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Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth
London Borough of Lambeth

The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in South London, England and forms part of Inner London....
, although the area is now more commonly known as Waterloo, after the railway station whose viaduct separates the former centre of the village from the River Thames
River Thames

The Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Berkshire and Windsor, Berkshire....
. Lambeth is the site of St Thomas' Hospital
St Thomas' Hospital

St Thomas' Hospital is a large National Health Service hospital in Lambeth, London, England. It is administratively a part of Guy?s & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust....
, the London Eye
London Eye

The London Eye at a height of , is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3 million people a year....
, the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre

The Royal National Theatre, London, England, is generally known as the National Theatre and commonly as The National. It is located on the The South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge....
, the Royal Festival Hall
Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900 seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge....
, County Hall
County Hall, London

County Hall is a building in Lambeth, London, that was the headquarters of London County Council and later the Greater London Council . The building is on the bank of the River Thames, just north of Westminster Bridge, facing west toward the City of Westminster, and close to the Palace of Westminster....
 as well as Waterloo station
Waterloo station

London Waterloo is a major railway terminus in London, England owned and operated by Network Rail. It is in the London Borough of Lambeth near the South Bank, in Travelcard Zone 1, and houses a British Transport Police station....
.
eth appears in Domesday Book
Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
 of 1086 as Lanchei. It was held partly by Lambeth Church and partly by Count Robert of Mortain.






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Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth
London Borough of Lambeth

The London Borough of Lambeth is a London borough in South London, England and forms part of Inner London....
, although the area is now more commonly known as Waterloo, after the railway station whose viaduct separates the former centre of the village from the River Thames
River Thames

The Thames is a major river flowing through southern England. While best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows through several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Berkshire and Windsor, Berkshire....
. Lambeth is the site of St Thomas' Hospital
St Thomas' Hospital

St Thomas' Hospital is a large National Health Service hospital in Lambeth, London, England. It is administratively a part of Guy?s & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust....
, the London Eye
London Eye

The London Eye at a height of , is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3 million people a year....
, the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre

The Royal National Theatre, London, England, is generally known as the National Theatre and commonly as The National. It is located on the The South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge....
, the Royal Festival Hall
Royal Festival Hall

The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900 seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge....
, County Hall
County Hall, London

County Hall is a building in Lambeth, London, that was the headquarters of London County Council and later the Greater London Council . The building is on the bank of the River Thames, just north of Westminster Bridge, facing west toward the City of Westminster, and close to the Palace of Westminster....
 as well as Waterloo station
Waterloo station

London Waterloo is a major railway terminus in London, England owned and operated by Network Rail. It is in the London Borough of Lambeth near the South Bank, in Travelcard Zone 1, and houses a British Transport Police station....
.

History

Lambeth appears in Domesday Book
Domesday Book

The Domesday Book is the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William I of England, or William the Conqueror....
 of 1086 as Lanchei. It was held partly by Lambeth Church and partly by Count Robert of Mortain. Its domesday assets were: 2½ hide
Hide (unit)

The hide was a unit used in assessing land for liability to "geld", or land tax, in History of Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th centuries....
s; 1 church, 10 plough
Plough

The plough is a tool used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting. It has been a basic instrument for most of recorded history, and represents one of the major advances in agriculture....
s, of meadow
Meadow

A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by grass and other non-woody plants . It may be cut for hay or grazing by livestock such as cattle, sheep or goats....
, woodland
Woodland

Ecologically, a woodland is an area covered in trees, usually at low density, forming an open habitat, allowing sunlight to penetrate between the trees, and limiting shade....
 worth 3 hogs, 19 burgesses in London paid £1 16s 0d. It rendered £15.

The ancient settlement of Lambeth Marsh was immediately opposite the Palace of Westminster
Palace of Westminster

The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom meet....
. The Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury, the Episcopal see that churches must be in communion with in order to be a part of the Anglican Communion....
 has had his official residence at Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace

Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is located in Lambeth, on the south bank of the River Thames a short distance upstream of the Palace of Westminster on the opposite shore....
 since the 15th century. The village was home to boatmen serving the City of London
City of London

The City of London is a geographically small city status in the United Kingdom within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew....
 and Westminster.

