Editing London Borough of Southwark (section)

===Coat of arms===
The two supporters on the coat of arms are, on the left, an Elizabethan player dressed to play [[Prince Hamlet|Hamlet]], indicating the theatrical heritage of the area, and the youth on the right side is the Esquire from [[Chaucer]]'s ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]''. The coat of arms is an amalgam of elements of the three constituent Metropolitan Boroughs arms. The chequered band represents the three boroughs together. The cross was a common feature of Southwark and Camberwell. The well in the centre of the shield is a '[[Canting arms|canting]]' reference to Camberwell and the [[Charge (heraldry)#Plants|cinquefoil]]s represent the Dulwich area of Camberwell, while the ship on the top left refers to the maritime history of Bermondsey and was part of the Rotherhithe insignia. The rose on the right is from the Southwark arms where it represented St Saviour's parish, i.e. the cathedral.