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Lambeth (/ ˈ l æ m b ə θ / [1]) is a district in South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth.Lambeth was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey.It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Charing Cross, across the river from Westminster Palace.
The parish of Lambeth included the archiepiscopal Lambeth Palace, and formed part of the Hundred of Brixton. It was an elongated north–south parish with two miles (three kilometres) of River Thames frontage opposite the cities of London and Westminster. Lambeth became part of the Metropolitan Police District in 1829.
Dec 7, 2023 · The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870. LAMBETH, a metropolitan suburb, a parish, a district, and a borough, in Surrey. The suburb lies on the Thames, opposite Westminster, 1¾ mile SW by S of St. Paul’s; stands compact with Southwark, Newington, and Kennington; communicates with Westminster by Waterloo, Hungerford, Westminster, Lambeth, and Vauxhall bridges; contains the Waterloo ...
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The manor of LAMBETH, sometimes called NORTH LAMBETH, (fn. 99) was held under Edward the Confessorby Goda, sister of the king and wife of EustaceCount of Bologne. (fn. 100) Goda, who died in 1056,is said to have granted it to the church of St.Andrew, Rochester, (fn. 101) but in the Survey it is enteredunder the land of the church of Lambeth with th...
Towards the endof the 13th century Pinus Bernardi of Florence, acitizen of London, was holding land in Levehurstand received a grant of free warren in his demesnelands there in 1290. (fn. 229) Three years later he andhis wife Alice conveyed one messuage, one milland 1 carucate of land in Lambeth and Levehurst,excepting 20 acres, to Martin de Ambres...
The only original portion of thestructure of the church of ST.MARY (fn. 289) that now remains abovethe foundations is the tower, which appears todate from the latter half of the 15th century.In the chancel two ornate early 16th-century altartombs have been reset in the present walls, andthe door to the clergy vestry from the southchapel is a good s...
The advowson of the churchmentioned in the Domesday Surveybelonged with the manor to thePrior of St. Andrew's, Rochester. Since the exchange of lands in 1197 it has always belonged tothe Archbishops of Canterbury. (fn. 294) The rectors of Lambeth were usually chaplains tothe archbishop. Edmund Gibson and Beilby Porteus,rectors in the 18th century, ...
The Pedlar's Acre was in possessionof the parish in 1504, when thechurch accounts show that it was letfor 2s. 6d. a year. It lay on the east side of whereWestminster Bridge now is, next the river. Therent was applied by the churchwardens to the repairof the church or other objects at their discretion.It has been surmised that the donor's name wasCh...
Jul 19, 2023 · As a result, Lambeth opened a parish workhouse in 1726. In 1777 a parliamentary report recorded a parish workhouse in operation accommodating up to 270 inmates. On 18 December 1835 the Lambeth Poor Law Parish was formed, comprising the parish of St Mary, Lambeth, "including the district attached to the new churches of St John, Waterloo, Kennington, Brixton, Norwood".
Jun 9, 2021 · St-Mary-at-Lambeth church is, bar Lambeth Palace, probably the most historic building in Lambeth. It is incredibly significant to London’s heritage for a number of reasons. There has been a church on the site since at least 1062. It would have been a wooden church at first before being rebuilt in stone. In the 13th century Lambeth Palace was ...
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Lambeth was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in south London, England. It was an ancient parish in the county of Surrey. The parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1855 and became part of the County of London in 1889. The parish of Lambeth became a metropolitan borough in 1900, following ...
