Bermondsey Square

Bermondsey Square in 2014

Bermondsey Square is on Tower Bridge Road in Bermondsey, south London, England. It was the site of the 11th-century Bermondsey Abbey.[1] The earliest medieval remains found are a Norman church from around 1080, which was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. The Abbey grounds were the original site of Bermondsey Market, which still takes place weekly in the Square. The area has subsequently undergone redevelopment and Bermondsey Square now contains apartments, offices, a boutique hotel, restaurants, and a contemporary art gallery.

Long Lane, leading northwest to Borough High Street, linked the Abbey with St George the Martyr church.[2] To the west and heading north from the square is Bermondsey Street, leading to Tooley Street and London Bridge station.

  1. ^ Archaeological Excavations at Bermondsey Square Archived March 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Southwark Council.
  2. ^ H.E. Malden (editor), The borough of Southwark: Introduction, A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4 (1912), pp. 125–135.