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St. Botolph’s Wharf was located in Billingsgate Ward on the north bank of the Thames. Named after
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Patron saint of travellers and farming.
Naval officer and diarist. Husband of
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Historian and author of
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Welsh historian and writer.
The
The
Billingsgate Ward is west of Tower Street Ward. The ward is named after Billingsgate, a water-gate and harbour on the Thames.
As the only bridge in London crossing the Thames until
Bridge Within Ward is west of Billingsgate Ward. The ward is named after London Bridge.
Westminster Abbey was a historically significant church, located on the bottom-left corner of the Agas map. Colloquially known as
The Bridge House was located on the south bank of the Thames, near St. Olave, Southwark and is labelled on the Agas map (Noorthouck).
St. Olave (Southwark) was a church dedicated to S. Tovolles
.
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Billingsgate (Bylynges gate or Belins Gate), a water-gate and harbour located on the north side
of the Thames between London Bridge
and the Tower of London, was
London’s principal dock in
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Location:
St. Botolph’s Wharf was located on the north bank of the River Thames in Billingsgate Ward, directly east of London Bridge.Buttolphe W.
runs north to south amid the waves of the river. According to was sometime giuen, or confirmed by
in
Botolph’s Wharf’s origins as a wharf may be traced as far back as the twelfth century, when a tongue of land was extended into the river (LAARC a large Water-gate, Port, or Harbor for Ships and Boats, commonly arriving there with Fiſh, both freſh and ſalt, Shell-fiſhes, Salt, Oranges, Onions, and other Fruits and Roots, Wheat, Rie, and Grain of divers ſorts, for ſervice of the City, and the parts of this Realm adjoining
(Howell sig. M3r).
Botolph’s Wharf was named after
The frequency of trade and the abundance of goods at Botolph’s Wharf made it, like most London wharves, susceptible to theft. One notable example occurred in
in his Apron, and in the Inside of his Cloaths, in his Bosom, besides what he had got in his Apron and Handkerchief(
[g]ood hopes there was of [the fire] stopping at the Three Cranes above, and at Bottolph’s Wharf below bridge, if care be used
(Pepys 1666-09-02). Botolph’s Wharf appears to have survived the Great Fire as it is listed on Vertue’s 1723 reconstruction of post-fire London (Vertue); however, like many early modern wharves, Botolph’s Wharf does not exist in contemporary London.