DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.1213#0088
CHAPTER V.
LAMBETH----SOUTH LAMBETH----THE TRADESCANTS— ST. MARY S
CHURCH----KENSINGTON—VAUXHALL, ETC.
Until the year 1846, Lambeth, was perhaps the largest
parish in England. On the death of Dr. D'Oyley, the
rector, in the above year, it was divided into four parishes.
Lambeth, which stretches along the south bank of the
Thames, is sixteen miles in circuit; its boundaries are the
Thames, St, George's Southward, Newington Butts, Cam-
berwell, Streatham, Clapham, and Croydon, and it is
divided into North and South Lambeth. It is a place of
great antiquity, and was rendered memorable in 1042 by
the death of king Hardicanute, who, honouring a wedding
feast with his presence, expired in the midst of the con-
viviality. Here too, Harold is said to have seized the
vacant crown, and proclaimed himself sovereign. North
Lambeth belonged to Goda, sister to William I., and suc-
cessively the wife of Walter, earl of Mantes, and Eustace,
earl of Boulogne. She presented her land to the see of
Rochester, reserving to herself the patronage of the
church. In 1197 Glanville, bishop of Rochester, trans-
ferred it by exchange to the see of Canterbury, keeping,
however, to himself a small peice of land, on which he
built a town residence called Rochester House. On the
dissolution of religious houses, Rochester House fell into
the hands of Henry VIII., who exchanged it with the
bishop of Carlisle for certain houses in the Strand, when
it was called Carlisle House. A school bearing the same
name in Carlisle-lane, and taken down a few years since to
make way for streets, indicated the exact site of this |
episcopal mansion. South Lambeth, in which Vauxhall
and Stockwell are comprehended, was held by the monks j
LAMBETH----SOUTH LAMBETH----THE TRADESCANTS— ST. MARY S
CHURCH----KENSINGTON—VAUXHALL, ETC.
Until the year 1846, Lambeth, was perhaps the largest
parish in England. On the death of Dr. D'Oyley, the
rector, in the above year, it was divided into four parishes.
Lambeth, which stretches along the south bank of the
Thames, is sixteen miles in circuit; its boundaries are the
Thames, St, George's Southward, Newington Butts, Cam-
berwell, Streatham, Clapham, and Croydon, and it is
divided into North and South Lambeth. It is a place of
great antiquity, and was rendered memorable in 1042 by
the death of king Hardicanute, who, honouring a wedding
feast with his presence, expired in the midst of the con-
viviality. Here too, Harold is said to have seized the
vacant crown, and proclaimed himself sovereign. North
Lambeth belonged to Goda, sister to William I., and suc-
cessively the wife of Walter, earl of Mantes, and Eustace,
earl of Boulogne. She presented her land to the see of
Rochester, reserving to herself the patronage of the
church. In 1197 Glanville, bishop of Rochester, trans-
ferred it by exchange to the see of Canterbury, keeping,
however, to himself a small peice of land, on which he
built a town residence called Rochester House. On the
dissolution of religious houses, Rochester House fell into
the hands of Henry VIII., who exchanged it with the
bishop of Carlisle for certain houses in the Strand, when
it was called Carlisle House. A school bearing the same
name in Carlisle-lane, and taken down a few years since to
make way for streets, indicated the exact site of this |
episcopal mansion. South Lambeth, in which Vauxhall
and Stockwell are comprehended, was held by the monks j