Bermondsey Collection

Folly Ditch, Jacobs Island, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Folly Ditch, Jacobs Island, (c1878). Jacobs Island, a notorious slum on the south bank of the River Thames in Bermondsey, London, was made famous in Charles Dickenss novel Oliver Twist

Dockhead Folly, Bermondsey, London, 1820. Artist: John Chessell Buckler
Dockhead Folly, Bermondsey, London, 1820

View of the (proposed) western archway of the Thames Tunnel, London, c1831. The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe, was the first underwater tunnel in the world

Jamaica House, Cherry Garden Street, Bermondsey, London, 1826

Dockhead Fire Station, No 8 Wolseley Street, Bermondsey, London, 1929. Fire engines parked inside the fire station

Fennings Wharf, Bermondsey, London, c1835. View from the River Thames with Fennings Wharf in the centre, the Shot Manufactory, Bermondsey, on the left

St James, Bermondsey, Surrey, 1829. Artist: R Winkles
St James, Bermondsey, Surrey, 1829. Designed by James Savage and completed in 1829, St James, Bermondsey was one of the largest of the Waterloo Churches built in England in the early-mid 19th century

The Ship Aground public house, Wolseley Street, Bermondsey, London, c1875

Old Houses in Snowfields, Bermondsey, 1887 (1926). Artist: John Crowther
Old Houses in Snowfields, Bermondsey, 1887 (1926). Showing The Angel public house on the corner of Snowsfields and Newcomen Street. From Lost London described by E. Beresford Chancellor

The iron steam screw collier, "Q. E. D. ", 1844. Creator: Unknown
The iron steam screw collier, " Q. E. D.", 1844. A perfect novelty in the coal trade arrived in the river Thames...and took in her moorings at the tier off Princes Stairs, Rotherhithe

Gateway of St. Saviours, Bermondsey, 1794, (1925). Creator: Unknown
Gateway of St. Saviour s, Bermondsey, 1794, (1925). View of King Johns Gate in the Abbey of St Saviour, Bermondsey, London. From " London in the Eighteenth Century", by Sir Walter Besant

Bermondsey Abbey, 1790, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Bermondsey Abbey, 1790, (c1878). Bermondsey Abbey was an English Benedictine monastery in Southwark, London. Thomas Pope (c1507-1559), founder of Trinity College, Oxford, bought the site

Rotherhithe Church, 1750, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Rotherhithe Church, 1750, (c1878). St Marys Church at Rotherhithe in London was rebuilt in 1714-1715, to a design by John James

Diving-Bell Used in the Construction of the Thames Tunnel, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Diving-Bell Used in the Construction of the Thames Tunnel, (c1878). Diving bell being used to plug a hole in the bottom of the River Thames

St. Jamess Church, Bermondsey, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
St. Jamess Church, Bermondsey, (c1878). St Jamess Church at Bermondsey in London was designed by James Savage, and consecrated in 1829

Jamaica House, 1826, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Jamaica House, 1826, (c1878). Two views - garden front and Cherry Garden Street - of Jamaica House in Bermondsey, south London

St. Mary Magdalens Church, Bermondsey, 1809, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
St. Mary Magdalens Church, Bermondsey, 1809, (c1878). The Church of St Mary Magdalen in Bermondsey, south London, dating from the late 17th century

Old Houses in London Street, Dockhead, about 1810, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Old Houses in London Street, Dockhead, about 1810, (c1878). View from Jacobs Island of houses backing onto a water course

Mill Pond Bridge, in 1826, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Mill Pond Bridge, in 1826, (c1878). Street scene on Jamaica Row near Mill Pond Bridge in Bermondsey, south London, with ships on the River Thames in the distance

The Great Fire at Cottons Wharf Tooley Street, 1861, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Cottons Wharf Tooley Street, 1861, (c1878). Depiction of the Tooley Street fire at Cottons Wharf on the south bank of the River Thames in Bermondsey, London

A Wedding Festivity in Bermondsey, 1590, (1920). Artist: Joris Hoefnagel
A Wedding Festivity in Bermondsey, 1590, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Details of the remains of Prior of Lewes Inn, Tooley Street, Bermondsey, London, 1830

Barrow and Brothers leather Warehouse in Weston Street, Bermondsey, London, 1875

Butchers and other shops on the Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey, London, 1900
Butchers and other shops at 25-31 Tower Bridge Road, Bermondsey, London, 1900. A foot is visible in the middle of the road where a pedestrian was crossing

People outside boarded-up houses in Ainstey Street, Bermondsey, London, 1903
People outside boarded-up houses in Ainstey Street, Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1903. Men, women and children standing in a street of two-storey terraced houses which have been partly

Official Opening of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1908. The Prince and Princess of Wales approach the gates on the south side in Brunel Road

The Prince of Wales officially opening the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1908. The prince opens the gate to the southern entrance to the tunnel under the Thames

Workmen tiling the Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, December 1907. Workmen using scaffolding to fix tiles to the tunnel roof and walls in a section under the River Thames

Men standing in the shield used to cut Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, July 1907. Front view of the cutting edge of the shield where it emerges into Shaft 1 (Tunnel B)

Miners at work on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, February 1907. Two sections of the shield, with bare-chested miners at work

Construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, November 1906. Front view of the shield with men standing on it in Shaft 2

Bulkhead to retain compressed air in Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906
Bulkhead to retain compressed air in the Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906. Viewed from the inside with workmen standing by hatches

Southern approach to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, September 1906. View looking east across the the bridge over the East London Railway towards the mouth of the tunnel under the River

Construction of the bridge approach to Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1906. Building a bridge across the East London Railway for the southern approach to tunnel under the River Thames

The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, March 1905. Construction of the cut and cover section of the tunnel under the River Thames

Classroom scene, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908
Nature class, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Pupils sit at their desks studying examples of root vegetables in a nature class

Nature lesson, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Girls sit at their desks in a classroom drawing a laurel leaf from nature

Nature lesson, Class IIIB, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. The girls of Class IIIB sit at their desks during a lesson on the parts of a flower

School nurse examining girls hair for head lice, Chaucer School, London, 1911. Another nurse is sitting at a desk

View of Parish Street and Artillery Street, Bermondsey, London, 1828

View of houses on the south side of Snowsfields, Bermondsey, London, 1828. Artist
View of houses on the south side of Snowsfields, Bermondsey, London, 1828

View of the Three Tuns public house on Jacob Street, Bermondsey, London, 1828. Artist
View of the Three Tuns public house on Jacob Street, Bermondsey, London, 1828

View of the Baptist Chapel on Jamaica Row, Bermondsey, London, 1826

Coopers Arms inn, Tanner Street, Bermondsey, London, 1828

East Lane, Bermondsey, London, 1826. Artist: John Chessell Buckler
East Lane, Bermondsey, London, 1826

Abbey of St Saviour, Bermondsey, London, 1809. Artist: John Chessell Buckler
Abbey of St Saviour, Bermondsey, London, 1809

Abbey of St Saviour, Bermondsey, London, 1825. Artist: G Yates
Abbey of St Saviour, Bermondsey, London, 1825

Dockhead Folly, Bermondsey, London, 1828. Artist: John Chessell Buckler
Dockhead Folly, Bermondsey, London, 1828

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