Editing Rotherhithe (section)

==Etymology==
The name "Rotherhithe" is thought to derive from the [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] ''Hrȳðer-hȳð'' and it is suggested it means "landing-place for cattle".<ref name="dpn">A Dictionary of British Place-Names, A.D. Mills [http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t40.e11170 ''Rotherhithe''], Oxford University Press, 2003, {{ISBN|0-19-283131-3}}</ref> The first recorded use of this name was in about 1105, as ''Rederheia''.<ref name="dpn"/> Other explanations of the name have been 'Red Rose Haven' and 'rehra' (mariner's) hythe (haven or landing place).<ref name="Trail">A Trail Walk around Old Rotherhithe. {{ISBN|0 9515227 1 X}}</ref> In the past ''Rotherhithe'' was also pronounced and written as ''Redriff'' or ''Redriffe'',<ref name="tour">BBC London, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/06/07/coast05walks_stage1.shtml A Thames Tour of Rotherhithe]</ref><ref>[http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/blog0710b.htm John Wells’s phonetic blog], ''Redriff'', 31 October 2007</ref> however until the early 19th century, this name was applied to the whole river front from [[St Saviour's Dock]] to Bull Head Dock, this near the entrance to Surrey Water.<ref name="book1"/> On the Ordnance Survey five feet to the mile, London 1893–1896 maps, Redriff appears in two places, by Beatson Street and by Nelson Dockyard to Durand's Wharf.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ordnance Survey Maps, London, Five feet to the Mile, 1893-1896 - National Library of Scotland|url=https://maps.nls.uk/os/london-1890s/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=maps.nls.uk}}</ref>