Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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“From the 16th century until the outbreak of the Civil War Southwark was…famous as…a pleasure ground of the citizens of London, a character for which, with its privileged places and its exclusion from regulations which bound the City, it was peculiarly fitted. It contained in the 16th century rings for the baiting of bears and bulls and bowling alleys. Several famous theatres were erected in the Clink and Paris Garden Liberties after play-actors had, in 1575, been formally expelled from the City by the Corporation.
“In the period after the Restoration the town, true to its disorderly tradition, was a stronghold of faction and dissent. (fn. 81) A reason urged in 1664 in favour of a bridge from Westminster to Lambeth was that it would provide for soldiers better access to Southwark, ‘the nest of fanatics’ (fn. 82) ; and in 1665 most of the sectaries about London were said to be lodged in the borough. (fn. 83) ” http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43041
“By the 17th century, Southwark was the second largest urban area in England. The riverfront became increasingly important as overseas and domestic trade expanded. Landing places near the City were at a premium and new wharves and warehouses were built to accommodate the growing trade.” http://www.southwark.gov.uk/DiscoverSouthwark/HistoricSouthwark/HistoryContext.html
Southwark theatre district of the Borough of Southwark in 1746: http://www.motco.com/map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFullb.asp?mode=query&artist=384&other=343&x=11&y=11
Civic and jurisprudential center of the Borough of Southwark in 1746: here were located the courts, prison (counter) http://www.motco.com/map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFullb.asp?mode=query&artist=384&other=367&x=11&y=11