Home > Encyclopedia > Placeography > Wards

Bishopsgate Ward

roseAgas Map
roseList documents mentioning Bishopsgate Ward
roseList variant names and spellings
From John Stow, A Survey of London, 2nd ed. (London, 1603; STC #23343):
The next is Biſhopſgate warde, whereof a parte is without the gate and of the ſuburbes from the barres, by S. Mary Spittle, to Biſhopſgate, and a part of Houndsditch, almoſt halfe thereof, alſo without the wall is of the ſame Warde. Then within the gate is Biſhopſgate ſtreete, ſo called of the gate, to a Pumpe, where ſometime was a fayre wel with two buckets by the Eaſt ende of the parriſh Church of S. Martin Otoſwich, and then winding by the Weſt corner of Leaden hall down Graſſe ſtreet to the corner ouer againſt Graffe Church, and this is the boundes of that Warde.

References

  • Citation

    Stow, John. A suruay of London· Conteyning the originall, antiquity, increase, moderne estate, and description of that city, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow citizen of London. Since by the same author increased, with diuers rare notes of antiquity, and published in the yeare, 1603. Also an apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that citie, the greatnesse thereof. VVith an appendix, contayning in Latine Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. London: John Windet, 1603. STC 23343. U of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus) copy Reprint. Early English Books Online. Web.
  • Stow, John, Anthony Munday, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. The Survey of London (1633): Portsoken Ward. The Map of Early Modern London, edited by Janelle Jenstad, U of Victoria, 26 Jun. 2020, mapoflondon.uvic.ca/stow_1633_PORT1.htm.

Cite this page

MLA citation

Bishopsgate Ward. The Map of Early Modern London, edited by Janelle Jenstad, U of Victoria, 26 Jun. 2020, mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BISH1.htm.

Chicago citation

Bishopsgate Ward. The Map of Early Modern London. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Victoria: University of Victoria. Accessed June 26, 2020. https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BISH1.htm.

APA citation

2020. Bishopsgate Ward. In J. Jenstad (Ed), The Map of Early Modern London. Victoria: University of Victoria. Retrieved from https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BISH1.htm.

RIS file (for RefMan, EndNote etc.)

Provider: University of Victoria
Database: The Map of Early Modern London
Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

TY  - ELEC
ED  - Jenstad, Janelle
T1  - Bishopsgate Ward
T2  - The Map of Early Modern London
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/06/26
CY  - Victoria
PB  - University of Victoria
LA  - English
UR  - https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BISH1.htm
UR  - https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/xml/standalone/BISH1.xml
ER  -

RefWorks

RT Web Page
SR Electronic(1)
A6 Jenstad, Janelle
T1 Bishopsgate Ward
T2 The Map of Early Modern London
WP 2020
FD 2020/06/26
RD 2020/06/26
PP Victoria
PB University of Victoria
LA English
OL English
LK https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BISH1.htm

TEI citation

<bibl type="mla"> <title level="a">Bishopsgate Ward</title>. <title level="m">The Map of Early Modern London</title>, edited by <editor><name ref="#JENS1"><forename>Janelle</forename> <surname>Jenstad</surname></name></editor>, <publisher>U of Victoria</publisher>, <date when="2020-06-26">26 Jun. 2020</date>, <ref target="https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BISH1.htm">mapoflondon.uvic.ca/BISH1.htm</ref>.</bibl>

Documents relating to Bishopsgate

Bishopsgate Ward contained BishopsgateBishopsgate Street, and Berwards Lane, which formerly described Bishopsgate Street Without.

Personography

Locations

Variant spellings