The Borough and Borough High Street
We stay in the area to explore the numerous inns that existed in the area, frequented by the clientele that the carriers brought to the area,whose coaches terminated at the south side of London Bridge.
Of all the Inns that existed only one remains - that being The George Inn at the Borough High Street.the only galleried inn now surviving, being a listed building under the care of the National Trust a favorite haunt of Charles Dickens.
One of the most historic was the Tabard Inn also known as the Talbot, demolished in the 19th century.We can trace its history back to Chaucer as a place where the Pilgrims met before their long journey to Canterbury, hence The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
The Queens Head was another link with history, in that it was once owned by John Harvard who was born in Southwark and left England for America because of religious persicutuon - he became the benefactor of Harvard University in the USA.
The White Hart was occupied by Jack Cade and his followers in the peasant upring of 1450 again like today the issue was higher tax
- White Hart Inn-The Borough
- Katherine Wheel
- Kings Head Borough High Street
- Queens Head-The Borough
- The George Inn Borough High Street. 1875
- George Inn Borough High Street 1890
- Tabard Inn-Borough
- The George Inn-Borough Today