Survey of London: Volume 15, All Hallows, Barking-By-The-Tower, Pt II

The second part of the survey of the parish includes the Custom House and the several quays on the Thames, as well as buildings on Great Tower Street, and Muscovy Court and Catherine Court in the northern part of the parish.

Survey of London. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1934.

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Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Map of the parish of All Hallows: Plan of parish showing monuments
Members of the Survey Committee iv-vi
Description of the plates ix-xiii
List of illustrations xiv-xv
Preface xvii-xviii
Introduction 1-3
Muscovy Court 4-6
Seething Lane (east side) 7-13
The Royal Lady Chapel and Barking Alley 14-15
Seething Lane (west side) 16-17
Mark Lane (east side) 18-20
Mark Lane (west side) 21-22
No. 34, Great Tower Court 23-30
Custom House Quay and the Old Custom House 31-43
Galley Quay 44-49
Chester's Quay 50-52
Brewers' Quay 53-55
42 Trinity Square 56
Memorials in the church: Key plan 57
Memorials in the church: Brasses 58-75
Memorials in the church: Monuments and wall tablets 75-92
Memorials in the church: Floor slabs 93-112
Memorials in the church: The church yard 112
Appendix: On recent excavations at All Hallows 113-115
Index 117-130
Frontispiece: Painted altarpiece with Robert Tate's arms in the church of All Hallows
Plate 1: The Liberty of the Tower (with part of All Hallows), 1597 1
Plate 2: The Liberty of the Tower (with part of All Hallows) 2
Plate 3: All Hallows parish in 1681 3
Plate 4: Tower Ward in 1720 4
Plate 5: All Hallows in 1797 5
Plate 6: The parish in 1875 6
Plate 7: Plan of the site of Catherine Court and Muscovy Court 7
Plate 8: Catherine Court, elevation of south side 8
Plate 9: Catherine Court, elevation of north side 9
Plate 10: Catherine Court, looking east 10
Plate 11: Catherine Court, looking west 11
Plate 12: No. 4, Catherine Court, porch 12
Plate 13: No. 4, Catherine Court, detail of porch 13
Plate 14: No. 4, Catherine Court, porch 14
Plate 15: No. 4, Catherine Court, rain-water down pipe and tablet 15
Plate 16: Nos. 5, 6, and 7, Catherine Court, parapet, roofs and entrance 16
Plate 17: Nos. 7 and 8, Catherine Court, entrance doorways and details 17
Plate 18: Nos. 7 and 8, Catherine Court, detail of entrance doorways 18
Plate 19: Catherine Court, door-knockers 19
Plate 20: Catherine Court, door-knockers 20
Plate 21: No. 4, Catherine Court, stairs 21
Plate 22: No. 4, Catherine Court, stairs, details 22
Plate 23: No. 4, Catherine Court, stairs, dado panelling 23
Plate 24: No. 4, Catherine Court, stairs, detail of dado panelling 24
Plate 25: No. 4, Catherine Court, stairs 25
Plate 26: No. 5, Catherine Court, stairs 26
Plate 27: No. 5, Catherine Court, stairs, details 27
Plate 28: No. 5 Catherine Court, stairs 28
Plate 29: No. 6, Catherine Court, stairs, details 29
Plate 30: No. 10, Catherine Court, fireplace 30
Plate 31: Catherine Court, external details 31
Plate 32: Seething Lane, entrance to Catherine Court 32
Plate 33: 33-36, Seething Lane, and entrance to Catherine Court 33
Plate 34: Nos. 35 and 36, Seething Lane, entrance door ways 34
Plate 35: House in Seething Lane, stairs 35
Plate 36: House in Seething Lane, fireplace 36
Plate 37: No. 34, Great Tower Street, north (entrance) front 37
Plate 38: No. 34, Great Tower Street, entrance door way and steps 38
Plate 39: No. 34, Great Tower Street, ground-floor plan 39
Plate 40: No. 34, Great Tower Street, first-floor plan 40
Plate 41: No. 34, Great Tower Street, second-floor plan 41
Plate 42: No. 34, Great Tower Street, front (north) elevation 42
Plate 43: No. 34, Great Tower Street, detail of entrance 43
Plate 44: No. 34, Great Tower Street, detail of main cornice 44
Plate 45: No. 34, Great Tower Street, section 45
Plate 46: No. 34, Great Tower Street, grille in ground floor counting house 46
Plate 47: No. 34, Great Tower Street, north-west room on first floor 47
Plate 48: No. 34, Great Tower Street, north-west room on first floor, detail of handrail to counter 48
Plate 49: No. 34, Great Tower Street, north-west room on first floor, fireplace 49
Plate 50: No. 34, Great Tower Street, north-east room on first floor, fireplace 50
Plate 51: No. 34, Great Tower Street, north-east room on first floor, detail of fireplace 51
Plate 52: No. 34, Great Tower Street, north-east room on first floor, fireplace 52
Plate 53: No. 34, Great Tower Street, details of panelling on first floor 53
Plate 54: No. 34, Great Tower Street, north-west room on second floor 54
Plate 55: No. 34, Great Tower Street, north-west room on second floor, fireplace 55
Plate 56: No. 34, Great Tower Street, south-east room on second floor, fireplace 56
Plate 57: No. 34, Great Tower Street, south-east room on second floor, fireplace 57
Plate 58: No. 34, Great Tower Street, north-east room on second floor, fireplace 58
Plate 59: No. 34, Great Tower Street, stairs, second floor 59
Plate 60: No. 34, Great Tower Street, stairs, detail of balusters 60
Plate 61: No. 34, Great Tower Street, stairs, second floor 61
Plate 62: Vaults on site of old Custom House 62
Plate 63: Custom House in 1663 63
Plate 64: View of Wren's Custom House 64
Plate 65: Plan of Wren's Custom House after the fire of 1715 65
Plate 66: Elevation of the Custom House as designed by Ripley 66
Plate 67: The Custom House by Ripley, as erected 67
Plate 68: Entrance to Catherine Court, and No. 12, Trinity Square 68
Plate 69: Trinity Square, north-west side 69
Plate 70: No. 42, Trinity Square, first floor plan and elevation 70
Plate 71: No. 42, Trinity Square, external view 71
Plate 72: Brasses in the church 72
Plate 73: Brasses in the church 73
Plate 74: Brasses in the church 74