In 1855 the parish vestry became a local authority within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works.

The bulk of the parish was centred on St George's Circus, with Newington Causeway and Borough High Street forming the eastern boundary.

That part of the parish, also known as St George's Fields was essentially the same as the King's Manor.

In the north east it included the church of St George the Martyr Southwark and then formed a long, narrow panhandle along the Old Kent Road, terminating at what is now Burgess Park and surrounding the triangular parish of Newington on two sides.

[2] In 1855 the parish vestry became a local authority within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works.