The Bermondsey Lion
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Bermondsey Lion by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.
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The Bermondsey Lion
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 22 Jul 2011
A metal sculpture, unveiled on 16 July 2011, in the Blue Market square Image The sculpture was designed and made by local blacksmith Kevin Boys, and cost about £60,000. The Lion has been the symbol of this part of London since 1399, when Pope Boniface IX elevated the Prior of Bermondsey to the status of Abbot, and King Richard 2 granted the Abbot his own seal of a lion with a crozier and mitre. source: http://www.stmarysbermondsey.org.uk/images/lion.htm
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Image Location
Latitude
51.492333
Longitude
-0.063863