An 1868 Gazetteer description of the following places in Bermondsey

 

BERMONDSEY

"BERMONDSEY, a parish within the borough of Southwark, in the hundred of Brixton, and county of Surrey, forming part of the suburbs of London on the south-east side. It is situated on the south bank of the river Thames, and is intersected by the London Bridge railways. It is a very ancient parish, and its name is but slightly changed from its original Saxon form of Burmundeseye. " (There is more of this description)

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
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