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Borough Road is in Southwark,
The campus of London South Bank University lies to the south between St George's Circus and the junction with Southwark Bridge Road. The main entrance lies on Borough Road and is also LSBU's main address. The building where this entrance is located is known as the Borough Road Building, at 103 Borough Road.
The London School of Musical Theatre is based at 83 Borough Road. The Borough Road Gallery, featuring paintings by David Bomberg and the Borough Group, opened in 2012 in the main Borough Road Building of London South Bank University.
Other adjoining roads include Blackfriars Road, London Road and Newington Causeway.
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Borough Road has been a site of educational activity for over two centuries. Joseph Lancaster's School was established by the Quaker, Joseph Lancaster, on this road in 1798. It was an early and innovative example of a universal free school, based on the monitorial system, that became known as a British School.
An associated teacher training institute, Borough Road College, was established soon afterwards in 1804, also in Borough Road. In 1889, the college moved to Borough Polytecnic
AIM25, UK. The associated National School of Bakery was founded two years later in 1894 and is now the oldest bakery school in the world. The Institute expanded and became the Polytechnic of the South Bank (1970), South Bank Polytechnic (1987), attaining university status as South Bank University in 1992, before adopting its current name in 2003. A bust of Joseph Lancaster, given by the Victorian philanthropist John Passmore Edwards, remains at the university. More recently, the London School of Musical Theatre was founded by Glenn Lee.
London South Bank University campus map
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in '' Dickens's Dictionary of London'', 1888 edition
1898–99 and 2000 maps
from the London School of Economics {{coord, 51.49906, N, 0.10118, W, region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(TQ319795), display=title Streets in the London Borough of Southwark History of the London Borough of Southwark London South Bank University History of education in England Education in the London Borough of Southwark
London
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SE1. It runs east–west between St George's Circus and Borough High Street.
History and location
The route was created as part of the planning and road improvements associated with the completion of Westminster Bridge in 1750, to provide access to Southwark from the north-west ' West End' without having to travel through theCity of London
The City of London, also known as ''the City'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county and Districts of England, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in England. It is the Old town, his ...
. Southwark Bridge Road crosses Borough Road north-south about halfway along. The railway to Blackfriars station also passes overhead at the junction where there had been Borough Road Station.
The campus of London South Bank University lies to the south between St George's Circus and the junction with Southwark Bridge Road. The main entrance lies on Borough Road and is also LSBU's main address. The building where this entrance is located is known as the Borough Road Building, at 103 Borough Road.
The London School of Musical Theatre is based at 83 Borough Road. The Borough Road Gallery, featuring paintings by David Bomberg and the Borough Group, opened in 2012 in the main Borough Road Building of London South Bank University.
Other adjoining roads include Blackfriars Road, London Road and Newington Causeway.
Position:
History of education on Borough Road
Borough Road has been a site of educational activity for over two centuries. Joseph Lancaster's School was established by the Quaker, Joseph Lancaster, on this road in 1798. It was an early and innovative example of a universal free school, based on the monitorial system, that became known as a British School.
An associated teacher training institute, Borough Road College, was established soon afterwards in 1804, also in Borough Road. In 1889, the college moved to Isleworth
Isleworth ( ) is a suburban town in the London Borough of Hounslow, West London, England.
It lies immediately east of Hounslow and west of the River Thames and its tributary the River Crane, London, River Crane. Isleworth's original area of ...
, west London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
. Much later, in 1975, Borough Road College merged with Maria Grey Training College to form the West London Institute of Higher Education. This then became the Osterley Campus of Brunel University from 1995 to 2006.
London South Bank University was established on Borough Road as the Borough Polytechnic Institute in 1892, soon after Borough Road College had moved.AIM25, UK. The associated National School of Bakery was founded two years later in 1894 and is now the oldest bakery school in the world. The Institute expanded and became the Polytechnic of the South Bank (1970), South Bank Polytechnic (1987), attaining university status as South Bank University in 1992, before adopting its current name in 2003. A bust of Joseph Lancaster, given by the Victorian philanthropist John Passmore Edwards, remains at the university. More recently, the London School of Musical Theatre was founded by Glenn Lee.
Churches
The following were listed as being on Borough Road in the '' Dickens's Dictionary of London'' (1888 edition): *Baptist
Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...
Church (1674)
* Congregational Church (1866)
References
External links
London South Bank University campus map
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in '' Dickens's Dictionary of London'', 1888 edition
1898–99 and 2000 maps
from the London School of Economics {{coord, 51.49906, N, 0.10118, W, region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(TQ319795), display=title Streets in the London Borough of Southwark History of the London Borough of Southwark London South Bank University History of education in England Education in the London Borough of Southwark