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TY - ELEC
A1 - Stow, John
A1 - Munday, Anthony
A1 - Munday, Anthony
A1 - Dyson, Humphrey
ED - Jenstad, Janelle
T1 - Survey of London (1633): Breadstreet Ward
T2 - The Map of Early Modern London
ET - 7.0
PY - 2022
DA - 2022/05/05
CY - Victoria
PB - University of Victoria
LA - English
UR - https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/7.0/stow_1633_BREA3.htm
UR - https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/7.0/xml/standalone/stow_1633_BREA3.xml
TY - UNP
ER - 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).
(BREA3.xml)
In the middle ages, Westcheap was the main market west of Walbrook, so called to distinguish it from Eastcheap, the market
in the east. By
(CHEA5.xml)
(STAN17.xml)
Cheapside Cross (Eleanor Cross), pictured but not labelled on the
Agas map, stood on Cheapside Street between Friday Street and Wood
Street. St. Peter, Westcheap lay to its
west, on the north side of Cheapside Street. The
prestigious shops of
(ELEA1.xml)
Watling Street ran east-west between St. Sythes Lane in Cordwainer Street Ward and Old Change in Bread Street Ward. It is visible on the Agas map under the label Watlinge ſtreat
.
Noble Street
(Stow 1598, sig. O4v). This should not lead to confusion with Noble Street in Aldersgate Ward. There is an etymological explanation for this crossover of names. According to Ekwall, the name Watling
ultimately derives from an Old English word meaning king’s son
(Ekwall 81-82). Watling Street remains distinct from the Noble Street in Aldersgate Ward.
(WATL1.xml)
(REDL2.xml)
(AUST2.xml)
(STAU3.xml)
(REDL3.xml)
(OLDC1.xml)
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.
(GREA10.xml)
Knightrider Street ran east-west from Dowgate Street to Addle Hill, crossing College Hill, Garlick Hill, Trinity Lane, Huggin Lane, Bread Street, Old Fish Street Hill, Lambert or Lambeth Hill, St. Peter’s Hill, and Paul’s Chain. Significant landmarks included: the College of Physicians and Doctors’ Commons.
(KNIG1.xml)
(OLDF1.xml)
Bread Street ran north-south from the Standard (Cheapside) to Knightrider Street, crossing Watling Street. It lay wholly in the ward of Bread Street, to which it gave its name.
(BREA1.xml)
Holy Trinity Priory, located west of Aldgate and north of Leadenhall
Street, was an Augustinian Priory. in the parishes of Saint Marie Magdalen, S. Michael, S. Katherine, and the blessed Trinitie, which now was made but one Parish of the holy Trinitie
(Stow).
Before
(HOLY1.xml)
Trinity Lane ran north-south between
Old Fish Street (Knightrider Street) and Thames Street, between Garlick Hill and Huggin Lane, entirely in the ward of Queenhithe. On the Agas map, it is
labelled Trinitie lane
.
(TRIN1.xml)
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
(LOND5.xml)
Basing Lane, also known as the whether ment for the Kings
bakehouse, or of bakers dwelling there, and baking bread to serue the market
in Bredstreete, where the bread was sold, I know not
(Stow).
(BASI3.xml)
Friday Street passed south through Bread Street Ward, beginning at the cross in Cheapside Street and ending at Old Fish Street. It was one of many streets that ran into Cheapside Street market whose name is believed to originate from the goods that were sold there.
(FRID1.xml)
(STMA39.xml)
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.
(DIST1.xml)
Cheapside Street, one of the most important streets in early modern London, ran east-west between the Great Conduit at the foot of Old Jewry to the Little Conduit by St. Paul’s churchyard. The terminus of all the northbound streets from the river, the broad expanse of Cheapside Street separated the northern wards from the southern wards. It was lined with buildings three, four, and even five stories tall, whose shopfronts were open to the light and set out with attractive displays of luxury commodities (Weinreb and Hibbert 148). Cheapside Street was the centre of London’s wealth, with many
(CHEA2.xml)
(WALB3.xml)
Goldsmiths’ Row was a section on the south side of Cheapside Street, by Cheapside Cross. Goldsmiths’ Row and the shops and homes of other wealthy merchants made the street an elite and attractive one.
(GOLD6.xml)
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
(FARR1.xml)
Cordwainer Street Ward is east of Bread Street Ward. The ward takes its name from its main street, Cordwainer Street, so named of
(CORD1.xml)
New Fish Street (also known in the New Fyſhe ſtreate
. Variant spellings include Street of London Bridge
, Brigestret
, Brugestret
, and Newfishstrete
(Harben 432; BHO).
(NEWF1.xml)
(STNI2.xml)
(ALLH3.xml)
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In
(STPA2.xml)
Cornhill was a significant thoroughfare and was part of the cityʼs main major east-west thoroughfare that divided the northern half of London from the southern half. The part of this thoroughfare named Cornhill extended from St. Andrew Undershaft to the three-way intersection of Threadneedle, Poultry, and Cornhill where the Royal Exchange was built. The name Cornhill
preserves a memory both of the cornmarket that took place in this street, and of the topography of the site upon
which the Roman city of Londinium was built.
