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Project Manager, 2022-present. Research Assistant, 2020-2022. Molly Rothwell was an undergraduate student at the University of Victoria, with a double major in English and History. During her time at MoEML, Molly primarily worked on encoding and transcribing the 1598 and 1633 editions of Stow’s
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Director of Pedagogy and Outreach, 2015–2020. Associate Project Director, 2015. Assistant Project Director, 2013-2014. MoEML Research Fellow, 2013. Kim McLean-Fiander comes to
Janelle Jenstad is Associate Professor of English at the University of Victoria, Director of
Programmer at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre (HCMC). Martin ported the MOL project from its original PHP incarnation to a pure eXist database implementation in the fall of 2011. Since then, he has been lead programmer on the project and has also been responsible for maintaining the project schemas. He was a co-applicant on MoEML’s 2012 SSHRC Insight Grant.
Land surveyor. Known as the maker of the
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Queen of England and Ireland
Bohemian etcher. Moved to London in
Swiss engraver, etcher, and book dealer.
Cartographer. Carried on the cartographic work of
Cartographer.
Dancing master, poet, translator, surveyor, and geographer. Appointed
King’s Cosmographer
Playwright and poet.
Historian and author of
Surveyor.
Cartographer. Drew a map of London in
Diarist and gardener.
Welsh historian and writer.
Engraver and antiquary. Produced a pewter plate version of the Agas
map in
Artist known for his
Engraver, etcher, and print dealer.
Cartographer.
German cartographer, cosmographer, and scholar.
Cartographer and historian.
Dutch cartographer and engraver.
Cartographer.
Cartographer.
Dutch book and printer.
Dutch cartographer and artist.
Dutch printer and map dealer.
Cartographer.
Printer and engraver based in St. Paul’s Churchyard.
Printer and cartographer.
Glass painter, mason, and cartographer.
Dutch printer and map dealer.
Franciscan friar, cosmographer, printer, and cartographer.
Bookseller, printer, and cartographer.
Map and globe seller.
Engraver, printer, and dealer.
Cartographer.
German draughtsman, engraver, and printer.
French cartographer and geographer.
Engraver and draughtsman. Not to be confused with
Writer and nonjuror.
Cartographer, engraver, and explorer.
Cartographer.
Clergyman and antiquarian.
Writer and biographer.
Writer and surveyor.
Flemish and German painter, engraver, and cartographer.
Flemish and German painter, engraver, and cartographer.
French author, poet, and translator.
Herald, playwright, and cartographer. Not to be confused with
Bookseller.
Painter and engraver.
Cartographer.
Cartographer.
Cartographer and printseller. Member of the
Cartographer.
Cartographer, engraver, and printer.
Printmaker.
King of Scotland, England, and Ireland
Engraver and cartographer.
Lithographic draughtsman, engraver, and printer.
Land surveyor and cartographer.
Designer, engraver, and cartographer.
Map printer. Son of
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Engraver, publisher, and globe maker.
The
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Located in Broad Street Ward and Cornhill Ward, the Royal Exchange was opened in
St. Peter upon Cornhill stood at the highest point of the city in the south east of Cornhill Ward. According to a tablet preserved within the church, St. Peter upon Cornhill was founded by not by what authority
(Stow 1:194) the tablet was written.
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In
St. Saviour (Southwark) dates back at least
to S. Mary Owber
.
For information about the Hope, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
The Globe was the open-air, public theatre in which
Lambeth was a neighbourhood located on the southern bank of the Thames, directly opposite to Westminster (Lysons). Jeremy Boulton notes that Lambeth lay outside the
Whitehall Palace, the Palace of Whitehall or simply Whitehall, was one of the most complex and sizeable locations in the entirety of early modern Europe. As the primary place of residence for monarchs from [i]t lay on the left bank of the Thames, and extended from nearly the point where Westminster Bdge. now crosses the river to Scotland Yard, and from the river back to St. James’s Park
(Sugden 564-565).
