The name RedriffViews recognises the historic name of Redriff for the area today called Rotherhithe.  It is suggested the historic origins of the term Redriff lie in Saxon times and come from the two words redhra, a mariner, and hyth, a haven.  By the time of Edward III (1312-1377), the name can be found spelt as Rethereth which leads over the centuries to the modern Rotherhithe. As Redriff, the area was involved in sailing, ship construction and the landing of goods. It expanded as trade grew in importance to London and new trading routes opened. Samuel Pepys always referred to the area as Redriffe and knew it as a dangerous place where it was unsafe to walk at night: “At night, after I had eaten a cold pullet, I walked by brave moonshine, with three or four armed men to guard me, to Redriffe, it being a joy to my heart to think of the condition that I am now in, that people should of themselves provide this for me, unspoke to.  I hear this walk is dangerous to walk alone by night, and much robbery committed here. So from thence by water home, and so to my lodgings to bed” (Diary of Samuel Pepys, 19 September 1662). Today Rotherhithe is a thriving local community, proud of its long maritime history with memories of the docks and the people who worked in them.