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A New History of London
… is to say, the said Robert Fitz-Walter had a soke or ward in the city, where was a wall of the eanonry of St. … is bounded on the east by Queenhithe and Bread street wards; on the south by the river Thames; on the west … records and books were happily preserved, excepting one or two. By the act for rebuilding the city, the edifice was …
A New History of London
… a market; and one being antiently held in the principal street of this ward, Cheapside, it was known by the name of … that terrible conflagration, like a bright shining coal, or a palace of burnished brass: the timber being such solid … leading to the particular offices; over which is a balcony or gallery, supported by twelve iron pillars in the form of …
A New History of London
… Book 2, Ch. 16 Coleman Street Ward CHAP. XVI. Coleman-street ward. Boundaries. … as the peculiar residence of dealers in coals; or from some person of the name of Coleman, who as the builder, chief owner or inhabitant, communicated his name to it. The ward is …
A New History of London
… Boundaries. The antient name of this ward was Cordwainers-street ward, from Cordwainers-street, now Bow-lane; which … church, but afterward obtained the addition of de arcubus, or le Bow, in West Cheaping or Cheapside. In this church originally was held the court of …
A New History of London
… XVIII. Cornhill-ward. Boundaries.; Extent. The principal street in this ward having been originally the corn market … is heavy and confused to the eye. The uppermost turret or lanthorn that crowns the whole supports a fane of polished … in the same branches of trade assemble in distinct parts or walks as expressed in the annexed plate. Under the north …
A New History of London
… there. It is bounded on the east by Moorfields, Coleman-street-ward, Bassishaw-ward, and-Cheap ward; on the north by … north; and from Jewin street in the west, to Backstreet, or Little Moorfields, in the east. Plan of Cripplegate ward … also buried here, though undistinguished by any monument or inscription. St. Alphage church. At the north east corner …
A New History of London
… its present state, is briefly as follows. The liberties, or those parts of this city which are subject to its … Pickaxstreet, at the end of Fan-alley, and in St. John's-street: on the west, by bars in Holborn, at the east end of … uniting to compose the full court of commoncouncil, or legislative body of the corporation. They assemble in …
A New History of London
… The whole is divided into eight precincts. Thames street. Thames street, which crosses this ward from east to … Stillyard. The most noted of these wharfs is the Stillyard or Steelyard, so often mentioned in the preceding history as … and 100 at 5s. There are certain annual examinations or probations appointed, at which public exercises are …
A New History of London
… one ward, under one alderman, descending by inheritance or gained by purchase. Thomas de Ardene conveyed this … from thence to the stone wall on the west side of Noble-street is all in Aldersgate ward. Then from the said wall, down to Windsor-house, or Nevil's-inn, and down Monkwell-street, on the west side, …
A New History of London
… and all Smithfield, to the bars in St. John's-street. The north side of Holborn up to the bars at the east … Thames. Smithfield. Smithfield, as it is generally called, or West Smithfield as it is sometimes termed, to distinguish … The name is thought to be derived from its being a smooth or level field; but this is meer conjecture, Anciently it was …