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Billingsgate Ward is west of Tower Street Ward. The ward is named after Billingsgate, a water-gate and harbour on the Thames.
Tower Street Ward is east of Billingsgate Ward and west of the Tower of London.
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.
One of the
The church of St. Magnus the Martyr, believed to be founded some time in the eleventh century, was on the south side of Thames Street just north of London Bridge. According to Stow, in its churchyard haue béene buried many men of good worſhip, whoſe monumentes are now for the moſt part vtterly defaced
, including
As the only bridge in London crossing the Thames until
Love Lane (Thames Street) was situated
within Billingsgate Ward (or Belingsgate
) (Hughson 91). Billingsgate Ward is two wards to the west of the Tower of London. The Agas map shows
that the lane goes from north to south—up to St. Andrew Hubbard and down to Thames Street. It runs parallel to the streets St. Mary-at-Hill Street and Botolph Lane.
Pudding Lane is most famously known as the
starting point of the Great Fire of 1666. Pudding Lane ran south from Little Eastcheap down to Thames Street, with New Fish Street
(Newfyshe Streat) framing it on the west and
Botolph Lane on the east. The only
intersecting street on Pudding Lane is St. George’s Lane, and the nearby parishes include
St. Margaret (New Fish Street), St.
Magnus, St. Botolph (Billingsgate), St. George (Botolph Lane), and St.
Leonard (Eastcheap). On Ekwall’s map it is labeled as Rother (Pudding) Lane
after
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
Queenhithe is one of the oldest
havens or harbours for ships along the Thames. landing place
. Queenhithe
was known in the ninth century as Aetheredes hyd or the landing place of
.
Lyon Quay was located between Broken Wharf to the west and Brook’s Wharf to the east (Harben). Although not on the original list of "Legal Quays" drawn up in the sixteenth century, Lyon Quay did make the list after the port was reassessed following the Great Fire of
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St. Botolph’s Wharf was located in Billingsgate Ward on the north bank of the Thames. Named after
St. Botolph’s Billingsgate Church was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Botolph Lane and Thames Street in Billingsgate Ward. It is not labelled on the Agas map. It was one of the four London churches named after the seventh-century Anglo-Saxon monk,
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Dowgate Ward is east of Vintry Ward and west of Candlewick Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Dowgate Street, are named after Dowgate, a watergate on the Thames.
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).
Boss Alley (Queenhithe) was in Queenhithe Ward. It is labelled
on the Agas map as Boſs allee
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According to of spring water continually running
, which was set into the wall of Boss Alley (Stow 1598, sig. M2v). This boss was the subject of an early modern poem, which personified both the Boss of Billingsgate and the London Stone. In this poem, the Boss is described as a fallen woman, who the London Stone marries (
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landmarks, including the King’s Head Tavern, where
the then-pork and peas
after her sister,
St. George (Botolph Lane) was a church on Botolph Lane in Billingsgate Ward. The church dates back at least to
Eastcheap Street ran east-west, from
Tower Street to St. Martin’s Lane. West of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street, Eastcheap was known as Great Eastcheap
. The portion of the street to the
east of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street was known as Little Eastcheap
. Eastcheap (Eschepe or Excheapp) was the site of a medieval food market.
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BIllinſgate warde,
beginneth at the weſt ende
of Towerſtreete warde, in Thames ſtreete, about
Smartes Key, and runneth downe along that
ſtreete
on the ſouth ſide, to S.
Magnus church
at the Bridge
ſame Thames ſteeete,
from ouer againſt Smarts
Key till ouer againſt the
North weſt Corner of S.
Magnus
Church aforeſaide: on this North ſide of Thames ſtreete, is S. Marie hill lane, vp to S. Margarets
Church, and then parte of
S. Margarets Pattens
ſtreete, at the end of S. Mary hil
lane:
Next out of Thames ſtreete is Lucas lane, and then Buttolph
lane, and at the northend thereof Philpot lane, then is Rothar
lane, of
olde time ſo called, and thwart the ſame lane is little
Eaſt
cheape, and theſe be the bounds of this Billinſgate warde. Touch
ing the
principall ornamentes within this warde. On the ſouth
ſide of
Thames ſtreete, beginning at the Eaſt end thereof,
there
is firſt the ſaide Smartes key, ſo called
of one Smart
owner thereof, the next is Billinſgate, whereof the whole ward
taketh name, the which
(leauing out the fable, thereof faigning it
to be builded by Beline
tion of Chriſt
Harbrough for ſhips and Boates, commonly ariuing
there with
fiſh both freſh and ſalt, ſhell fiſhes, ſalt, Orenges, Onions, and
o
ther Fruits and Rootes, Wheat, Rie, and Graine of diuers
ſorts,
for ſeruice of the Citie, and the partes of this Realme adioyning.
