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London Borough of Lambeth (489 words) |
 | The boundaries of the manor and the parish of Lambeth are largely the same as the present borough but with the addition of the old parishes of Streatham and Clapham. |
| The manor of Lambeth belonged to the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1190. |
| Lambeth Palace sat opposite the Palace of Westminster and the two were linked by a horse ferry across the Thames. |
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Lambeth - LoveToKnow 1911 (699 words) |
| LAMBETH, a southern metropolitan borough of London, England, bounded N.W. by the river Thames, N.E. by Southwark, E. by Camberwell and W. by Wandsworth and Battersea, and extending S. to the boundary of the county of London. |
| Four road-bridges cross the Thames within the limits of the borough, namely Waterloo, Westminster, Lambeth and Vauxhall, of which the first, a fine stone structure, dates from 1817, and is the oldest Thames bridge standing within the county of London. |
| The borough council consists of a mayor, to aldermen and 60 councillors. |
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