Southwark No. 3 / Southwerk / Sudgeweork / Sudwerca / Sudwerche / Suthringa geweorc / Suthwerk / Suwerc

INFORMATION

FontID: 20433SOU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret [demolished 1676)
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: address of the present church: Borough High Street SE1 1XU London, United Kingdom
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Southwark
Historical Region: Hundred of Brixton -- formerly in Surrey
Century and Period: 12th century (early?), Late Norman
Church Notes: original church ca. 1107; demolished 1676
The Victoria County History (Surrey, vol. 4, 1912) notes: "The church of ST. MARGARET was granted to the priory of St. Mary Overy by Henry I [..] and confirmed to that house by William, Bishop of Winchester from 1107 to 1129"; no font mentioned in the VCH entry. The entry for Southwark St Margaret's in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark [www.southwark.anglican.org/downloads/lostchurches/SOU18.pdf] [accessed 15 March 2016] notes: " ancient church in St Saviour's parish, that was demolished some time before 1676. St Saviour's is now Southwark Cathedral. The site is presently occupied by a war memorial and commercial premises but presumably had other buildings on it in the preceding centuries."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 701631 5710235

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2016-03-15 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.