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The Romans built a 'suburban area' south of the River Thames on the site of modern-day Southwark. However it was deserted in the 5th century when the Romans left Britain. Yet under the Saxons a brand-new 'suburb' matured and flourished. It was called the south work and ended up being referred to as Southwark. (From the 16th century it was also called The Borough).

In the Anglo-Saxon age Southwark was a crucial if rather little settlement. Sadly William the Conqueror burned Southwark in 1066.

Nonetheless in the Middle Ages the suburban area of Southwark prospered. By the 12th century it had a church and from 1276 it likewise had a market where farmers from the countryside sold their produce. Today District Market is still

In the 12th century part of Southwark was given to the Bishop of Winchester. From the 12th century the Bishop of Winchester owned a jail in Southwark. From the 15th century it was called the Clink. It lastly closed in 1780.

In the 16th and 17th centuries Southwark continued to thrive. The London councillors were puritans who disapproved of plays so theatres were integrated in Southwark. The Rose Theatre was built in 1592 and the World was integrated in 1599. Southwark was likewise known for bull baiting and bear baiting. (The unfortunate bear or bull was chained to a post and canines were trained to attack it).

Nevertheless Southwark suffered numerous outbreaks of plague in 1577-78, 1603, 1625, 1635-36, 1637, 1641 and in 1665. Fortunately the last break out was the last.

In 1676 10 years after the Excellent Fire of London Southwark suffered a fire which destroyed hundreds of buildings. The fantastic Fire of Southwark started on 26 May 1676 in a building where a male offered oil and paint. The fire spread rapidly and it was just brought under control by exploding homes to create fire breaks. However the burned parts of Southwark were quickly rebuilt. The death toll is not known however it is believed that more people passed away in the Fantastic Fire of Southwark than in the Great Fire of London.

Up until 1750 there was just one bridge over the Thames (London Bridge) so any traffic to and from the Southeast of England had to go through Southwark.

Person's Healthcare facility was founded in 1721 by Thomas Person who was governor of St Thomas's Medical facility.

In the 19th century Southwark grew rapidly although a lot of its residents were really bad.

In the 19th century there was huge sell hops from Kent. In 1866 a Hop Exchange was constructed where they could be bought and offered.

Southwark was made part of the County of London in 1889.

Southwark Cathedral was originally a parish church. It ended up being a cathedral in 1905. John Harvard who founded Harvard College was baptized in the church.

Southwark Bridge was built in 1912. It replaced an earlier bridge integrated in 1819. The present London Bridge was integrated in 1972.

In 1924 a War Memorial was set up in District High Street.

Today Southwark has lots of attractions. Amongst them are the Clink Jail Museum and the Tate Modern. Other destinations are the Vinopolis, Shakespeare's World and London Dungeon.

Southwark is likewise understood for the Old Operating Theatre Museum. It was originally the women's running theatre for St Thomas's Healthcare facility and it was built in 1822.

In 1971 HMS Belfast was given Southwark. (HMS Belfast is a light cruiser released in 1938. She served in the 2nd World War and the Korean War and she continued in service until 1963).

London is the principal city of England as well as the UK and also among the largest and crucial metropolitan areas worldwide. The place was actually initially resolved by early seeker gatherers around 6,000 B.C., and analysts have found documentation of Bronze Age bridges and also Iron Age fortress near the River Thames.

Historical Romans created a slot and investing negotiation contacted Londinium in 43 A.D., and a couple of years eventually a bridge was created across the Thames to assist in commerce and troop movements. However in 60 A.D., Celtic queen Boudicca led a military to sack the urban area, which was burned to the ground in the very first of many fires to destroy London.

The urban area was actually quickly fixed, however shed once again concerning 125 A.D. Even more fixing occurred, and also within a couple of productions the population went beyond 40,000 folks. After the loss of the Roman Empire in 476 A.D., nonetheless, the metropolitan area was actually attacked various opportunities through Vikings and various other looters, and also quickly London was actually mostly left.

The city's fortunes started to modify in 1065, when Westminster Abbey was actually established. One year later on, after his success at the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror was crowned King of England. During his regime, the Tower of London was created, and in 1176 a wooden London Bridge that had actually continuously burned was actually replaced by a bridge of stone.

As the electrical power of the Tudor and also the Stuart dynasties increased, London expanded in measurements and relevance. By the time Henry VIII was master, the population of Greater london went to least 100,000.

Pressures between Protestants and Catholics, however, darkened the otherwise thriving regime of Henry's daughter, Elizabeth I. In 1605, Catholic sympathizer Individual Fawkes attempted-- as well as neglected-- to burst the entire English Residence of Assemblage in the well known Gunpowder Story.

Real disaster struck in 1665, when Greater london was attacked due to the Great Pandemic, which killed about 100,000 individuals. One year eventually, the metropolitan area, which had swollen to about a half-million in populace, usually housed in wooden structures, was actually once more lessened to ashes in the Fantastic Fire of London. Following that inferno, numerous noteworthy properties were actually designed, including Buckingham Royal residence as well as St. Paul's Sanctuary.

The Banking company of England was founded in 1694 and was first overseen through Huguenot John Houblon, that assisted turn Greater london into a global monetary giant. Through 1840, the city had puffy to 2 thousand folks, commonly crowded right into unhygienic burrows, which aided generate epidemics of cholera as well as various other illness.

During the course of the power of Queen Victoria, Greater london was properly developed as the distinguished place of the substantial British Realm, as well as while Big Ben surmounted the city in 1859, the London Underground opened up in 1863 as the planet's initial subterranean train line. However in the shadows of the fantastic urban center, Jack the Ripper stalked the urban area's women in 1888, eliminating at least five in some of past's very most notorious homicide splurges.

Air assault resulted in regarding 2,300 sufferers in London in World War I, and during the Battle of Britain in World War II, the urban area was bombed relentlessly due to the German Luftwaffe-- the London Blitz ultimately got rid of regarding 30,000 individuals.

Throughout the Great Smog of 1952, Londoners endured immeasurable suffering and also thousands passed away in the course of and after the air pollution event. Much more just recently, a terrorist spell on the London transit unit eliminated 56 people in 2005. But the city has continued to grow and succeed, holding the 2012 Olympics, while establishing on its own as the preeminent social as well as economic center of Europe.