Edith's Streets

Because of the size of the file for this dense inner city area, the square has been divided into four. This is the north east quarter The north west corner is  Borough The south west corner is Borough Newington The south east corner is  Borough Newington and Trinity Post to the north Bankside Post to the west St,George and Waterloo Post to the south Walworth Post to the east Bermondsey Angel Place It is named after a 16th pub which was on its north side. However the current Angel Place would have been inside the Marshalsea prison Marshalsea Prison Remains. A brick wall which was the southern boundary of the prison runs along the alleyway. There is also a small garden area. There are six memorials in the alleyway – a circular stone with a quotation from Little Dorritt; an information plaque including work done by BOST; a plaque about Little Dorritt; a circular stone about Little Dorritt; a plaque about Dickens’ father and a stone plaque about the site of the M...

Because of the size of the file for this dense inner city area, the square has been divided into four. This is the north west quarter The north east corner is  Borough Bermondsey borders The south west corner is Borough Newington The south east corner is  Borough Newington and Trinity Post to the north Bankside Post to the west St,George and Waterloo Post to the south Walworth Post to the east Bermondsey Avon Place Mural painted by mORGANICo and shows a range of local scenes and stories. Some of the wall is owned by Trinity House, and the mural includes images for their 500th anniversary. It was unveiled in 2015. Ayres Street This was previously Whitecross Street but renamed after Alice Ayres who saved children in a fire in the 1880s. 1-6 Whitecross Cottages and Redcross Cottages. These were planned by Octavia Hill in 1887-1890 and built by Elijah Hoole.  There is as mosaic of The Sower by Lady Waterford Reset on a wall. The earlier cottages have a var...