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St. Botolph’s Wharf was located in Billingsgate Ward on the north bank of the Thames. Named after
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St. Botolph’s Wharf was located on the north bank of the River Thames in Billingsgate Ward, directly east of London Bridge.Buttolphe W.
runs north to south amid the waves of the river. According to was sometime giuen, or confirmed by
in
Botolph’s Wharf’s origins as a wharf may be traced as far back as the twelfth century, when a tongue of land was extended into the river (LAARC a large Water-gate, Port, or Harbor for Ships and Boats, commonly arriving there with Fiſh, both freſh and ſalt, Shell-fiſhes, Salt, Oranges, Onions, and other Fruits and Roots, Wheat, Rie, and Grain of divers ſorts, for ſervice of the City, and the parts of this Realm adjoining
(Howell sig. M3r).
Botolph’s Wharf was named after
The frequency of trade and the abundance of goods at Botolph’s Wharf made it, like most London wharves, susceptible to theft. One notable example occurred in
in his Apron, and in the Inside of his Cloaths, in his Bosom, besides what he had got in his Apron and Handkerchief(
[g]ood hopes there was of [the fire] stopping at the Three Cranes above, and at Bottolph’s Wharf below bridge, if care be used
(Pepys 1666-09-02). Botolph’s Wharf appears to have survived the Great Fire as it is listed on Vertue’s 1723 reconstruction of post-fire London (Vertue); however, like many early modern wharves, Botolph’s Wharf does not exist in contemporary London.