Cheap Ward
NExt adioyning is Cheape Warde, and
taketh name of the Market there kept, called Weſt Cheping, this warde alſo
beginneth in the Eaſt, on the courſe of Walbrooke, in Buckles
Bury, and runneth up on both the ſides to the great Conduit in Cheape. Alſo on the ſouth ſide of Buckles Berie, a lane turning up by S. Sithes
Church, and by S. Pancrates church through Needlers lane, on the north ſide thereof, and then through a
peece of Sopars lane, on both ſides
uppe to Chepe, be all of Chepe ward. Then to begin again in
the eaſt upon the ſaid courſe of Walbrook, is S. Mildreds church in the Poultrie, on the north ſide, and ouer againſt the
ſaid church gate, on the ſouth to paſſe up al that hie ſtreet called the
Poultrie, to the great conduit in Chepe, and then Chepe it ſelf, which beginneth by the eaſt end of the ſaide
Conduit, and ſtretcheth up to the north eaſt corner of Bowlane, on the ſouth ſide, and to the Standard on the north ſide, and
thus far to the weſt is of Cheape
ward. On the ſouth ſide of this high ſtreet is no lane turning ſouth
out of this ward, more the ſome ſmall portion of Sopars lane, whereof I haue before written. But on
the north ſide of this high ſtreete is Conyhope lane, about one quarter of
Olde Iury lane on the weſt ſide,
and on the Eaſt ſide, almoſt as much to the ſigne of the Angell. Then is
Ironmongers lane, all wholy on
both ſides, and from the North end thereof through Catton ſtreete. Weſt to the North ende of S. Lawrence lane, & ſome 4.
houſes weſt beyond the ſame on that ſide, and ouer againſt Ironmongers lane end on the North
ſide of Catton ſtreete up by the
Guildhal, and S. Lawrence church
in the Iurie is altogether of Chepe
ward. Then againe in Chepe
more toward the weſt is of S. Laurence
lane before named, which is all wholie of this warde and laſt of
all is Hony lane, and uppe to the ſtandarde on that North ſide of Chepe, and ſo ſtand the bounds of
Chepe ward.
References
- Stow, John. A Survey of London. Reprinted from the Text of 1603. Ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908. Print. [Also available as a reprint from Elibron Classics (2001). Articles written before 2011 cite from the print edition by volume and page number.]
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