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Newington and Walworth | British History Online (6385 words) |
 | It was a neat and imposing little pile, consisting of three courts with gardens behind, together with a dining-hall and chapel, and a statue of the founder on a pedestal in the centre of the enclosure. |
| On the east side of Kennington Park Road, near the junction of that thoroughfare with Kennington Lane and Newington Butts, is Penton Place, through which is one of the approaches to the Surrey Gardens, formerly known as the Surrey Zoological Gardens. |
| John's Church, which stands a short distance backward on the eastern side of the Walworth Road, near York Street, is a lofty and handsome Gothic building, in the Decorated style, and was erected in 1865, at a cost of upwards of £5,000. |
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Walworth, London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (231 words) |
| Walworth is a place in the London Borough of Southwark, between Camberwell and Elephant and Castle. |
| Walworth is 1.9 miles (3.1 km) south east of Charing Cross. |
| On Walworth Road and named in memory of the former Labour Party leader John Smith, it was a former headquarters of the Labour Party and could often be seen in news reports at election times and in the background as people came to and went from stormy meetings of the Labour Party National Executive Committee. |
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