This Gate is now more frequented then of olde time, when the
Queenes Hith was more vſed as being appointed by the
kinges of
this Realm, to be the ſpecial or onely porte for taking vp of al
ſuch
kinde of marchandizes brought to this citie by ſtrangers & For
renners, and the draw bridge of Timber at London bridge was
then to bée raiſed or drawne vp for paſſage of ſhippes with toppes
thether.
Touching the auncient cuſtomes of this B
haue not read in
any recorde, more then that in the Edwarde
the thirde
leſſer boate called a Battle, a halfepenny: of two quarters of corn
meaſured the king was to haue one Farthing of a Combe, of
Corne a pennie, of
euerie weight going out of the City a
halfepenny, of two quarters of ſea coale
meaſured a farthing,
and of euery Tunne of Ale going out of England beyond the
ſeas,
by Marchant ſtrangers foure pence, of euery thouſand Herring,
a
farthing, except the Franchiſes &c.
The next to this is Somars key, which
likewiſe tooke that
name of one SomarLyon
owner thereof, and ſince
of the ſigne
of a Lyon.
Then is there a fayre Wharfe or Key, called Buttolphes
gate
by that name ſo called in the VVilliam the
Conqueror
and
Edwarde the Confeſſor
deſcription of the Gates.
Next is the pariſh church of S. Buttolph, a proper Church,
&
hath had many fayre monumentes therein, now defaced and cleane
gone:
notwithſtanding I find by Teſtimonies abroad, that theſe
which follow were
buried there, to wit, 1384.
1391.
Ironmonger one of the Sheriffes, 1423. Raynewel
monger, and Rainwel
Maior 1426. and
deceaſing 1445. was
buried there with this
Epitaphe.
Hee gaue a ſtone houſe, to bee a Reueſtrie to that Church for
euer: more, hee
gaue landes, and Tenementes to the vſe of the
vnto the diſcharge of all perſons, inhabiting the
wardes of Belins
gate, Downegate, and
Aldegate, as often as it ſhall happen any
fifeteene, by Parliament of the king to bee granted, alſo to the
Exchequer in
diſcharge of the Sheriffes tenne pounde yearely,
which the Sheriffes vſed to pay
for the Fearme of Southwarke,
ſo that all men of the Realme, comming or paſſing with
carriage
ſhould be free quitted and diſcharged of all Tole and other pay
mentes, afore time clamed by the Sheriffes: Further that
the
Maior and Chamberlaine, ſhall pay yearely to the Sheriffes,
eight
pound, ſo that the ſaide Sheriffes take no manner Tole or
money, of any perſon
of this Realme, for their goods, Marchandi
zes, victuailes,
and carriages, for their paſſages at the great gate
of the bridge of the citie,
nor at the gate called the draw bridge &c.
The ouerplus of money comming of
the ſaide Landes and Tene
mentes, deuided into euen portions,
the one parte to bee imploy
led to inſtore the Grayners of
the Cittie, with wheate for the re
leefe of the poore
Comminaltie, and the other Moity to cleare and
clenſe the ſhelues, and other
ſtoppages of the riuer of Thames &c.
1454. and
Agnes
berdaſher, one of the Sheriffes 1480. was
there buried, beſides
many other perſons of good worſhip, whoſe monumentes are
all
deſtroyed by greedy men of ſpoile.
This pariſh of S.
Buttolph is no great thing, notwithſtan
ding
diuers ſtrangers are there harbored as may appeare by a
preſentment, not many yeres ſince made
of ſtrangers inhabitants
in the warde of
Billinſgate in theſe wordes. In Billinſgate
ward
were one and fifty houſeholdes of ſtrangers, whereof thirty
of
theſe houſehouldes inhabited in the parriſh of S. Buttolph in
the chiefe and
principall houſes where they giue twenty pound
the yeare for a houſe lately
letten, for foure marks, the nearer they
dwell to the waterſide, the more they
giue for houſes, and within
thirty yeares before there was not in the whole
warde aboue thrée
Netherlanders, at which time there was within the ſaide
pariſh
leauied for the helpe of the poore, ſeauen and twentie pounde, by
the yeare, but ſince they came ſo plentifully thether, there cannot
ſuch charges as other Citizens doe. Thus much for that ſouth
ſide of
this warde.
On the north ſide is Boſſe Alley, ſo called of a
Boſſe of ſpring
water continually running, which ſtandeth by Billinſgate, againſt
this Alley, and was
ſometimes made by the Executors of
ard VVhitington
Then is
S. Mary hill
lane, which runneth vp North from
Billinſgate, to the end of S. Margaret Pattens,
commonly cal
led Roode lane,
and the greateſt halfe of that lane is alſo of Billins
gate warde. In this S. Marie hil lane is the
fayre pariſh church
of S. Marie called on the hill, bycauſe
of the aſcent from Billins
gate.
