Hundreds bid sad final farewell to historian Stephen Humphrey
Stephen “had a keen awareness of how shared history could bring us closer together," mayor said
Stephen “had a keen awareness of how shared history could bring us closer together," mayor said
Mr Humphrey suffered a heart attack before his body was found at his home on November 30
A post-mortem concluded Mr Humphrey died of a heart attack
Although not a well-known face to many, he was a well of information on the borough’s long and storied history
Stephen wrote eight books on the area, including Elephant and Castle: A History, and Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Remembered
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