A Southwark Street

This 19th c. Image of a Southwark street suggests how the town may have looked in Shakespeare's time, as many of the buildings shown date from that period - almost all now gone. From Wilkinson, Robert, Londina Illustrata. Graphic and Historical Memorials of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Schools, Charitable Foundations, Palaces, Halls, Courts, Processions, Places of Early Amusement, and Modern Present Theatres, in the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster, 1872-78. Courtesy of Digital Collections and Archives, Tufts University, Medford, MA.