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The Old Kent Road is a road in South East London, England, running through the London Borough of Southwark. It was part of Watling Street, the historic Roman road from London to Dover via Canterbury and is now part of the A2, a major road from London to Dover. The road has been important since Roman times. It was a recognised route for pilgrims in the Middle Ages as portrayed in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, when it was known as Kent Street, and was used by soldiers returning from the Battle of Agincourt. In the 16th century, the road became notorious for St Thomas-a-Watering, a place for public hangings including religious dissenters and those found guilty of treason. Development on the street had been mainly rural with frequent coaching inns up to the 19th century, when it acquired the name Old Kent Road. During this time, various industrial premises were established to serve the Surrey Canal, while the Metropolitan Gas Works was a major business on Old Kent Road. In the 20th century, much of this property was demolished for urban redevelopment, including the creation of Burgess Park. The Old Kent Road Baths, opened in around 1905, became popular, with their Turkish and Russian bath facilities. In the 21st century, the road has housed numerous retail parks and premises typical of out-of-town development, and many of the pubs along the road have been re-appropriated for other purposes. The road is well known to Londoners by its association with the music hall song "Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road", describing typical working-class London life. It is the first property, and one of the two cheapest, on the London Monopoly board and the only one in South London. ==Geography== The name appears as simply "Old Kent Road" on maps, though is sometimes referred to in print as "the Old Kent Road".〔 The road begins at the Bricklayers' Arms roundabout, where it meets the New Kent Road, Tower Bridge Road, and Great Dover Street. It runs southeast past Burgess Park, Christ Church, Peckham and the railway line from Peckham Rye to South Bermondsey. Just east of the railway bridge, the road crosses the boundary between the London boroughs of Southwark and Lewisham, where the road ahead becomes New Cross Road. The road appears on a map to form a boundary between Walworth, and Peckham to the south and Bermondsey to the north although the Bermondsey boundary runs along Rolls Road.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old Kent Road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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