Westminster Abbey was and continues to be a historically significant church. One of its many notable features is
Tower Hill was a large area of open ground north and
west of the Tower of London. It is most famous as a place of execution;
there was a permanent scaffold and gallows on the hill for the execution of
such Traytors or Transgressors, as are deliuered out of the Tower, or otherwise to the Shiriffes of
London
(Stow).
Little Tower Hill was a common northeast of the Tower of London, between East Smithfield and the Minories.
According to greatly diminished by building of
tenements and garden plots
by certaine
faire Almes houses, strongly builded of Bricke and timber, and couered with
slate for the poore
(Stow).
Spitalfields was a large area of open fields east
of Bishopsgate Street and a good distance north of
Aldgate and Houndsditch. Spitalfields, also
recorded as
Spittlefields
and
Lollesworth,
is
unmistakable on the Agas map. The large expanse of fields is clearly marked
The Spitel Fyeld.
There have been many relics unearthed during archeological excavations in Spitalfields.
A suburban neighbourhood located just north of Moorfields and outside Londonʼs City Wall, Shoreditch was a focal point of early modern theatrical culture. Following a boom in Londonʼs population
Cripplegate Ward is east of Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon Within Ward, encompassing area both inside and outside the Wall. The ward is named after Cripplegate.
Founded by the Royal Foundation of St. Katherine, St. Katherine’s by the Tower was both a hospital and a church. Its surrounding land became the St. Katherine’s by the Tower precinct which, according to Weinreb, was a precinct independent of Aldgate Ward (Weinreb 720, 778).
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
The Parish of St. Olave (Southwark) was located on the southern bank of the Thames and to the east of the Parish of St. Saviour (Southwark), running from London Bridge to Bermondsey (Boulton 9). According to all waifs and strays, treasure trove, deodand, goods of felons and fugitives and escheats and forfeitures
in the borough of Southwark, which included the Parish of St. Olave (Southwark) (Malden).
The Parish of St. Mary Magdalen (Bermondsey) was located to the east of the Parish of St. Olave (Southwark), just outside of the area depicted on the Agas map (Boulton 10-11). According to
This large parish on the south bank of the Thames was part of the deanery of Southwark, in the diocese of Winchester and the province of Canterbury.
The Parish of St. George (Southwark) was located just south of the area depicted on the Agas map. According to all waifs and strays, treasure trove, deodand, goods of felons and fugitives and escheats and forfeitures
in the borough of Southwark, which included the Parish of St. George (Southwark) (Malden).
The London Charterhouse refers to a series of buildings located at the north-east end of Charterhouse Lane to the west of Aldersgate Street near Smithfield. Throughout the early modern period, the Charterhouse served many functions: prior to the Reformation, it was a Carthusian monastery; however, after the execution of
The Liberty of the Rolls was made up of the precincts associated with the official residence of the Master of the Rolls (also known as Rolls’ House) and of those associated with Rolls Chapel (Harben Rolls’ Office).
Lincoln’s Inn was one of the four Inns of Court.
Portsoken Ward is east of Tower Street Ward and Aldgate Ward and is located outside the Wall. This ward was once called Knighten Guild, so named because the land which it encompasses was originally given to thirteen knights or soldiers who were the first members of the
the district outside a city or borough, over which its jurisdiction extends(
Tower Street Ward is east of Billingsgate Ward and west of the Tower of London.
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).
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
Bishopsgate Ward shares its western boundary with the eastern boundaries of Shoreditch and Broad Street Ward and, thus, encompasses area both inside and outside the Wall. The ward and its main street, Bishopsgate Street, are named after Bishopsgate.
Broad Street Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward. It is named after its principle street, Broad Street.
Cornhill Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward and south of Broad Street Ward. According to corne Market
once held there.
Note: Cornhill and Cornhill Ward are nearly synonymous in terms of location and nomenclature—thus, it can be a challenge to tell one from the other. Topographical decisions have been made to the best of our knowledge and ability.
