No. 50 Bermondsey Volunteer

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Bermondsey (scroll down for a more detailed Description)

The first reprints of the 1798 aquatints by Thomas Rowlandson (published by Rudolph Ackermann) published in 1972 by Hugh Evelyn Limited. 
Image size is 20.5 x 25.5 cm [8” x 10”] against a light greyish orange background (c. RGB fcf2e1) impressed on medium high white matt cartridge paper of c. 120 g/m2.
Print size: c. 26.2 x 33.7 cm [17” x 12 ¾”] may vary slightly from printers’ cut 50 years ago
Details of London Wards and Parishes provided by © the British Library
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Courtesy of The British Library, Crace Collection, London. 1755 engraving; cartographer: Richard Blome. Plan of the parish of St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey from J. Strype’s edition of Stow’s Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster and borough of Southwark published in 1754-56. Damaged by repeated flooding, the old medieval parish church of St Mary was demolished at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1715, a new parish church was erected on the site with funds raised by the parishioners themselves after the Commissioners of the Fifty New Churches Act (Queen Anne’s Churches) turned down their request for money

Bermondsey (see map attached is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford, to the south Walworth and Peckham, and to the north is Wapping across the River Thames. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Surrey.  As it developed over the centuries, Bermondsey underwent some striking changes. After the Great Fire of London, it was settled by the well-to-do, and took on the character of a garden suburb especially along the line of Grange Road and Bermondsey Wall East as it became more urbanized. A pleasure garden was constructed during the Restoration period in the 17th century, commemorated by the Cherry Garden Pier. Though not many buildings survive from this period, one notable exception is the church of St Mary Magdalen in Bermondsey Street, completed in 1690 (although a church has been recorded on this site from the 13th century). This church survived the 19th-century redevelopment phase and the Blitz unscathed. It is an unusual survivor for Bermondsey as buildings of this period are relative rarities in Inner London in general.

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Weight 0.0121 kg
Dimensions 25 × 35 cm
No. 50 Bermondsey Volunteer
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