This church hath been lately builded, as may appeare by this
that followeth.
Hackney
yeare 1322. and
Fabian1497. in the moneth
of Aprill
in the
Church of S. Marie
hil neare vnto Billinſgate, they
found
a Coffin of rotten Timber, and therein the Corps of a woman,
whole
ofſkin, and of bones vndeſeuered, and the iointes of her
armes pliable, without
breaking of the ſkinne, vpon whoſe ſepul
chre this was
engrauen. Here lyen the bodies of
Hackney
in the Edwarde the
ſecond
ground, three or foure
dayes without noyſance, but then it waxed
vnſauorie: and ſo was again buried.
monger was buried there, 1387.
Maior, 1387.
Phillip 1473.
Sheriffes 1490. gaue
liberally towarde the new building of this
Church, and ſteeple, and was there
buried, William
Remington
Maior, 1500. Thomas Blanke 1582.
HolſtockeCutberte Buckle 1594.
This lane on both ſides is furniſhed with many fayre houſes
for Marchantes and
hath at the North end thereof, one other S. Margaret Pattens,
becauſe of olde time Pattens
were there vſually made and ſolde: but of later
time, this is called
Roode lane, of a Roode there placed, in
the Church yarde
of
Saint Margaret,
whileſt the olde Church was taken downe, and a
gaine newly
builded, during which time the oblations made to
this Roode, were imployed
towardes building of the church: but
in the yere 1538. about the 23. of May
Roode was found to haue been in the night proceeding (by people
vnknown), broken all to
péeces, together with the Tabernacle,
wherein it had béene placed. Alſo on the
27, of the ſame moneth
ſame parriſh amongſt the
Basketmakers, a great and ſudden
fire happened in the night ſeaſon, which within
the ſpace of thrée
howers conſumed more then a dozen houſes, & nine perſons
were
brent to death there, and thus ceaſed that worke of this Church,
being
at that time nigh finiſhed to the ſteeple.
The lane on both ſides beyond the ſame church to the mid
way
towardes Fenchurch ſtreete is of Billinſgate warde.
Then againe out of Thames ſtreete, by the weſt ende of S.
Mary hill Church,
runneth vp one other lane of olde time called
Roape lane, ſince called Lucas
Lane, of one Lucas owner of
ſome
part thereof, and now corruptly called Loue
lane, it runneth vp by
the Eaſt end of a pariſh
Church of Saint Andrew Hubbert,
or Saint Andrew in
Eaſt Cheape: This Church and all the
whole Lane called Lucas Lane is of this Billinſegate warde.
Then haue yee one other lane out of Thames ſtreete, cal
led Buttolph lane, becauſe it riſeth ouer againſt the Parriſh
Church of S. Buttolph, and runneth vp North by the Eaſt end of
S. Georges Church, to
the Weſt ende of S. Androwes
Church
and to the ſouth ende of Philpot
lane.
This Parriſh Church of Saint George in
Buttolph lane,
is ſmal, but the Monumentes for two
hundred yeares paſt are
well preſerued, from ſpoile whereof, one is of
Maior, Richarde
BammeGillingham in
Kent, 1452.
VValton 1401. 1400.
Leauaunt, and
wife, 1400. 1452. who gaue forty pound, towardes the
workes of that
Church.
the Sheriffes, 1477. Richarde Drylande
therine
of Southuckenton in Eſſex, Stewarde of the Houſholde to
Humphrey Duke of Gloceſter 1487.
one
of the Sheriffes, 1519. 1538.
Henry
the eight
buried. 1544. Thomas
Gayle 1540.
cholas Wilforde
bout the yeare. 1551Hugh Spencer 1424.
Heywarde 1573.
&c.
Then haue yee one other lane called Rother Lane or Red
Roſe Lane, of ſuch a ſigne there, now
commonly called Pudding
Lane, becauſe the
houſe for Hogges there, and their
Puddinges with other filth of
Beaſtes, are voided downe that way to their dung
boates on the
Thames.
This Lane ſtretcheth from Thames ſtreete to little Eaſt-
Cheape chiefely inhabited,
by Basketmakers, Turners, and
little Eaſt Cheape, ſometime a Brewhouſe, with a Garden on
the
backeſide adioyning to the Garden of Iohn Philpot
the chiefe
houſe in this Eaſt Cheape, it is now deuided into
ſundry
ſmall Tenementes, &c.
This Warde hath one Alderman, and his
Deputie, common
Counſellors Conſtables eleuen, Scauengers ſixe, for the
Wardmote inqueſt foureteene and a Beadle, it is taxed to the fifteene in London, at two and
thirty pound, and in the Exchequer at one and thirty
pound ten ſhillinges.
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