The Second World War. We hope this website gives you a good sense of all that is going on. Welcome to the parish church of St George the Martyr in Southwark.
The Medieval Guild.
Home. Organ. The 17th and 18th Centuries. The church of St George The Martyr has been documented since 1122 but the present church was built between 1734 and 1736 by the architect, John Price. Safeguarding. Southwark is thought to have become a burh in 886. Hiring Space.
The First World War. In these turbulent and unprecedented times we realise that it is more important than ever for us to be here for you in whatever way we can. St George the Martyr w St Alphege & St Jude. Further records of St George the Martyr, Southwark, transferred from the records of Southwark Board of Guardians, held in the Greater London Record Office and catalogued July 1988. St George's School.
The 20th Century. The Rectory and Halls. Music Academy *NEW* COVID-19 - Church reopening information. St George the Martyr: 1734-Present. We are a small, endowed charity based in the north of the London borough of Southwark. The Charity was originally founded in 1584 through the will of one Stephen Skydmore, who left money to the church of St George the Martyr in Borough High Street to help "the poor of the parish". The area appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 within the hundred of Brixton as held by several Surrey manors..
Custodial history: The parish records of St George the Martyr have been somewhat dispersed.
St George the Martyr: 1122-1733 .
Southwark Fair. The church was given by a Thomas Ardern and his son, Thomas, in 1122, following the Battle of Acre where the legend of St George was adopted by the English Crusaders.
In the middle ages Borough High Street ran south from London Bridge and at it’s end stood the church of St George with fields lying beyond.