Bridge Without

Bridge Without was a historical ward of the City of London situated to the south of the River Thames, which existed between 1550 and 1899.

The area of the Bridge Without ward today forms part of the London Borough of Southwark.

However, the City's administrative responsibility for the Without ward had in practice disappeared by the mid-Victorian era as various aspects of metropolitan government were extended into the neighbouring areas.

From the Norman period manorial organisation obtained through major lay and ecclesiastic magnates.

These manors are still constituted by the City under a bailiff and steward with their courts leet and View of Frankpledge juries and officers which still meet – their annual assembly being held in November under the present High Steward (the Recorder of London).

London Bridge viewed from Southwark and Saint Mary Overie . The Great Stone Gateway at the very southern end of the bridge formed the boundary between Within and Without.
St. Magnus-the-Martyr church .
A 1720 map showing the wards of Bridge Within and neighbouring Billingsgate .