. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. wark, to the great inconvenienceand hardship of the inhabitants, who are entitled to the freedomand privileges of the city of London in an equal degree to any of HISTORY OF LONDON. 445 their fellow-citizens, whose more fortunate situations in the heartof the city have hitherto rendered their rights undisputed. But in opposition to the royal grants made to the city of Londonin behalf of the borough of Southwark, the county magistrateshave illegally assumed and preserve an authority to themselves ofappointing co
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. wark, to the great inconvenienceand hardship of the inhabitants, who are entitled to the freedomand privileges of the city of London in an equal degree to any of HISTORY OF LONDON. 445 their fellow-citizens, whose more fortunate situations in the heartof the city have hitherto rendered their rights undisputed. But in opposition to the royal grants made to the city of Londonin behalf of the borough of Southwark, the county magistrateshave illegally assumed and preserve an authority to themselves ofappointing constables, licensing victuallers, and exercising otherpowers, as justices of peace for Surrey. * Leaving this matter in its present neglected and reprehensiblestate of encroachment by foreigners, we proceed to state, that ofright this borough is under the jurisdiction and protection of thecity of London, without the intermeddling of any sheriff, or otherofficer whatever, agreeably to the charter of Edward VL and bythe/corporation it was and still is denominated Bridge Arms of the Borough of Southwark. As. an anulet ensigned with a crosspatt^e or, interlaced with a saltier conjoined in base of the second. CHAPTER XVL History and Topography of the Parish of St. Olave, Southwark. This parish is situated east of the borough High-street; it isbounded on the north by the river Thames, on the east by the pa-rish of St. John, on the north by Bermondsey parish and St. Tho-mas, and on the west by the parish of St. Saviours. Its particular boundaries are as follows: commencing at the footof New London-bridge, the boundary proceeds to the High-street,where it turns south to the north side of St. Thomass hospital,round which it proceeds to the north side of the New way behindthe houses, to the Maze, where it turns south to Maze Poud, whichit traverses in a westerly direction to the south side of Guys Hos-pital ; here it turns south through Queen-street, to the north sideof Snow
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