B Bermondsey

The coat of arms for Bermondsey. It is on the railing around the statue of Samuel Bourne Bevington, the first mayor of Bermondsey.
The coat of arms was granted to Bermondsey Council by the College of Arms on March 25th 1901.

Motto: Prosunt gentibus artes - Arts profit the people

The quarters of the shield are coloured alternately blue and red, with the emblems in gold.
The Lion with Crozier represents the Lion of Judah, the armorial bearings of Bermondsey Abbey.
The Crown and Battle-axe recall St. Olaf, the Norwegian "Warrior Saint and King," who came to England and assisted King Ethelred in expelling the Danish invaders. He was afterwards make King of Norway, and his zeal for the Christian faith led ultimately to his assassination. He was canonised, and St. Olave's in Tooley Street, now demolished, was one of the four churches in England named after him.
The three-masted Battleship formed part of the old Seal of Rotherhithe Vestry, symbolising the ship-building industry which at one time flourished there. Rotherhithe was included in the Royal Manor of Bermondsey in Domesday Book.

Taken from London's Coats of Arms by Richard Crosley

Tooley also comes from a corruption of St Olaves.