When it comes to medieval history, London and its environs always figure prominently. Well, it’s inevitable, since the king and Parliament were usually there. Not always, I grant you.
Anyway, I have come upon a very interesting and informative site about Southwark. A little ramble around it will certainly unearth something of interest to you.
For instance, the wall in the photograph above is all that remains of the notorious Marshalsea Prison. It is to the side of the John Harvard Library.
Used to live in Southwark many years ago and not far from the remains of Marshalsea Prison…
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[…] Southwark Cathedral, although only just across the Thames from St Paul’s and Westminster, has never received the same close attention of its rivals. At least, so it seems to me. Then, at the turn of the millenium, excavations began that led archaeologists back through time. A long time, because the cathedral’s beginnings stretch back over two thousand years. Indeed, the site was at originally on an island in the Thames. […]
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[…] probably saw Sir John Hawkins, not Raleigh, introduce tobacco, but also featured bear-baiting at Southwark. Shakespeare’s Globe stood for a few years until a cannon burned it down. Then we were shown […]
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[…] Bridge” was formed to raise funds to link the affluent Strand with the downmarket Lambeth and Southwark. Windmills were prolific south of the river, providing a lot of work for local residents, until the […]
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[…] to medieval London you would [find it] awash with vineyards at that time. You could find them in Southwark, Westminster, Saint Giles, Bermondsey, East Smithfield, Holborn, Piccadilly (the Vine […]
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[…] item on another group, concerning the Southwark palace of the Bishops of Winchester, set me looking for more information. I knew where the palace […]
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