Editing Walworth (section)

==History==
The name Walworth is probably derived from [[Old English]] ''Wealh'' "[[Britons (historical)|Briton]]" and the suffix ''-worth'' "homestead" or "enclosure" and, thus, "British&nbsp;farm".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/id/53287104b47fc40c2300070d|title=WAlworth|publisher=Survey of English Place-Names|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>

Walworth appears in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Waleorde''. It was held by Bainiard from Archbishop Lanfranc of [[Canterbury]]. Its domesday assets were: 3½ [[hide (unit)|hide]]s; one church, four [[plough]]s, {{convert|8|acre|m2}} of [[meadow]]. It rendered £3.<ref>[http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm Surrey Domesday Book] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030192829/http://www.gwp.enta.net/surrnames.htm |date=30 October 2007 }}</ref>

[[File:Horsley_Street_Walworth.jpg|thumb|left|Old industrial buildings on Horsley Street, part of the [[Aylesbury Estate]] in the background.]]
[[John Smith House (Southwark)|John Smith House]] is on Walworth Road, and was renamed in memory of [[John Smith (Labour Party leader)|John Smith]], who was leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] from 1992 up to his sudden death in 1994. A former headquarters of the Labour Party, it was often seen in news reports at election times and in the background as people came and went from meetings of the Labour Party [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party|National Executive Committee]]. It was used by the [[London Borough of Southwark]] as the home for its education department and reopened in July 2012 as a [[hostel]].<ref>[http://www.safestay.co.uk/pr-media/press-releases/test/ Safestay to open in Elephant & Castle, London, SE17] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120909043420/http://www.safestay.co.uk/pr-media/press-releases/test/ |date=9 September 2012 }} Safestay, 5 March 2012</ref>

[[St Peter's Church, Walworth]], built circa 1825, is an excellent example of the [[neo-classical style]] of church built by [[John Soane|Sir John Soane]]. It is an indication of the wealth of the middle-class merchants who then lived in the vicinity that they could afford an architect of such prominence.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1385662 |desc= Church of St Peter, Walworth|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>

[[Manor Place Baths]] is a former wash house in Manor Place off Walworth Road. It is a grade II [[listed building]].  The building was renovated by [[Kagyu Samye Dzong London|Kagyu Samye Dzong, Tibetan Buddhist Centre]] who obtained a five-year lease in 2005. They opened it as their London centre, called ''Manor Place Samye Dzong'' on 17 March 2007. Adjacent is the council's old recycling depot which is now closed and has been replaced by a new facility<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/533/waste_management_facility |title=Waste management facility - Southwark Council |access-date=15 June 2012 |archive-date=25 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625202550/http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/533/waste_management_facility |url-status=dead }}</ref> at 43 Devon Street, off Old Kent Road.<ref>[http://london.samye.org/london/kagyu/centre/centre_move.shtml Kagyu Samye Dzong London at Manor Place] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805033152/http://london.samye.org/london/kagyu/centre/centre_move.shtml |date=5 August 2007 }} Kagyu Samye Dzong London</ref>

Walworth is also home to the [[Pullens buildings]] - a mixture of Victorian live/work spaces and yards. Many of the flats are one bedroom, and some of the flats still connect to the Workshops of any of the three yards (Illife Yard, Peacock Yard and one other).<ref>[http://www.southwark.gov.uk/download/1073/pullens_estate/ Southwark Council Document detailing the Conservation status of the Pullens Estate] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120903175341/http%3A//www.southwark.gov.uk/download/1073/pullens_estate |date=3 September 2012 }}</ref>

Walworth also used to have a zoo, in [[Royal Surrey Gardens]], which was visited by [[Queen Victoria]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://walworthgarden.org.uk/the-history-of-walworth-garden|title=The History of Walworth Garden|last=Whelan|first=John|date=2017|website=Walworth Garden|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-08}}</ref>