First recorded in Norman times as part of the royal demesne. It had a long succession of owners and tenants who held rights over the area.
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Manor of Rotherhithe
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St Mary's Church Tower
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Lord Claud John Hamilton
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Neville Chamberlain
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Stewart D. Headlam
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Frederick Prat Alliston
Alderman of the City of London. Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
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