The riverside village had an extensive parish, which stretched for six miles (10 km) south, including the manors of Kennington
Kennington

Kennington is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a mixed class residential area, and is the location of the The Oval, the well-known cricket stadium....
 and Vauxhall
Vauxhall

Vauxhall is an inner city area of South London in the London Borough of Lambeth.It has also given its name to the Vauxhall , which also includes parts of Brixton and Clapham...
. It formed part of Surrey
Surrey

Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
 until the creation of the County of London
County of London

The County of London was a ceremonial counties of England and administrative counties of England of England from 1889 to 1965. It bordered Middlesex to the north and west, Essex to the north east, Kent to the south east and Surrey to the south....
 in 1889. The parish
Parish

A parish is a local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Methodist, and Presbyterianism churches....
, and the subsequent Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth
Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth

The Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth was a metropolitan borough under London County Council from 1900 to 1965....
 (1900–1965), included the later settlements at Brixton
Brixton

Brixton is an area of the London Borough of Lambeth, in inner London-South London. It is bordered by Stockwell, Clapham Common, Streatham, Camberwell, Tulse Hill and Herne Hill....
 and Norwood
Norwood

Norwood may refer to:...
.

The parish church of St Mary Lambeth is next door to Lambeth Palace. It still has a medieval tower, but was mostly rebuilt in the Victorian era
Victorian era

The Victorian Era of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the period of Victoria of the United Kingdom reign from June 1837 to January 1901....
 (to a design by Philip Charles Hardwick
Philip Charles Hardwick

Philip Charles Hardwick was a notable England architect of the 19th century who was once described as "a careful and industrious student of mediaeval art"....
). It narrowly escaped demolition in the 1970s during which time it was used by the charity Crisis at Christmas to house and feed homeless people during Christmas week each year.

The church is now the Museum of Garden History
Museum of Garden History

The Museum of Garden History is based in the deconsecrated parish church of St Mary-at-Lambeth adjacent to Lambeth Palace on the south bank of the River Thames in London, located on Lambeth Road....
. The churchyard contains the tomb of the famous plant collector John Tradescant the elder
John Tradescant the elder

John Tradescant the elder , father of John Tradescant the younger, was an English naturalist, gardener, collector and traveller, probably born in Suffolk, England....
 and his son of the same name
John Tradescant the younger

John Tradescant the Younger , son of John Tradescant the elder, was a botanist and gardener, born in Meopham, Kent and educated at The King's School, Canterbury....
.

With the rapid growth in population across the parish in the early 19th century, four "daughter" churches were constructed between 1822 and 1825, named after the four evangelists
Evangelists

Evangelists may refer to:* Evangelists , Christians who specialize in evangelism* Four Evangelists, the authors of the four Gospel accounts in the New Testament...
 – St Mark's Kennington
Kennington

Kennington is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a mixed class residential area, and is the location of the The Oval, the well-known cricket stadium....
, St Matthew's Brixton
Brixton

Brixton is an area of the London Borough of Lambeth, in inner London-South London. It is bordered by Stockwell, Clapham Common, Streatham, Camberwell, Tulse Hill and Herne Hill....
, St Luke's West Norwood
West Norwood

West Norwood is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth.It is primarily a residential suburb of south London but with some light industry near Knights Hill in the south....
 and St John's in Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road may refer to:Places:* Waterloo Road, London, England* Waterloo Road, Hong Kong* Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, England. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.'s Molineux Stadium is located on this road....
.

Transport

Nearest places
  • Brixton
    Brixton

    Brixton is an area of the London Borough of Lambeth, in inner London-South London. It is bordered by Stockwell, Clapham Common, Streatham, Camberwell, Tulse Hill and Herne Hill....
  • Kennington
    Kennington

    Kennington is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a mixed class residential area, and is the location of the The Oval, the well-known cricket stadium....
  • Newington
    Newington, London

    Newington is an area within the London Borough of Southwark in London, England. It was the site of the early administration of the county of Surrey and the location of the County of London Sessions House from 1917, in a building now occupied by the Inner London Crown Court....
  • Southwark
    Southwark

    Southwark, or the Borough, is an area of south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark, situated 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross....
  • Streatham
    Streatham

    Streatham is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth in the United Kingdom . It is an inner London suburb situated south of Brixton. Streatham is 5.5 miles south of Charing Cross....
  • Vauxhall
    Vauxhall

    Vauxhall is an inner city area of South London in the London Borough of Lambeth.It has also given its name to the Vauxhall , which also includes parts of Brixton and Clapham...
  • Westminster
    Westminster

    Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....

