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T2 - The Map of Early Modern London
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CY - Victoria
PB - University of Victoria
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Dark lane was a small street that was located just north of Queenhithe and was connected to Timberhithe Street.
Browne’s Place was rebuilt from
The Deanery at St. Paul’s Cathedral served as the residence for the dean of the cathedral from in
(Schofield 153).
Running north-to-south, Deep Ditch was the boundary between the Moorfields and Bethlehem Hospital. Henry Harben describes the history of the site as follows: In Agas’ map a stream is shown here flowing into the City Ditch, which may be the remains of the Walbrook, the bed of which has been found under Blomfield Street, and might be referred to by
Harben 195
Somerset House (labelled as Somerſet Palace
on the Agas map) was a significant site for royalty in early modern London. Erected in
Named such by identified with Dentoneswharf, held by John Dys
(Carlin and Belcher 72).
PLACE OUTSIDE OF LONDON. While this location exists within the boundaries of modern-day Greater London, it lies outside of the early-modern City of London and is beyond MoEML’s current scope.
Fisher’s Folly was a large house on the east side of
Bishopsgate Street, within the boundary of
Bishopsgate Ward and a few houses away from the
Dolphin Inn. Fisher’s Folly
is not marked on the Agas map. By
Dowgate was a watergate opening to the Thames in Dowgate Ward, near Walbrook (Harben). According to Carlin and Belcher, Dowgate was a place where ships unloaded (Carlin and Belcher 72). According to Harben, Dowgate was called Duuegate
, Douuegate
, or Douegate
, in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries but because u
for an n
, the gate also became known as Downgate (Harben). According to Harben, the site is now occupied by Dowgate Dock (Harben).
Directly translating to
Distaff Lane was in Bread Street Ward. It is not to be confused with Great Distaff Street, the street which crossed the northernmost end of Distaff Lane. There is some discrepancy in the exact length of Distaff Lane between the Agas Map and the information in
Diſtaf la.) appears to run south off Great Distaff Street, labelled
Maidenhed lane, terminating before it reaches Knightrider Street.
runneth downe to Knightriders street, or olde Fishstreete(Stow 1:345). Our map truncates Distaff Lane before Knightrider Street.
Great Distaff Street ran east-west from Friday Street to Old Change and was located in Bread Street Ward. The main structure of note along the street was Cordwainers’ Hall. It was also known as Mayden lane
and is labelled Maidenhed lane
on the Agas map (Stow 1633, sig. 2L6r). According to Distaue, not Distar
(Stow 1633, sig. 2L6r; Harben). Great Distaff Street is not to be confused with Distaff Lane, the lane which ran south out of Great Distaff Street toward Knightrider Street.
The city ditch was part of London’s medieval defence system that ran along the outside of the wall
from the Tower to Fleet River. According to much filth (conveyed forth of the Citie) especially dead dogs, were there laid or cast
(Stow 1633, sig. M1v). The ditch
was filled in and covered with garden plots by the time of
The Tower Ditch, or Tower
Moat, was part of the Tower of London’s
medieval defences. It was built by the Bishop of Ely
Do Little Lane was a small lane that ran north-south between Carter Lane in the north and Knightrider Street in the south. It ran parallel between Sermon Lane in the west and Old Change Street in the east. It lay within Castle Baynard Ward. It is labelled as Do lytle la.
on the Agas map.
Formerly Mountjoy’s Inn, the Doctors’ Commons, Knightrider Street was the
meeting place for the where they kept a common table and built up a precious library of
foreign law books
(Baker
180). Eventually, the Doctors’ Commons,
Knightrider Street housed five courts: the
Described by Walter Thornbury as a small inconvenient house in Paternoster Row
, the Doctors’ Commons, Paternoster Row was the medieval
meeting place for the
Dodding Pond may have been a lane somewhere east of the Tower of London and near the Abbey of St. Mary Graces (Harben).
