Bermondsey

Other current and historical names

Bermundsey
Bermundseye

Built-Up Area: Southwark
Parish/Community: Southwark, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Southwark
Region: London

Category: Populated Place
Type: Other Settlement

Latitude/Longitude: 51°29'41"N 0°4'35"W
Eastings/Northings: 533627, 179093
OS Grid: TQ336790
Mapcode Local: GBR VL.Z8
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.MPF9

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bermondsey within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bermondsey in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bermondsey, par. and ry. sta., Southwark bor., E. Surrey, forming a SE. suburb of London, 627 ac., pop. 86,652 ; extensive wool stores, tanneries, and wharves.

Bermondsey in the Domesday Book

A village in Brixton hundred, in the county of Surrey.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain (subinfeudated); King William
- Taxable Value: 13 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £15 in 1086
- Households: 25 villagers; 33 smallholders; 13 burgesses
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 4 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Woodland: 5 swine render
- Churches: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: King Edward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 8 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 smallholder

British Place Names

Bermondsey, Southwark

Bermondsey is a settlement in Southwark, Southwark

Bermondsey in historic gazetteers

Bermondsey in the Domesday Book