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 Theatre 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 for. Borough
High Street contained proportionately more inns and taverns than
anywhere else in Britain - and some were immortalised by Chaucer
and Dickens. The George alone survives to give some idea of what
these ancient hostelries were like. From a time when London was a
collection of discrete districts and villages, here is the long
history of Bankside, the metropolis's disreputable and licentious
yet vibrant, cosmopolitan underbelly.
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