Notable individuals associated with Lambeth

Rob Lord- composer of music for films, TV and computer games
  • Scott Parker
    Scott Parker (footballer)

    Scott Matthew Parker is an England Association footballer who currently plays for West Ham United F.C.. He is a midfielder, who has represented England national football team at every level; from under-15 to senior, for whom he has made one start and two substitute appearances....
     - professional footballer
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
     for West Ham United FC, born in Lambeth
  • Jamal Campbell-Ryce - professional footballer
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
     for Barnsley FC, born in Lambeth
  • William Blake
    William Blake

    William Blake was an English people English poetry, Painting, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both poetry and the visual arts of the Romanticism....
     - religious visionary, poet and artist
  • Carl McCoy
    Carl McCoy

    Carlos Douglas McCoy is the frontman for gothic rock band Fields of the Nephilim....
     - frontman for gothic rock
    Gothic rock

    Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes....
     band Fields of the Nephilim
    Fields of the Nephilim

    Fields of the Nephilim is a gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire in 1984 in music. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Carl McCoy, saxophonist Gary Whisker, Tony Pettit on bass, guitarist Paul Wright and drummer Alexander "Nod" Wright....
    , born here in 1963
  • Arthur Tooth
    Arthur Tooth

    Father Arthur Tooth Society of the Holy Cross , a Ritualism and clergyman in the Church of England, and a member of the Society of the Holy Cross, is most famous for having been prosecuted in 1876 under the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874 for using proscribed liturgical practices....
     - ritualist clergyman in the Church of England
    Church of England

    The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
    , curate of St. Mary's Lambeth in 1863
  • Gordon Comstock
    Keep the Aspidistra Flying

    Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published 1936, is a grimly comic novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is the protagonist's romantic ambition to give up money and status, and the dismal life that results....
     - fictional Poet from George Orwell's
    George Orwell

    Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an England author. His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense dislike of totalitarianism, and a passion for clarity in language....
     book Keep the Aspidistra Flying
  • Edward Thomas
    Edward Thomas (poet)

    Philip Edward Thomas was an English poetry and journalist. He is commonly considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences....
     was born in Lambeth.
  • F. B. Meyer pastored Christ Church
    Christ Church, Lambeth

    Christ Church, Lambeth was founded by the Christopher Newman Hall in the 1870s as large a Congregational chapel forming part of a complex of new mission buildings that included the Lincoln Memorial Tower and a new premises for Hawkstone Hall....
     in Lambeth 1892-1909 and 1915-1921
  • Christopher Newman Hall
    Christopher Newman Hall

    Rev. Dr. Christopher Newman Hall LLB , born at Maidstone and known in later life as a 'Dissenter's Bishop', was one of the most celebrated nineteenth century England Nonconformist divines....
     founded the Christ Church complex
    Christ Church, Lambeth

    Christ Church, Lambeth was founded by the Christopher Newman Hall in the 1870s as large a Congregational chapel forming part of a complex of new mission buildings that included the Lincoln Memorial Tower and a new premises for Hawkstone Hall....
     in Lambeth of which only the Lincoln Memorial Tower
    Lincoln Memorial Tower

    The Lincoln Memorial Tower or Lincoln Tower is a gothic revival tower in London housing small meeting rooms, that was opened in 1876 in memory of Abraham Lincoln, and paid for partly by Americans....
     survives today
  • American William Chester Minor
    William Chester Minor

    William Chester Minor, also known as W. C. Minor was an United States surgery who made many scholarly contributions to the Oxford English Dictionary while confined to a lunatic asylum....
     was a major contributor to the Oxford English Dictionary
    Oxford English Dictionary

