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Tower Street Ward is east of Billingsgate Ward and west of the Tower of London.
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Sheriff of London
Chamberlain of London. Son of
Sheriff of London
Archdeacon of Canterbury. Cousin of
Sheriff of London
Bishop of Saint David’s
King of England
King of England and Ireland
Lawyer and landowner.
The
The
Billingsgate Ward is west of Tower Street Ward. The ward is named after Billingsgate, a water-gate and harbour on the Thames.
Originally built as a Roman fortification for the provincial city of Londinium in the second century C.E., the London Wall remained a material and spatial boundary for the city throughout the early modern period. Described by high and great
(Stow 1:8), the London Wall dominated the cityscape and spatial imaginations of Londoners for centuries. Increasingly, the eighteen-foot high wall created a pressurized constraint on the growing city; the various gates functioned as relief valves where development spilled out to occupy spaces
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
The Tower Ditch, or Tower
Moat, was part of the Tower of London’s
medieval defences. It was built by the Bishop of Ely
Tower Hill was a large area of open ground north and
west of the Tower of London. It is most famous as a place of execution;
there was a permanent scaffold and gallows on the hill for the execution of
such Traytors or Transgressors, as are deliuered out of the Tower, or otherwise to the Shiriffes of
London
(Stow).
Lumley House was a large house on the west side of Woodroffe Lane, north of Tower
Hill. It was built by
during the
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Chick Lane ran north-south from Tower Hill into Tower
Street. on the east of Barking
church
(Stow). It is likely that Chick Lane also featured the diuers houses lately builded, and other
incrochmentes
found directly above the lane on the west side of Tower Hill (Stow).
The church of All Hallows Barking is in Tower Street Ward on the southeast corner of Seething Lane and on the north side of Tower Street. fayre parish Church
.
Tower Street ran east-west from Tower Hill in the east to St. Andrew Hubbard. It was the principal street of Tower Street Ward. That the ward is named after the street indicates the cultural significance of Tower Street, which was a key part of the processional route through London and home to many wealthy merchants who traded in the goods that were unloaded at the docks and quays immediately south of Tower Street (for example, Billingsgate, Wool Key, and Galley Key).
Seething Lane ran north-south from the junction of
Hart Street and Crutch
Fryers through to Tower Street. The
lane, in Tower Street Ward, was marked by a church
at each end; on the northwest corner stood St. Olave,
Hart Street and on the southeast corner was All
Hallows Barking. diuers
fayre and large houses
(Stow).
Hart Street ran east-west from Crutched Fryers and the north end of Seething Lane to Mark
Lane. In
St. Olave (Southwark) was a church dedicated to S. Tovolles
.
Mark Lane ran north-south from Fenchurch Street to Tower
Street. It was for the most parte of this Towerstreet warde
(Stow). The north end of the street, from Fenchurch Street to Hart
Street was divided between Aldgate Ward
and Landbourn Ward. so called of a Priuiledge sometime
enjoyed to keepe a mart there, long since discontinued, and therefore forgotten,
so as nothing remaineth for memorie
(Stow). Modern scholars have suggested that it was
instead named after the mart, where oxen were fattened for slaughter (Harben).
Aldgate Ward is located within the London Wall and east of Lime Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Aldgate Street, are named after Aldgate, the eastern gate into the walled city (Stow 1633, sig. N6v).
Little is known about Cokedon Hall, but Carlin and Belcher note that it was in existence around sometime at the South west end of Marte lane I reade of
(Stow 1:132).
Mincing Lane ran north-south from Fenchurch Street to Tower
Street. All of the street was part of Tower
Street Ward
except the corner house[s] towardes Fenchurch
streete
, which were in Langbourn
Ward (Stow). tenements there sometime pertayning to
the Minchuns or Nunnes of Saint Helens in Bishopsgate streete
(Stow).
St. Helen’s was a priory of Benedictine nuns located
in Bishopsgate Ward between St. Mary Axe Street and Bishopsgate Street. St. Helen’s is visible on the Agas map with the
label
S. Elen
written in the churchyard.
Bishopsgate Street ran north from Cornhill Street to the southern end of Shoreditch Street at the city boundary. South of
Cornhill, the road became Gracechurch Street, and the two streets formed a
major north-south artery in the eastern end of the walled city of London, from
London Bridge to Shoreditch. Important sites included: Bethlehem Hospital, a mental hospital, and Bull Inn, a place where plays were performed before
(Weinreb and Hibbert
67).
Fenchurch Street (often called pork and peas
after her sister,
Beer Lane ran north-south from Tower Street to Thames
Street in Tower Street Ward. many faire
houses
(Stow).
