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Bermondsey is a metropolitan district in Surrey, forming a southern suburb of London. It is listed in Domesday as 'Bermundesy'. Bermondsey Abbey was founded in 1082, centred on what is now Bermondsey Square, though an earlier abbey may have existed. Bermondsey was developed by the monks, who opened St Saviours Dock, Bermondsey Street being the route from abbey to dock. The abbey was destroyed after the Dissolution. Bermondsey became a well-to-do area from the 17th century. Around 1770, the artist Thomas Keyse developed Bermondsey Spa around a chalybeate spring, the site now being Bermondsey Spa Gardens. The 19th century saw an industrial boom, Bermondsey becoming a centre for the processing and trading of leather and hides. From 1900-1965, the ancient parish of Bermondsey became the core of Bermondsey metropolitan borough (which also included Rotherhithe and parts of Southwark). The Church of St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey dates from 1690, but is on the site of an earlier church which served lay workers at the abbey. Bermondsey Town Hall (1930) was designed by Henry Tansley in the Greek Revival style. The district is within the council area of Southwark.

Place Type: Town
Historic County: Surrey
Lat, Long: 51.498466,-0.081098
Grid Reference: TQ332794
Police Area: Metropolitan
Council Area: Southwark
Country: England

GBPNID: 3368
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Bermondsey,_Surrey_3368

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