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Born-digital file containing information about the ward and links to other parts of the project. 1603 transcription from Stow.
Broad Street Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward. It is named after its principle street, Broad Street.
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Broad Street Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward. It is named after its principle street, Broad Street.
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 next is Brodeſtréete warde, which beginneth within Biſhopſgate, from the water conduit weſtward on both the ſides of the ſtréete, by Alhallowes church to an Iron grate on the channell which rūneth into the water courſe of Walbrooke before ye¦come to the Poſterne called Mooregate: and this is the fartheſt weſt part of that ward. Then haue ye Brodeſtréete, whereof the ward taketh name, which ſtretcheth out of the former ſtréet, from the Eaſt corner of Alhallowes churchyard, ſomewhat South to the pariſh Church of ſaint Peter the Poore on both ſides, and then by the ſouthgate of the Auguſtine Friers weſt, downe Throkmorton ſtréete by the Drapers hall into Lothburie, to another grate of Iron ouer the channell there, whereby the water runneth into the courſe of Walbrooke, under the Eaſt end of ſaint Margarets Church, certaine poſts of timber are there ſet up: and this is alſo the fartheſt weſt part of this ward, in the ſaid ſtréet. Out of the which ſtréete runneth up Bartholomew lane ſouth to the north ſide of the Exchange, then more Eaſt out of the former ſtréet from ouer againſt the Friers Auguſtines church ſouth gate, runneth up another part of Brodeſtréete, ſouth to a Pumpe ouer againſt Saint Bennets church. Then haue ye one other ſtréete called Three néedle ſtreete, beginning at the Well with two buckets, by ſaint Martins Otoſwich Church wall. This ſtréete runneth downe on both ſides to Finkes lane, and halfe way up that lane, to a gate of a Marchants houſe on the Weſt ſide, but not ſo farre on the Eaſt, then the foreſaid ſtréete, from this Finkes lane runneth downe by the Royall Exchange to the Stockes, and to a place formerly called Scalding houſe, or Scalding wicke, but now Scalding Alley, by the weſt ſide whereof under the pariſh Church of ſaint Mildred runneth the courſe of Walbrooke: and theſe bée the bounds of this warde.
The boundaries of Broad Street Ward, as drawn on the Agas map, are approximate. See MoEML’s page on ward boundaries.