Editing Southwark (section)

====King Alfred the Great====
Southwark appears to recover only during the time of King [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]] and his successors. Sometime about 886, the ''burh'' of Southwark was created and the Roman city area reoccupied.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-01 |title=The re-establishment of London by Alfred the Great {{!}} The History of London |url=https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/the-re-establishment-of-london-by-alfred-the-great/ |website=The History of London |language=en-GB |quote=One of the few events to be contemporarily recorded about London during the entire period between the Romans and early Middle Ages is found in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, written during Alfred's reign, for the year 886. "King Alfred occupied London [although in reality he had probably already done so for several years] and all the English people ['all angelcyn'] that were not under the subjection of the Danes submitted to him. And he then entrusted the borough to the control of Ealdorman Aethelred".}}</ref> It was probably fortified to defend the bridge and hence the reemerging [[City of London]] to the north.