Thames Street was the longest street in early modern London, running east-west from the ditch around the Tower of London in the east to St. Andrew’s Hill and Puddle Wharf in the west, almost the complete span of the city within the walls.
Church Lane was a semi-circular lane that wrapped around the south side of the parish church of St. Dunstan in the East, in Tower Street Ward. Both ends of Church Lane led south off Tower Street.
Fowle Lane, Tower Street Ward was later known as Cross Lane. Harben records it running west to east from St. Mary at Hill Street to Harp Lane (Harben, Cross Lane).
Galley Key was a port on the north bank of the Thames, east of London Bridge, and south of Lower Thames Street in Tower Ward.
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Location:
Tower Street Ward is east of Billingsgate Ward and west of the Tower of London.
The following diplomatic transcription of the opening paragraph(s) of the 1603 chapter on this ward will eventually be subsumed into the MoEML edition of the 1603
The firſt Warde in the Eaſt parte of this cittie within the wall, is called
Towerſtreete Ward, and extendeth
along the riuer of Thames from the ſaid Tower in the Eaſt, almoſt to Belinſgate in the Weſt: One halfe of the Tower, the ditch
Upon this Hill is alwayes readily prepared at the charges of the cittie a
large Scaffolde and Gallowes of Timber, for the execution of ſuch Traytors
or Tranſgreſſors, as are deliuered out of the Tower, or otherwiſe to the Shiriffes of London by
writ there to be executed. I read that in the
By the Weſt ende of this Parriſh church and chappell,
Then haue yee out of Towerſtreete, alſo on the North ſide, one other lane, called Marte lane, which runneth vp towardes the North, and is for the moſt parte of this Towerſtreet warde, which lane is about the thirde quarter thereof deuided, from Aldgate ward, by a chaine to bee drawn, thwart the ſaide lane aboue the weſt ende of Harte ſtreete. Cokedon hall, ſometime at the South weſt end of Marte lane I reade of.
A third lane out of Towerſtreete on
the North ſide is called Mincheon
lane, ſo called of tenements there ſometime pertayning to the Minchuns
or Nunnes of Saint Helens in Biſhopſgate ſtreete: this lane is all
of the ſaide Warde, except the corner houſe towardes Fenchurch ſtreete.
And therefore to begin againe at the Eaſt ende of Towerſtreete, on the South ſide, have ye Beare lane, wherein are many faire
houſes, and runneth downe to Thames
ſtreete. The next is Sporiar
lane, of old time ſo called, but ſince, and of later time named
Water lane, becauſe it runneth
downe to the Water gate by the Cuſtome houſe in Thames ſtreete: then is there Hart lane for Harpe lane, which likewiſe runneth downe into Thames ſtreete. In this Hart lane is the Bakers Hall, ſometime the dwelling houſe of
In Tower ſtreete, betweene Hart lane, and Church lane, was a quadrant called Galley row, becauſe Galley men dwelled there. Then haue ye two lanes out of Tower ſtréete, both called Churchlanes, becauſe one runneth downe by the Eaſt ende of Saint Dunſtans Church, and the other by the weſt ende of the ſame: out of the weſt lane, turneth another lane, weſt toward S. Marie Hill, and is called Fowle lane, which is for the moſt part of Tower ſtreete warde.
This Church of Saint Dunſtone in
called in the Eaſt, for difference from one other of the ſame name in the
weſt: it is a fayre and large Church of an auncient building, and within a
large Churchyarde: it hath a great pariſh of many rich Marchants, and other
occupiers of diuerſe trades, namely
Now for the two Church lanes, they meeting on the Southſide of this Church
and Churchyarde, doe ioyne in one: and running downe to the Thames ſtreete: the ſame is called
Saint Dunſtans hill, at the
lower ende whereof the ſayd Thames
ſtreete towards the weſt on both ſides almoſt to Belins gate, but towardes the Eaſt vp to the water gate, by the Bulwarke of the
tower, is all of tower ſtreete
warde. In this ſtreete on the Thames ſide are diuers large landing
places called wharffes, or keyes, for Cranage vp of wares and Marchandiſe,
as alſo for ſhipping of wares from thence to be tranſported. Theſe wharffes
and keyes commonly beare the names of their owners, and are therefore
changeable.
Neare vnto this Cuſtomers key towardes the Eaſt, is the ſayd watergate, and weſt from it Porters key, then Galley key, where the Gallies were vſed to vnlade, and land their marchandizes and wares: and that part of Thames ſtreete, was therefore of ſome called Galley Row, but more commonly petty Wales.
The boundaries of Tower Street Ward, as drawn on the Agas map, are approximate. See MoEML’s page on ward boundaries.