Potters Fields Park

Potters Fields Park is a small public park situated in the London Borough of Southwark in London, England.

The name originates from the many potters who lived and worked in the area in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The land has never been a Potter's field (a burial ground for the poor), although there were graveyards in the area.

On the 1682 William Morgan Map, the area is referred to as "Potts Fields"; the St Olave's Parish Register shows 124 Potters operating in the area between 1618 and 1710.

In 1988 St Martin's Property Corporation and Southwark Council agreed on the name "London Bridge City Park", but local community groups protested and it finally opened as "Potters Fields Park".