Southwark, or 'The Borough,' on the Surrey side of the Thames, was annexed to the City of London (q.v.) in 1327. For its innumerable memories reference may be made to Old Southwark and its People (1878), by W. Rendle, or to Mr Besant's romance, The Bell of St Paul's.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 594
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