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"Home to London's most notorious brothels 'the stews' and London's original theater district including the famous Globe. The area had the largest concentration of pubs than anywhere else in Britain, several inns were immortalized in Chaucer and Dickens. On the south bank of the Thames and demarcated by Blackfriars and Tower Bridges lies the district known as Bankside, the Borough and Southwark. Its origin was in a Roman settlement nestling around the southern end of London Bridge, until the eighteenth century the only bridge across the Thames in London. Being separated only by the Thames from the City of London and outside the City's jurisdiction, it developed as a place for bawdy and disreputable entertainment and leisure - including the Globe theater made famous by performing William Shakespeare's plays. It was an area also sought out for its 'stews' which were some of London's most notorious brothels where every taste could be catered to. Borough High Street contained proportionately more inns and taverns in its length than anywhere else in Britain. The George, the lone survivor, gives some idea of what these ancient hostelries were like. From a time when London was a collection

Author

David Brandon, Alan Brooke, David Brandon

Publisher

Amberley Publishing

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781445613840

Subjects

History, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24