for slum clearance in 1930/1 . Pictures in the metropolitan archives show the condemned back to back houses in 1937 shortly before they were pulled down .

1980s and 1990s – The impact of Eurostar and LCC

When the Eurostar was announced in the 1980s a wave of speculative property acquisition started . Developers assumed Lower Marsh would be swallowed up by compulsory purchase orders to make way for hotels and car parks . Many freeholds in the hands of developers who had little interest in enhancing properties that they had purchased .

21st century

Lower Marsh retains a quiet sense of community and is slowly being regenerated . There are an active number of community groups working on the regeneration of the area .

  

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