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Born digital. Contains information about the ward and links to other parts of the project. 1603 transcription from Stow.
Lime Street Ward is west of Aldgate Ward. The ward is named after its principle street, Lime Street, which takes its name from the making or ſelling of Lime there
, according to
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Lime Street Ward is west of Aldgate Ward. The ward is named after its principle street, Lime Street, which takes its name from the making or ſelling of Lime there
, according to
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 Limeſtréete warde, and taketh the name of Limeſtréete, of making or ſelling of Lime there, (as is ſuppoſed) the Eaſt ſide of this Limeſtréete, 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 Limeſtréete ward: the ſouthend on both ſides is of Langborne ward: the bodie of this Limeſtréete ward, is of the high ſtréete called Cornehill ſtréete, which ſtretcheth from Limeſtreete on the ſouthſide, to the weſt corner of Leaden hall: and on the north ſide from the ſouthweſt corner of Saint Marie ſtréete, to another corner ouer againſt Leadenhall.
Now for ſaint Mary ſtréet, the weſt ſide therof is of this Limeſtréete ward, and alſo the ſtréete which runneth by the north ende of this ſaint Marie ſtréete, 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.
Ward boundaries drawn on the Agas map are approximate. The Agas map does not lend itself well to georeferencing or georectification, which means that we have not been able to import the raster-based or vector-based shapes that have been generously offered to us by other projects. We have therefore used our drawing tools to draw polygons on the map surface that follow the lines traced verbally in the opening paragraph(s) of each ward chapter in the