Lime Street Ward
The next is Limeſtreete warde, and
taketh the name of Limeſtreete, of
making or ſelling of Lime there, (as is ſuppoſed) the Eaſt ſide of this Limeſtreete, from the North corner
thereof to the midſt, is of Aldgate
warde, as is aforeſaid: the weſt ſide, for the moſt part from the ſaid
north corner, ſouthward, is of this Limeſtreete ward: the ſouthend on both ſides is of Langborne ward: the bodie of this
Limeſtreete ward, is of the high
ſtreete called Cornehill ſtreete,
which ſtretcheth from Limſtreete on
the ſouthſide, to the weſt corner of Leaden hall: and on the north ſide from the ſouthweſt corner of
Saint Marie ſtreete, to another
corner ouer againſt Leadenhall. Now
for ſaint Mary ſtreet, the weſt ſide
therof is of this Limeſtreete ward,
and alſo the ſtreete which runneth by the north ende of this ſaint Marie ſtreete, on both ſides,
from thence weſt to an houſe called the Wreſtlers, a ſigne ſo called, almoſt
to Biſhops gate. And theſe are the
bounds of this ſmall 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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