Southwark's deep history is tied to its relationship to the waterfront and the multitude of immigrant communities that settled its streets. The area along the banks of the Delaware River originally known as Philadelphia's Southwark District encompasses the present-day neighborhoods of Queen Village, Pennsport, and Dickinson Square West. The Washington Avenue Immigration Station, Southwark's counterpart to Ellis Island, was a testament to the waves of immigrants reaching America's shores in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the immigrants who stayed in Philadelphia found inexpensive housing in Southwark and employment along the waterfront. Today, the neighborhoods of old Southwark continue to embrace diversity. Many of the area's historic houses still stand alongside newly built homes. While the construction of high-volume roadways cut off the neighborhoods from the waterfront, new efforts are reconnecting Southwark to the river through improved access points and attractive waterfront recreation areas.

Southwark's deep history is tied to its relationship to the waterfront and the multitude of immigrant communities that settled its streets. The area along the banks of the Delaware River originally known as Philadelphia's Southwark District encompasses the present-day neighborhoods of Queen Village, Pennsport, and Dickinson Square West. The Washington Avenue Immigration Station, Southwark's counterpart to Ellis Island, was a testament to the waves of immigrants reaching America's shores in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the immigrants who stayed in Philadelphia found inexpensive housing in Southwark and employment along the waterfront. Today, the neighborhoods of old Southwark continue to embrace diversity. Many of the area's historic houses still stand alongside newly built homes. While the construction of high-volume roadways cut off the neighborhoods from the waterfront, new efforts are reconnecting Southwark to the river through improved access points and attractive waterfront recreation areas.

This incredible history of Berkshire presents an accurate report of the manners, customs, traditions, and life of people in Berkshire a long time ago. The author includes short biographies of the famous personalities that lived in the Royal County. The stories of the castles and abbeys display how several significant events in the history of England have taken place on Berkshire soil. This work contains different texts by various prominent writers describing the history of the Royal County. Contents include: Historic Berkshire. by P.H. Ditchfield Windsor Castle. by Evelyn Ingleby Wallingford Castle. by J.E. Field Cumnor Place and Amy Robsart. by H.J. Reid Alfred the Great. by W.H. Thompson The Guilds of Berkshire. by P.H. Ditchfield The Scouring of the White Horse. by E.R. Gardiner The Last of the Abbots Siege of Reading Reading Abbey The First Battle of Newbury. by Edward Lamplough The Second Battle of Newbury. by Edward Lamplough Binfield and Easthampstead, 1700-1716, and the Early Years of Alexander Pope. by C.W. Penny Berkshire Words and Phrases. by M.J. Bacon Bull-Baiting in Berkshire. by Canon Sturges Index. by William Andrews