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.
(CORN2.xml)
(SALT1.xml)
(STMI9.xml)
(STAL2.xml)
(BREA4.xml)
(GERR1.xml)
(TOWE5.xml)
(STMI109.xml)
Located on St. Laurence Lane, Guildhall, Blossoms Inn was a
travelers inn. Our Agas coordinates for the inn are based on
(BLOS1.xml)
Bevis Marks was a street south of the City Wall that ran east-west from Shoemaker Row to the north end of St. Mary Axe Street. It was in Aldgate Ward. Bevis Marks was continued by Duke’s Place.
(BEVI1.xml)
Mark Lane ran north-south from Fenchurch Street to Tower
Street. It was for the most parte of this Towerstreet warde
(Stow). The north end of the street, from Fenchurch Street to Hart
Street was divided between Aldgate Ward
and Landbourn Ward. so called of a Priuiledge sometime
enjoyed to keepe a mart there, long since discontinued, and therefore forgotten,
so as nothing remaineth for memorie
(Stow). Modern scholars have suggested that it was
instead named after the mart, where oxen were fattened for slaughter (Harben).
(MARK1.xml)
Billiter Lane ran north-west from
Fenchurch to Leadenhall, entirely in Aldgate Ward. Nearby landmarks included Blanch Appleton facing the opening of
Billiter Lane on the south side
of Fenchurch and Ironmongers’ Hall to the west of Billiter Lane on the north side of Fenchurch. Nearby churches were St. Catherine Cree on Leadenhall and All Hallows Staining adjacent to the Clothworkers’ Hall) and St. Katharine Coleman on Fenchurch. On the Agas map, Billiter Lane is labelled Bylleter la.
(BILL3.xml)
Gutter Lane ran north-south from Cheapside to Maiden Lane (Wood Street). It is to the west of Wood Street and to the east of Foster Lane, lying within the north-eastern most area of Farringdon Ward Within and serving as a boundary to Aldersgate ward. It is labelled as Goutter Lane
on the Agas map.
(GUTT1.xml)
(CHRI1.xml)
(STMI6.xml)
Wood Street Counter had been removed there from Bread Street in
(Harben 166). Tracing its history back ever further, Carlin and Belcher note that the prison was initially located in the Broken Seld around
(COMP1.xml)
(COUN1.xml)
The gaol at Newgate, a western gate in the Roman Wall of London, was constructed in the twelfth century specifically to detain fellons and trespassors
awaiting trial by royal judges (Durston 470; O’Donnell 25; Stow 1598, sig. C8r). The gradual centralisation of the English criminal justice system meant that by the
(NEWG1.xml)
(STJO5.xml)
(STMA16.xml)
A brewhouse in Distaff Lane. Flourished in the
(LAMB5.xml)
Alternate names for this location include Cordwayners Hall
and Shoomakers Hall
.
(CORD2.xml)
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Printer, bookbinder, and bookseller.
Writer and book collector. Revised
King of England
Prince of Wales and Aquitaine. Father of
King of England
King of England
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Wife of
Wife of
Benefactor of the Parish of St. Stephen (Coleman Street).
Wife of
Printer and historian.
King of England and Ireland
King of England
King of England
Poet and antiquary.
Playwright, actor, pageant poet, translator, and writer. Possible member of the
King of England
Historian and author of
Member of the
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London from
Queen consort of England
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Wife of
Sheriff of London
King of Bohemia
King of Bohemia and the Romans
Sheriff of London
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Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Mayor of London
Sheriff of London
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Printer and bookseller.
Sheriff of London
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Member of the
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Alderman. Monument at All Hallows, Bread Street.
Member of the
Financier of St. Mildred, Bread Street.
Member of the
Gentleman. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.
Member of the
Sheriff of London
Parson of St. Mildred, Bread Street. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.
Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.
Member of the
Surgeon to
Donated four tenements to the poor of St. Mildred, Bread Street. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.
Member of the
Member of the
Giant. Supposedly dwelled at the site of Gerrard’s Hall.
Son of
Keeper of the compter in Bread Street. Sent to Newgate for his cruel treatment of his prisoners.
Sheriff of London
Founder or builder of St. Margaret Moses.
Sheriff of London
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Sheriff of London
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Buried at All Hallows, Bread Street.
Member of the
Founder of a chantry at St. Mildred, Bread Street in
Buried at St. Mildred, Bread Street.
Clothier. Buried at St. Mildred, Bread Street.
Buried at St. Mildred, Bread Street.
Wife of
Wife of
Deputy of Breadstreet Ward. Master of the
Wife of
Buried at St. John the Evangelist.
Founder of a chantry at St. Margaret Moses. Buried at St. Margaret Moses.
Founder of a chantry at St. Margaret Moses. Buried at St. Margaret Moses.
Wife of
Esquire and citizen of London. Husband of
Member of the
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