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|country = England
|map_type = Greater London
|region= London
|population=
|official_name= Lambeth
|latitude= 51.4903
|longitude= -0.1193
|london_borough= Lambeth
|constituency_westminster= [[Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency)|Vauxhall]]
|post_town= LONDON
|postcode_area= SE
|postcode_district= SE1
|dial_code= 020
|os_grid_reference= TQ305785
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'''Lambeth''' is a place in the [[London Borough of Lambeth]], although the area is now more commonly known as '''Waterloo''', after the railway station whose viaduct separates the former centre of the village from the [[River Thames]]. Lambeth is the site of [[St Thomas' Hospital]], the [[London Eye]], the [[Royal National Theatre]], the [[Royal Festival Hall]], [[County Hall, London|County Hall]] as well as [[Waterloo station]].
==History==
Lambeth appears in [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Lanchei''. It was held partly by Lambeth Church and partly by Count Robert of Mortain. Its domesday assets were: 2½ [[hide (unit)|hide]]s; 1 church, 10 [[plough]]s, 22 acres of [[meadow]], [[woodland]] worth 3 [[hog (swine)|hog]]s, 19 [[burgesses]] in London paid £1 16s 0d. It rendered £15.<ref>[http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm Surrey Domesday Book]</ref>
The ancient settlement of Lambeth Marsh was immediately opposite the [[Palace of Westminster]].
The [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] has had his official residence at [[Lambeth Palace]] since the 15th century. The village was home to boatmen serving the [[City of London]] and Westminster.
The riverside village had an extensive parish, which stretched for six miles south, including the manors of [[Kennington]] and [[Vauxhall]]. It formed part of [[Surrey]] until the creation of the [[County of London]] in 1889.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10146410 Vision of Britain] - Lambeth St Mary CP ([http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10146410&c_id=10001043 historic map])</ref> The [[parish]], and the subsequent [[Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth]] (1900–1965), included the later settlements at [[Brixton]] and [[Norwood]].
The parish church of St Mary Lambeth is next door to Lambeth Palace. It still has a medieval tower, but was mostly rebuilt in the [[Victorian era]] (to a design by [[Philip Charles Hardwick]]). It narrowly escaped demolition in the 1970s during which time it was used by the charity ''[[Crisis at Christmas]]'' to house and feed homeless people during Christmas week each year.<ref>[http://www.crisis.org.uk/page.builder/volunteer.html] Crisis website - volunteers. Accessed September 12, 2007</ref>
The church is now the [[Museum of Garden History]]. The churchyard contains the tomb of the famous plant collector [[John Tradescant the elder]] and [[John Tradescant the younger|his son of the same name]].
With the rapid growth in population across the parish in the early 19th century, four "daughter" churches were constructed between 1822 and 1825, named after the four [[evangelists]] – St Mark's [[Kennington]], St Matthew's [[Brixton]], St Luke's [[West Norwood]] and St John's in [[Waterloo Road]].
==Transport==
===Nearest places===
*[[Brixton]]
*[[Kennington]]
*[[Newington, London|Newington]]
*[[Southwark]]
*[[Streatham]]
*[[Vauxhall]]
*[[Westminster]]
===Nearest tube station===
* [[Lambeth North tube station]]
==Notable individuals associated with Lambeth==
[[Image:Edward Thomas memorial stone.jpg|thumb|200px|left|[[Edward Thomas]] memorial stone near [[Steep]] mentions that his birthplace was Lambeth]]
*[[Scott Parker (footballer)|Scott Parker]] - professional [[football (soccer)|footballer]] for [[West Ham United FC]], born in Lambeth
*[[William Blake]] - religious visionary, poet and artist
*[[Carl McCoy]] - frontman for [[gothic rock]] band [[Fields of the Nephilim]], born here in 1963
*[[Arthur Tooth]] - [[Ritualism|ritualist]] [[clergyman]] in the [[Church of England]], curate of St. Mary's Lambeth in 1863
* [[Keep the Aspidistra Flying|Gordon Comstock]] - fictional Poet from [[George Orwell|George Orwell's]] book ''Keep the Aspidistra Flying''
*[[Edward Thomas (poet)]] was born in Lambeth.
*[[F. B. Meyer]] pastored Christ Church in Lambeth from 1895 to 1910, growing the church from 100 to 2,000 members.
* American [[William Chester Minor]] was a major contributor to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]]. It was while living at Lambeth that Minor murdered George Merrett, for which crime he was found criminally insane and confined for the rest of his life at [[Broadmoor]].<ref>''The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary'', Simon Winchester, HarperPerennial, New York, 1998, trade paperback, ISBN 0-06-017596-6. (The original British edition has the title ''[[The Surgeon of Crowthorne]]'', ISBN 0-14-027128-7.)
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*Former London Mayor [[Ken Livingstone]] was born in Lambeth in 1945.
*[[John Doulton]] and Sir [[Henry Doulton]] founded their famous pottery company [[Royal Doulton]] in Lambeth.
*[[Arthur Sullivan|Sir Arthur Sullivan]] composer of the [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] operas was born in Lambeth in 1842.
*[[Charlie Chaplin]], the famous film actor and comedian, was born in Lambeth in 1889.
*[[Elias Ashmole]], the famous alchemist, died in Lambeth in 1692.
== See also ==
* [[South Bank]]
* [[South Lambeth]]
* [[North Lambeth]]
* [[Lambeth Walk]]
* [[Lambeth Conferences]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://lambeth.gov.uk Lambeth Council]
* [http://www.lambethcpcg.org.uk CPCG for Lambeth] Community led forum for consultation and engagement with the police
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