Volume 1

A survey of London / by John Stow; reprinted from the text of 1603, with introduction and notes by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford.

  • Stow, John
Date:
1908
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Credit: A survey of London / by John Stow; reprinted from the text of 1603, with introduction and notes by Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    rage PS of the saide Church, from whence downe Fauster lane, and Noble street, is all of Aldersgate streete ward, till yee come to the stone wall, in the West side of Noble streete, as is afore shewed. Which sayde Wall downe to Neuils Inne, or Windsor house, and downe Monkes well streete, on that west side, then by London wall to Criplegate, and the west side of that same gate, is all of Faringdon Ward. Then backe againe into Cheape, and from Fauster Lane end, to S. Martins lane end, and from thence through saint Nicholas shambles, by Penticost Lane, and Butchers alley, and by stinking lane through Newgate market to Newgate. All which is the North side of Faringdon warde. On the south from against the saide great Crosse in Cheape West to Fridayes streete, and downe that streete on the East side, till ouer against the North East corner of saint Mathewes saide Church. Then againe along Cheape to the old Exchange, and downe that lane (on the East side) to the parrish church of Saint Augustine, which church and one house next adioyning in Watheling streete bee of this warde, and on the west side of this lane, to the east arch or gate by saint Augustines church, which entereth the south churchyeard of saint Paules, which arch or gate was builded by Nidiolas Faringdon about the yere 1361. & within that gate on the said north side, to the gate that entereth the North churchyeard, and all the North Churchyearde, is of this Faringdon Warde. Then againe into Cheape, and from the North end of the olde Exchaunge, West by the North gate of Powles church- yearde, vp Pater Noster Row, by the two lanes out of Powles church, and to a signe of the Goldyng Lyon, which is some twelue houses short of Aue Mary lane : the west side of which Lane is of this Warde. Then at the south end of Aue Mary lane, is Creedc Lane, the west side whereof is also of this ward. Now betwixt the south endc of Aue Mary Lane,and the] north end of Creede lane, is the comming out of Paules church- yard on the East, and the high streete called Bowier row to Ludgate, on the west, which way to Ludgate is of this ward.
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