Old Kent Road is a road in South East London, England and forms part of Watling Street, the Roman road which ran from Dover to Holyhead. Chaucer's pilgrims travelled along this route from London and Southwark on their way to Canterbury. At what is the junction with the presently named Shornecliff Road was the bridge crossing of 'St Thomas-a-Waterings' which marked a break in the Archbishop of Canterbury's authority of the nearby manors.

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  • Old Kent Road is a road in South East London, England and forms part of Watling Street, the Roman road which ran from Dover to Holyhead. Chaucer's pilgrims travelled along this route from London and Southwark on their way to Canterbury. At what is the junction with the presently named Shornecliff Road was the bridge crossing of 'St Thomas-a-Waterings' which marked a break in the Archbishop of Canterbury's authority of the nearby manors. As such it was a place of execution for criminals whose bodies were left in gibbets at this spot. The fate of burning to death religious dissenters, both Catholic and Protestant, also occurred here. The landmark pub, nearby, the Thomas a Becket, derives its name from this connection. The same point was regarded from 1550 as the limit of the City of London's authority, and there is still a boundary stone there stating this. Practically, the London City Fire Brigade had its 'Thomas Street' fire station placed at the corner site. This was subsumed into the London Fire Brigade from its formation and in 1905 the LCC erected the present building. This was in turn replaced by the modern station on the corner of nearby Rowcross Street. The development of the coal gas utility services was undertaken at the Metropolitan Gas Works, the gasometers remain, principally by the Livesy family. Their local benefactions are Christchurch Church of England and the Livesy Museum, opposite the gas works. Although the name appears as simply "Old Kent Road" on maps, it is usually referred to by Londoners as "the Old Kent Road". The Old Kent Road runs from the Bricklayers' Arms roundabout, where it meets the New Kent Road, Tower Bridge Road, and Great Dover Street, to New Cross. It is regarded as forming the boundary between Walworth, Camberwell and Peckham to the south and Bermondsey to the north although the ancient parish and vestry boundaries of these do not in fact coincide with it, the Bermondsey boundary running along Amelia Street and Rolls Road. The Old Kent Road also has a large number of large retail shops along it. Including Asda, Tesco, Currys, B&Q and others. The eastern entrance to Burgess Park is also located there. The road once gave its name to a railway station Old Kent Road near New Cross which closed in 1917.
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  • Old Kent Road is a road in South East London, England and forms part of Watling Street, the Roman road which ran from Dover to Holyhead. Chaucer's pilgrims travelled along this route from London and Southwark on their way to Canterbury. At what is the junction with the presently named Shornecliff Road was the bridge crossing of 'St Thomas-a-Waterings' which marked a break in the Archbishop of Canterbury's authority of the nearby manors.
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