Lower Marsh
{{short description|Street in Waterloo, London}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
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| country = England
| map_type = Greater London
| region = London
| population =
| official_name = Lower Marsh
| coordinates = {{coord|51.5009|-0.1127|display=inline,title}}
| london_borough = Lambeth
| constituency_westminster = Vauxhall
| post_town = LONDON
| postcode_area = SE
| postcode_district = SE1
| dial_code = 020
| os_grid_reference =
| static_image_name = File:Lower Marsh, Waterloo - geograph.org.uk - 271695.jpg
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Lower Marsh is a street in the Waterloo neighbourhood of London, England. It is adjacent to Waterloo railway station in the London Borough of Lambeth.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lower-marsh.co.uk/market.html|title=Lower Marsh Market in London England|last=Heathfield|first=Luisa Miraglia & Brian A|website=lower-marsh.co.uk|access-date=15 August 2016}} It is the location of Lower Marsh Market.
History
Until the early 19th century much of north Lambeth (now known as the South Bank) was mostly marsh. The settlement of Lambeth Marsh was built on a raised through road over the marsh lands, potentially dating back to Roman times. The land on which it stands was owned by the church of England, with Lambeth Palace nearby. Records and maps show that it was a separate village until the early 19th Century when the church sold off the land in small pockets, thereby leading to random development of individual houses rather than the grander redevelopments occurring north of the river.{{ cite book | last=Mills | first=D. | title=Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names | year=2000 | publisher=Oxford}} Lower Marsh and The Cut formed the commercial heart of the area from the early 19th century.
The northern tip of the ancient parish of Lambeth was a marshland known as Lambeth Marshe, but it was drained in the 18th century and is remembered in the Lower Marsh street name. Sometime after the opening of Waterloo railway station in 1848 the locality around the station and Lower Marsh became known as Waterloo.
Previously regarded as a comparatively underdeveloped location, Lower Marsh has more recently undergone gentrification, supported by private enterprise and injections of capital from Lambeth and Southwark councils.{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/69d14eb6-9200-11e0-b8c1-00144feab49a|title=Waterloo sunrise|accessdate=12 February 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/blog/18-reasons-to-go-to-lower-marsh-se1-100716|title=18 reasons to go to Lower Marsh, SE1|accessdate=12 February 2017}}
{{As of|2015}}, Lower Marsh street is a vibrant road, home of Lower Marsh Market and a variety of vintage shops, pubs, bookshops, art galleries, independent coffee spaces and a variety of restaurants featuring food from many ethnic origins. The market has 77 stalls.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nmtf.co.uk/markets.php?id_mar=415|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131117063908/http://www.nmtf.co.uk/markets.php?id_mar=415|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 November 2013|title=National Market Traders Federation – Find a market|website=nmtf.co.uk|access-date=15 August 2016}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.london-se1.co.uk/venue/156/lower-marsh Lower Marsh information]
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Category:History of the London Borough of Lambeth
Category:Streets in the London Borough of Lambeth
Category:Retail markets in London
Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Lambeth
Category:Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Lambeth