# Surrey Square

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**Surrey Square** is a [garden square](/source/Garden_square) in [Walworth](/source/Walworth) in the [London Borough of Southwark](/source/London_Borough_of_Southwark). Located just off the [Old Kent Road](/source/Old_Kent_Road) it was laid out in the 1790s to designs by the [architect](/source/Architect) [Michael Searles](/source/Michael_Searles), who also oversaw the nearby [Paragon](/source/Paragon,_Walworth) at what is now [Bricklayers Arms](/source/Bricklayers_Arms). The square takes its name from the county of [Surrey](/source/Surrey) in which Walworth was traditionally located. When built it would have been semi-rural and designed to provide upmarket housing for the expanding population of the capital. Within two years of the first stone being laid in 1792 it was fully occupied.[1] Amongst notable early residents was the [painter](/source/Painter) [Samuel Palmer](/source/Samuel_Palmer) who was born there in 1805.[2]

While northern side of the square was filled with [terraced housing](/source/Terraced_housing), the other three were initially open spaces.[3] They were slowly filled with individual houses and All Saints Church. The square, already [oblong](/source/Rectangle)-shaped came to and less and less resemble a traditional square as more buildings were added to fill up the middle section, part of which is now known as **Surrey Square Park**.[3] Surrey Square Primary School is located on the northern side.

## References

1. Campbell-Johnston p.6

1. Campbell-Johnston p.8

1. British History Online, [The manor of Walworth and parish of St. Mary, Newington](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol25/pp81-90). Retrieved 27 January 2024.

## Bibliography

- Baxter, Mark & Lock, Darren. *Walworth Through Time*. Amberley Publishing Limited, 2010.
- Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. *Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer*. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012.
- Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. *London 4: South*. Yale University Press, 2002.
- Fairfield, Sheila. *The Streets Of London: A Dictionary Of The Names And Their Origins*. Papermac, 1983.

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