Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe, par. (St Mary) and ry. sta., Surrey, on river Thames, within the parl. limits of Southwark, 754 ac. (175 water) and 152 tidal water, pop. 36,024; the sta. is 2½ miles SE. of Liverpool Street sta., London; Rotherhithe is popularly called Redriff.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Rotherhithe Vest/CP/AP       Surrey AncC
Place: Rotherhithe

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