    The Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press , is a comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Two fully-bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989; as of December 2008 the dictionary's current editors have completed a quarter of the third edition....
    . It was while living at Lambeth that Minor murdered George Merrett, for which crime he was found criminally insane and confined for the rest of his life at Broadmoor
    Broadmoor

    Broadmoor may refer to:...
    .
  • Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone
    Ken Livingstone

    Kenneth Robert Livingstone, is a United Kingdom politician. He has twice held the List of heads of London government in London local government: firstly as leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986 by the government of Margaret Thatcher, and secondly as the first Mayor of London, a post he held fr...
     was born in Lambeth in 1945.
  • John Doulton
    John Doulton

    John Doulton was an England businessman and manufacturer of pottery, a founder of the firm that later became known as Royal Doulton. John Doulton married Jane Duneau, a widow from Bridgnorth in Shropshire, who died April 9, 1841....
     and Sir Henry Doulton
    Henry Doulton

    Sir Henry Doulton was an England businessman, inventor and manufacturer of pottery, instrumental in developing the firm of Royal Doulton.Born in Vauxhall, Henry was the second of the eight children of John Doulton , a pottery manufacturer, and his wife, Jane Duneau, a widow from Bridgnorth in Shropshire....
     founded their famous pottery company Royal Doulton
    Royal Doulton

    The Royal Doulton Company is one of the most renowned England companies producing tableware and collectables, with a history dating back to 1815....
     in Lambeth.
  • Sir Arthur Sullivan
    Arthur Sullivan

    Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan Royal Victorian Order was an English composer, of Irish and Italian descent, best known for his comic opera Gilbert and Sullivan with libretto W....
     composer of the Gilbert and Sullivan
    Gilbert and Sullivan

    'Gilbert and Sullivan' refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan . Together, they wrote fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S....
     operas was born in Lambeth in 1842.
  • Charlie Chaplin
    Charlie Chaplin

    Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. Order of the British Empire , better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning England comedy film actor and filmmaker....
    , the famous film actor and comedian, was born in Lambeth in 1889.
  • Elias Ashmole
    Elias Ashmole

    Elias Ashmole , was a celebrated England antiquarian, politician, officer of arms, astrology and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the Cavalier side during the English Civil War, and at the English Restoration of Charles II of England he was rewarded with several lucrative offices....
    , the famous alchemist, died in Lambeth in 1692.
  • Kevin Spacey
    Kevin Spacey

    Kevin Spacey is an American character actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television....
    , the famous American actor, is artistic director of the Old Vic
    Old Vic

    The Old Vic is a theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road, London. It became a Grade II* listed building in 1951....
     and a resident of Lambeth.
  • John Nash
    John Nash (architect)

    John Nash was an Anglo-Welsh architect responsible for much of the layout of English Regency London.Born in Lambeth, London as the son of a Wales millwright, Nash trained with architect Sir Robert Taylor , but his own career was initially unsuccessful and short-lived....
    , architect and urbanist, was born in Lambeth in 1752.


See also

  • South Bank
    South Bank

    The South Bank is the area in London on the southern bank of the River Thames near Waterloo station that houses a number of important cultural buildings/institutions....
  • South Lambeth
    South Lambeth

    South Lambeth is a division of the area of Lambeth, located in the northern part of the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England.South Lambeth is generally considered to cover the area around South Lambeth Road , which leads from Vauxhall to Stockwell....
  • North Lambeth
    North Lambeth

    North Lambeth is a term used to describe two differing areas of the London Borough of Lambeth in London, England.Since the 19th century North Lambeth has been one of the names to describe the area around Waterloo station and the shopping district around Lower Marsh market, which was the heart of the original Lambeth village....
  • Lambeth Walk
    Lambeth Walk

    Lambeth Walk is a street in Lambeth, London, England, off Lambeth Road. It was an old street market and housing area.After some bomb damage during the Blitz in World War II on September 18, 1940, the area became rather run down and was subsequently rebuilt....
  • Lambeth Conferences
    Lambeth Conferences

    The Lambeth Conferences are decennial assemblies of bishops of the Anglican Communion convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The first such conference took place in 1867....


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