 The area appears in the "Domesday Book" of 1086 within the hundred of Brixton as held by several Surrey manors.The ancient borough of Southwark, enfranchised in 1295, initially consisted of the pre-existing Surrey parishes of St George the Martyr, St Olave, St Margaret and St Mary.St Margaret and St Mary were abolished in 1541 and their former area combined to create Southwark St Saviour.