Langbourn Ward is west of Aldgate Ward. According to a long borne of ſweete water
which once broke out of the ground in Fenchurch Street, a street running through the middle of Langbourn Ward (Stow 1603). The long borne of ſweete water
no longer existed at the time of
Candlewick Street Ward is west of Bridge Within Ward. Its main street is Candlewick Street (Stow 1633, sig. X3v).
Billingsgate Ward is west of Tower Street Ward. The ward is named after Billingsgate, a water-gate and harbour on the Thames.
Bridge Within Ward is west of Billingsgate Ward. The ward is named after London Bridge.
Walbrook Ward is west of Candlewick Street Ward. The ward is named after the Walbrook, a river that ran through the heart of London from north to south. The river was filled in and paved over so that it was hardly discernable by
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.
Queenhithe Ward is located east of Castle Baynard Ward and west of Vintry Ward bordering the north bank of the Thames. It is named after the Queenhithe water-gate (Stow 1633, sig. 2M1r).
Vintry Ward is west of Dowgate Ward. The ward is named after the a part of the banks of the Riuer of Thames
within Vintry Ward used by the merchants of Bordeaux for the transporting and selling of their wines (Stow 1603).
Bread Street Ward is east of Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Within Ward. The ward takes its name from its main street, Bread Street, ſo called of bread in olde time there ſold
(Stow 1603).
Cordwainer Street Ward is east of Bread Street Ward. The ward takes its name from its main street, Cordwainer Street, so named of
Cheap Ward is west of Bassinghall Ward and Coleman Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Cheapside, are named after West Cheap (the market).
Coleman Street Ward is west of Broad Street Ward. It is named after its main street, Coleman Street (Stow 1633, sig. 2B6r).
Bassinghall Ward is west of Coleman Street Ward. The ward and its main street Basinghall Street are named after Basing Hall (Stow 1633, sig. 2C5r).
Aldersgate Ward is west of Cripplegate Ward. Both the ward and its main street are named after Aldersgate, the north gate of the city.
Farringdon Within Ward shares parts of its eastern and southern borders with the western and northern boundaries of Castle Baynard Ward. This ward is called
Castle Baynard Ward is west of Queenhithe Ward and Bread Street Ward. The ward is named after Baynard’s Castle, one of its main ornaments.
Farringdon Without Ward is west of Farringdon Within Ward and Aldersgate Ward and is located outside the Wall. This ward is called without
Newgate and Ludgate and to differentiate it from Farringdon Within Ward. Farringdon Without Ward and its counterpart within the Wall are both named after
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This bibliography of maps (our
The first accurate map of London is the
noisily rhetorical art(Edwards para. 4 that served a variety of purposes.
Early maps survive in three forms:
Before
Maps also include people, architectural detail, cartouches, coats of arms, labels, poems, and other texts. In general, it is worth asking what an early modern map depicts. Maps that contain buildings show us the
The MoEML Mapography follows these selection principles:
Note that the maps in the Crace Collection are often a second or subsequent printing of a map. Our metadata includes the date of the London depicted so that users know how to deploy the evidence of the map in the service of a historical argument. Users may assume that maps do not change in subsequent printings unless we have made a note describing changes.
The MoEML Mapography (MAPS1) functions coordinately with the MoEML Bibliography. The Bibliography (BIBL1) contains full bibliographic details for each map, listed by cartographer. These BIBL1 entries, each of which has a unique xml:id (e.g., NEEL1), describe the cartographic work rather than particular copies, variant states, or issues. Each entry in MAPS1 has an xml:id beginning with MAPS1_ and concluding with the xml:id from BIBL1 (e.g., MAPS1_NEEL1). The BIBL1 entry has a link to the MAPS1 entry and vice versa. Additionally, whenever the data in MAPS1 mentions a print surrogate (e.g., John Schofield’s edition of
For each map, we capture ten data points:
n/a.
Anonymous.
The Mapography began life as two independent handlists of maps, one prepared by
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By default, the maps in this table are ordered alphabetically according
to their xml:ids. To list maps alphabetically by parish, click on the
By default, the maps in this table are ordered in the same way that the
wards are organized in