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North Southwark and Bermondsey. Bermondsey and Old Southwark is a constituency [n 1] in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2015, it has been represented by Neil Coyle, who was elected as a Labour MP but was suspended from the party from 2022 to 2023 following an accusation of racism. [3][4][n 2]
Bermondsey was a borough constituency centred on the Bermondsey district of South London, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election and abolished ...
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Toponymy
Bermondsey may be understood to mean Beornmund's island; but, while Beornmund represents an Old English personal name, identifying an individual once associated with the place, the element "-ey" represents Old English eg, for "island", "piece of firm land in a fen", or simply a "place by a stream or river". Thus Bermondsey need not have been an island as such in the Anglo-Saxon period, and is as likely to have been a higher, drier spot in an otherwise marshy area. Though Bermondsey's earliest...
Anglo-Saxon and Norman period
Bermondsey appears in the Domesday Book as Bermundesy and Bermundesye, in the Hundred of Brixton within the County of Surrey. It was then held by King William, though a small part was in the hands of Robert, Count of Mortain, the king's half brother, and younger brother of Odo of Bayeux, then earl of Kent. Its Domesday assets were recorded as including 13 hides, 'a new and handsome church', 5 ploughs, 20 acres (8 hectares) of meadow, and woodland for 5 pigs. It rendered £15 in total. It also...
14th century
King Edward IIIbuilt a manor house close to the Thames in Bermondsey in 1353. The excavated foundations are visible next to Bermondsey Wall East, close to the famous Angel public house.
Southwark London Borough Council has divided the borough into a number of community council areas. The wards of London Bridge and West bermondsey, North Bermondsey and South Bermondsey form the Bermondsey Community Council area. Bermondsey's parliamentary representation has fluctuated with its population. Since at least the 13th century, it had for...
Millwall Football Club was originally formed in 1885, in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs, East London. They retained the name, even though they moved across the river to New Cross, South East London in 1910. In 1993 they moved to their current stadium, The Den. The team has a strong local following, but has never been based in Bermondsey. The stadium ...
Places of interest
1. Maltby Street Market 2. Bermondsey antiques market 3. Fashion and Textile Museum 4. Shad Thames 5. Mandela Way T-34 Tank 6. Miloco Studios 7. Bermondsey Spa Gardens 8. Kagyu Samye Dzong, Tibetan Buddhist Centre 9. Millwall F.C. 10. HMS Belfast 11. Rouel Road 12. Tower Bridge
Nearest places
1. City of London 2. Whitechapel 3. Borough 4. Peckham 5. Canary Wharf 6. Deptford 7. Poplar 8. Rotherhithe 9. New Cross 10. Wapping 11. Camberwell 12. Walworth
Rail
There are several railway stations in and around Bermondsey. Bermondsey is in London Zone 2, but nearby London Bridge and Borough stations are in travelcard Zone 1. Oyster Cardscan be used for travel from stations in Bermondsey to other stations in the London region.
Bus connections
London Buses routes 1; 42; 47; 78; 188; 381; C10 and P12 and night routes N1; N47; N199 and N381 all serve the Bermondsey and South Bermondseyarea.
Road
Several of London's arterial routes pass through Bermondsey, including: 1. the A100 (Tower Bridge Road) – the London Inner Ring Road towards the City and Tower Bridge; 2. the A101 (Rotherhithe Tunnel) – to Limehouse, Canary Wharf, the A13 and destinations in Essex; 3. the A2 (Great Dover Street/Old Kent Road) – to the M25, destinations in Kent and the Channel Tunnel; 4. the A200 (Jamaica Road/Lower Road) – to London Bridge and Deptford; 5. the A202 (New Kent Road) – the London Inner Ring Road...
Bermondsey and Old Southwark is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2015, it has been represented by Neil Coyle, who was elected as a Labour MP but was suspended from the party from 2022 to 2023 following an accusation of racism. Quick Facts County, Population ... Bermondsey and Old Southwark. Borough constituency.
History. The constituency was created for the 1983 general election and abolished for the 1997 general election.As all constituencies since 1950 it was a single-member-representation seat, of the sort envisioned by the Chartists in 1832 and by the legislators mooting the Third Reform Act - The Reform Act 1884 so had a single Member of Parliament throughout its existence, furthermore a ...
69,482. Turnout. 54.1%. Bermondsey and Old Southwark is a constituency in London, England. The seat has been held by Neil Coyle (Labour) since July 2024.
Apr 13, 2010 · Constituency area formation. Bermondsey and Old Southwark (13 April 2010 - 30 May 2024) formed: Part of Bermondsey and Old Southwark (31 May 2024 - ) Part of Peckham (31 May 2024 - ) Part of Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (31 May 2024 - ) Show constituency overlap details. The United Kingdom constituency area of Bermondsey and Old Southwark (13 ...
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