Beriah Drew

Beriah Drew (c.1788 - 17 August 1878) was a solicitor, property developer and local politician from Bermondsey.

In 1836 he purchased estates and the manor of Leigham in Streatham from the executors of Lord Thurlow. He developed the area around the new Leigham Court Road. He subsequently moved there and two roads bear traces of his family: Drewstead Road and Prentis Road after his wife's family (he married Elizabeth Prentis in 1841).

He retained his connections with Bermondsey for some time: in 1855 he became amember of the incorporated vestry, and represented the parish on the Metropolitan Board of Works until 1858.