The City Dog House, located in northern London, was adjacent to Moorfields and was located outside of The Wall and the city wards. On the Agas map, it is labelled as Dogge hous
. Built in
According to Carlin and Belcher, [i]n
and that, furthermore, it is [n]ow [the] N. End of Little Britain
(Carlin and Belcher 72). Ekwall notes that [t]he meaning [of the lane] is clearly
(Ekwall 106).lane where ducks were reared
, but the name seems to have been wrongly read with the vowel of duke and mis-interpreted
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Dowgate Street is a high street that runs north-south from Candlewick Street to the Thames. According to Dowgate
(Harben, Dowgate Hill). According to downe going or descending
, because the street descends to the Thames (Stow 1633, sig. Y4r).
Conduit upon Dowgate was a water conduit in Dowgate Ward. It flowed from the upper end of Dowgate Street to the Thames (Stow 1633, sig. Y4r). Dowgate marks the end of the water conduit where it flows into the Thames. According to Stow, the conduit was built in
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.
Draper’s Hall was a livery company hall on the
north side of Throgmorton Street in Broad Street Ward. On the Agas map, Drapers’ Hall appears as a large house with three
round towers, thus resembling the architecture of Hampton Court Palace and some
of the college gates at Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
Drawbridge Tower was located on London Bridge, at the northernmost end of the drawbridge (Harben, London Bridge; Stow 1633, sig. F4v). Traitors’ heads were displayed on the tower until it was rebuilt in
Savoy Hospital was located along the Strand in Westminster.
for the
reliefe of one hundreth poore people
(Stow 1598, sig. 2D7r). The hospital was suppressed by
Dudley’s House was located just north of Candlewick Street, before it meets Walbrook Street. According to
Manor of the Rose was a residence on Suffolk Lane in Dowgate Ward.
According to
Established in held by [the]
(Carlin and Belcher 67-8). Lastly, in
(Carlin and Belcher 68).
Suffolk House was located on the west side of Blackman Street near St. George Southwark and was just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Walford).
According to
The St. James Duke’s Place
(Stow 1633, sig. O1v-O3r).
The buildings on the site were destroyed in the Great Fire and then rebuilt (Sugden 281). The church was active until
According to
Located on the banks of the Thames, Baynard’s Castle was built sometime
in the by
(Weinreb and Hibbert 129). The castle passed to
who by forfeyture for
fellonie, lost his Baronie of little Dunmow
(Stow 1:61). From the time it was built, Baynard’s Castle was the headquarters of London’s
army until the reign of
when it was handed over to the Dominican Friars,
the Blackfriars whose name is still commemorated along that part of the
waterfront
(Hibbert 10).
The Duke’s Wardrobe, also known a Waterton’s Alley
or The Duke’s Wardrobe atte Baynardes Castel
, was so named for its association to to be identified with Love Lane
(Carlin and Belcher 97).
Dune House was located in Tower Street Ward. fayre house
with a high tower of Bricke
that was built by one of the owners, ouerlooke his neighboures
(Stow 97).
Durham House was located in the Strand, west of Ivy Bridge Lane. It stood at the border between the Duchy of Lancaster and Westminster.
Austin Friars was a church on the west side of Broad Street in Broad
Street Ward. It was formerly part of the Priory of Augustine Friars, established in 1253. At the dissolution
of the monastery in 1539, the West end [of the church] thereof inclosed from
the steeple, and Quier, was in the yeare 1550. graunted to the Dutch Nation in
London [by
(Stow). The Quier
and side Isles to the Quier adioyning, he reserued to housholde vses, as for
stowage of corne, coale, and other things
(Stow). The church, completely rebuilt in the nineteenth century and
then again mid-way through the twentieth century, still belongs to Dutch
Protestants to this day.
Other aliases are Duties alley
and Sprincle alley
; the site is now home of the Fenchurch Buildings (Carlin and Belcher 80).
The Julian calendar, in use in the British Empire until September 1752. This calendar is used for dates where the date of the beginning of the year is ambigious.
The Julian calendar with the calendar year regularized to beginning on 1 January.
The Julian calendar with the calendar year beginning on 25 March. This was the calendar used in the British Empire until September 1752.
The Gregorian calendar, used in the British Empire from September 1752. Sometimes
referred to as
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) calendar is based on the supposed date of the
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creation dates are in common use. See Anno Mundi (Wikipedia).
Regnal dates are given as the number of years into the reign of a particular monarch.
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