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Spa Road is a street in
Spa Road is a street in Bermondsey
Bermondsey () is a district in southeast London, part of the London Borough of Southwark, England, southeast of Charing Cross. To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford, to the south Walworth and Peckham, a ...
in the London Borough of Southwark
The London Borough of Southwark ( ) in South London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London and London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was created in 1965 when three smaller council areas ...
. It takes it name from the historic Bermondsey Spa
Thomas Keyse (1722–1800) was an English still-life painter, and the proprietor of Bermondsey Spa.
Life
A self-taught artist, Keyse was a member of the Free Society of Artists, and exhibited with them from 1761 to 1764; he painted still life, ...
, developed by the painter Thomas Keyse
Thomas Keyse (1722–1800) was an English still-life painter, and the proprietor of Bermondsey Spa.
Life
A self-taught artist, Keyse was a member of the Free Society of Artists, and exhibited with them from 1761 to 1764; he painted still life, ...
after mineral spring
Mineral springs are naturally occurring springs that produces hard water, water that contains dissolved minerals. Salts, sulfur compounds, and gases are among the substances that can be dissolved in the spring water during its passage underg ...
s were discovered there in the eighteenth century. Bermondsey Spa Gardens
Bermondsey Spa Gardens is a park in Bermondsey, London. It is located on Grange Road, SE1 3AH. The park has been included in the recent and ongoing regeneration of the Bermondsey Spa area. The park, with improvements designed by the architects ...
is located at its western end at the site of the former Spa. It contains the former Bermondsey Town Hall
Bermondsey Town Hall is a municipal building in Spa Road, Bermondsey, London. It is a Grade II listed building.
History
The current building was commissioned as an extension to a 19th-century vestry hall which had been designed by George Elki ...
, built in 1930, that was the headquarters of the old Bermondsey Borough. This replaced an older building dating back to the 1880s. Nearby is the former Bermondsey Public Library, a red brick
A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...
building dating from the 1890s.
Spa Road railway station
Spa Road railway station in Bermondsey, south-east London, was the original terminus of the capital's first railway, the London and Greenwich Railway (L&GR).
It was also the first railway terminus in what is now Greater London. First opened in ...
was located at the eastern end of the street and was the original terminus of the capital's first railway the London and Greenwich Railway
The London and Greenwich Railway (L&GR) was opened in London between 1836 and 1838. It was the first steam railway in the capital, the first to be built specifically for passengers, and the first entirely elevated railway.
Origins
The idea for t ...
when it opened in 1836. It was rebuilt twice and relocated across the street before closing to passengers in 1915.Tambling p.300 The viaduct carrying trains from or towards London Bridge station
London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark, south-east London. It occupies a large area on three levels immediately south-east of London Bridge, from which it takes its name. The m ...
still crosses the street.
References
Bibliography
* Bebbington, Gillian. ''London Street Names''. Batsford, 1972. * Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. ''London 4: South''. Yale University Press, 2002. * Tambling, Jeremy. ''Going Astray: Dickens and London''. Routledge, 2018. Bermondsey Streets in the London Borough of Southwark {{London-road-stub