Southwark
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Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the old
Southwark Cathedral, also called St Saviour's, for centuries known as St Mary's Overy, or Overie (short for "over-the-river")
Museum of London, inscription on a stele that mentions 'Londoners' for the first time
St Olaf House, Southwark. Olaf (or Olave) helped the English retake London Bridge, and with it London, from his fellow Norsemen.
Part of the Panorama by Wyngaerde (Section 2), with Southwark in the foreground and what is today Southwark Cathedral and the old London Bridge at center in 1543
The Tabard
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The Tabard was an inn in Southwark established in 1307, which stood on the east side of Borough High Street, at the road's intersection with the ancient thoroughfare to Canterbury and Dover. It was bu
The Tabard Inn, Southwark, around 1850; since demolished
Just before it was demolished in 1873
Blue Plaque on site in Talbot Yard
Tabard Inn Southwark 1810 by Philip Norman