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HARPER ROAD

Postby kiwi » Mon May 22, 2017 5:38 am

Harper Road runs between New Kent Road & Newington Causeway. I think that is Falmouth Road on the street sign? In 1906, it was split in half Union Road (Borough End) & Harper Road (New Kent Road End) sometime before that it was called Horsemonger Lane.
HARPER ROAD BOROUGH 1977..jpg
HARPER ROAD BOROUGH 1977
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HORSEMONGER LANE. Blackman St now Borough High St. Newington Road now Newington Causeway 2017.

The County Jail (Horsemonger Lane Gaol) seen in an 1843 map of London. Nearby is the Queen’s Bench Prison (also known as the Kings Bench).
This was the county gaol for Surrey, located near St George's Fields outside Southwark. Built in 1792-99, it was a model prison, with 177 cells in three wings for petty criminals, and a fourth wing for debtors. A control keeper's house oversaw eight separate courtyards, allowing the prisoners to be both separated by sex and offence (felons, petty criminals, debtors) and constantly watched. Two surgeons attended. 1859, the gaol was no longer known as 'Horsemonger Lane' following the road's change of name to Union Road (today: Harper Road), being renamed Surrey County Gaol or the New Jail.
The King's Bench Prison was a prison in Southwark, south London, England, from medieval times until it closed in 1880. It took its name from the King's Bench court of law in which cases of defamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours were heard; as such, the prison was often used as a debtor's prison until the practice was abolished in the 1860s. In 1842, it was renamed the Queen's Prison, and later became the Southwark Convict Prison.
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Kings Bench Prison Borough.
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HORSEMONGER JAIL.

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Re: HARPER ROAD

Postby kiwi » Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:25 am

Horsemonger Lane Goal built in the 1790s was the largest prison in Surrey. It held debtors, petty and hardened criminals. The gallows were on the roof of the gatehouse and it was here that executions took place until the prison closed in 1878.
HORSEMONGER LANE JAIL now called Harper Road,Southwark.opened 1790s closed in1887.jpg

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Re: HARPER ROAD

Postby kiwi » Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:40 am

The Masons Arms, Horsemonger lane in 1825, 1843 directory and the 1853 license transfer. The 1856 directory states the Horsemonger Lane is now called Union Road. Union Road has been renamed by 1938, and the later address changes from 31 Union Road to 31 Harper Road
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MASON ARMS, 31 HARPER ROAD.
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MASON ARMS. I THINK THIS WAS ON THE CORNER WITH SWAN STREET (right)?
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Re: HARPER ROAD

Postby kiwi » Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:25 am

In the the late 1800s, from New Kent Road to Ayliffe Street, Harper Road was called Harper Street.
Rebuilt in 1937 on a new site at the corner of Falmouth road and Harper Road in September 1937  X.jpg
Rebuilt in 1937 on a new site at the corner of Falmouth road and Harper Road.

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Re: HARPER ROAD

Postby kiwi » Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:36 am

Royal Standard, 20 Harper road, in 1942.jpg
Royal Standard, 20 Harper Road, in 1942
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Re: HARPER ROAD

Postby kiwi » Thu May 03, 2018 3:24 am

Harper Road, The William 2007..jpg
Harper Road, The William 2007
Harper Road, corner with Rockingham Street (right) former The William Pub, 2016’.jpg
Harper Road, corner with Rockingham Street (right) former The William Pub, 2016’
Harper Road, was The William Pub, previously called King William IV, now a Vietnamese restaurant called Pho Can Tho..jpg
Harper Road, was The William Pub, previously called: King William IV, now a Vietnamese restaurant called 'Pho Can Tho'.2018.

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Re: HARPER ROAD

Postby kiwi » Sat Mar 09, 2019 3:26 am

Harper Road originally called Harper Street. Harper Street School opened in 1874. Remodelled in 1900.
Harper Road was Harper Street.School for boys,girls & lnfants, corner with Ribley Street c1899.jpg
Harper Street, School for boys,girls & lnfants corner with Ribley Street,no longer there. c1899
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Harper Road It is now part of the adjacent Globe Academy but was formerly the Joseph Lancaster Primary School..jpg
Harper Road It is now part of the adjacent Globe Academy but was formerly the Joseph Lancaster Primary School.
Harper Road 2018. Harper Street School is the name carved on the building..jpg
Harper Road 2018.
Harper Road School 2018.jpg
2018, The name is carved on the side of the building.(above)

Skid Kids (Children’s Film Foundation) 1953. Harper Road with Harper Road School, Ripley Street left where the van is. Looking towards the Old Kent Road.  X..png
Harper Road with Harper Road School, Ripley Street left where the van is. Looking towards the Old Kent Road. Picture from the Skid Kids (Children’s Film Foundation) 1953.
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Re: HARPER ROAD

Postby kiwi » Thu Mar 21, 2019 2:35 am

Harper Road, The Royal Oak, this pub opened in 1848 and closed in 1921..jpg
The Royal Oak was situated at 45 Harper Street (now Harper Road). This pub opened in 1848 and closed in 1921.

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Re: HARPER ROAD

Postby kiwi » Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:13 pm

Harper Road Ellington House is a block consisting of four storeys of residential accommodation above a parade of shops on Harper Road, Southwark, opposite Dickens Square Park. As of 2010 the shops included a pharmacy, newsagent, travel agent, fish bar, dry cleaners and off-licence.
Harper Road Ellington House is a block consisting of four storeys of residential accommodation above a parade of shops on Harper Road, Southwark.jpg

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Re: HARPER ROAD

Postby kiwi » Wed Jul 31, 2019 12:06 am

C.J Fordham corner shop with advertisments on the wall,1932. On the corner of Circular Road and Standard Street, both demolished.
Circular Road left and Standard Street right 1932, now all Harper Road.
Harper Road, Circular Road left and Standard Street right 1932,now all Harper Road.  X.png
1932
Harper Road going left and looking north east by Circular Road, small road left. Standard Street, on the right, 1957.It looks like the shop was somewhere straight in front.  X.png
1957

Harper Road going left and looking north east by Circular Road, small road left. Standard Street, on the right, 1957. It looks like the shop was somewhere straight in front.?


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