Early social housing in Southwark, Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London (No.86)
The appalling living conditions in the slums of Southwark attracted the attention of concerned philanthropists, and the City Livery Companies.
Slums in Southwark, Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London (No.85)
Bradshaw says the Palace of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, ‘..was converted by Henry VIII into a Royal Mint, subsequently taken down and replaced by a number of mean and irregular dwellings…. Here were the cheap lodging houses of the … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, The South, St George’s Church & Kent Street (No.84)
‘..at the corner of Great Dover Street and Blackman Street is the parochial church of St George the Martyr…’ which is believed to be the third church on the site. The first church was Norman, the second was built at the … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Old Inns (No.83)
Bradshaw says ‘..The old inns in the Borough, with their wide, rambling staircases, and wooden galleries round the inn-yards, are pleasant reminiscences of the ancient days of coach and wagon traffic, and must not escape observation..’.
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, The South, The Maze & two churches (No.82)
‘Eastward [from Guy’s Hospital] is a poverty-stricken region called the Maze, and a Roman Catholic Chapel and Convent, where the ceremony of taking the veil may be occasionally witnessed..’.
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, The South, Guy’s Hospitals (no.81)
‘..Guy’s Hospital, founded by Thomas Guy, a benevolent bookseller in Lombard Street, who, by various successes in trade and speculation succeeded at last in amassing a considerably fortune..’. The hospital was built in 1721, behind St Thomas’ Hospital, and was for the … Continued
In Greenwich Park
Yesterday was very cold and clear, and the light in the last two hours before sunset was truly golden. There was a promise of spring and life to come.
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, The South, St Thomas’ Hospital (no.80)
‘..St Thomas’s Hospital, originally founded as an Almonry in 1213 by the Prior of Bermondsey and opened as an hospital in 1552..’. The hospital was started in association with the Priory of St Mary Overie in 1106 and named after … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, The South, London Bridge Station (no.79)
‘..The spacious terminus of the South Eastern, London and Brighton, Greenwich, North Kent, and Croydon Railways, that all converge at this point, is seen at the end of a broad turning that leads from the main road up to the respective stations.’.