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The Survey of London

The Survey of London

by John Stow

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Author
Stow, John, 1525?-1605
Credits
Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
London (England) -- Surveys
Category
Text
eBook-No.
42959
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42959
Release Date
June 16, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE SURVEY OF LONDON
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION
  3. 3.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  4. 4.NORDEN’S MAP OF LONDON 1593 — REFERENCES TO THE MAP ON PAGES xvi AND xvii
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.THE AUTHOR TO THE READER
  7. 7.THE SURVEY OF LONDON CONTAINING THE ORIGINAL, ANTIQUITY, INCREASE, MODERN ESTATE, AND DESCRIPTION OF THAT CITY
  8. 8.WALL ABOUT THE CITY OF LONDON
  9. 9.OF ANCIENT AND PRESENT RIVERS, BROOKS, BOURNS, POOLS, WELLS, AND CONDUITS OF FRESH WATER, SERVING THE CITY, AS ALSO OF THE DITCH COMPASSING THE WALL OF THE SAME FOR DEFENCE THEREOF.
  10. 10.THE TOWN DITCH WITHOUT THE WALL OF THE CITY
  11. 11.BRIDGES OF THIS CITY
  12. 12.GATES IN THE WALL OF THIS CITY — AELDGATE — BISHOPSGATE — POSTERN OF MOREGATE — POSTERN OF CRIPPLEGATE — ALDERSGATE — POSTERN OUT OF CHRIST’S HOSPITAL — NEWGATE — LUDGATE — BRIDGE GATE
  13. 13.OF TOWERS AND CASTLES — TOWER ON LONDON BRIDGE — TOWER ON THE SOUTH OF LONDON BRIDGE — BAYNARD’S CASTLE — THE RIGHTS THAT BELONGED TO ROBERT FITZWALTER CHASTALIAN OF LONDON, LORD OF WODEHAM, WERE THESE:— — TOWER OF MOUNTFIQUIT
  14. 14.OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER HOUSES OF LEARNING
  15. 15.HOUSES OF STUDENTS IN THE COMMON LAW — Within the liberties — Without the liberties
  16. 16.OF ORDERS AND CUSTOMS
  17. 17.OF CHARITABLE ALMS IN OLD TIMES GIVEN
  18. 18.SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF OLD TIME USED IN THIS CITY
  19. 19.OF WATCHES IN THIS CITY, AND OTHER MATTERS COMMANDED, AND THE CAUSE WHY
  20. 20.HONOUR OF CITIZENS, AND WORTHINESS OF MEN IN THE SAME
  21. 21.THE CITY DIVIDED INTO PARTS
  22. 22.OF PORTSOKEN WARD, THE FIRST IN THE EAST PART
  23. 23.TOWER STREET WARD
  24. 24.ALDGATE WARD
  25. 25.LIME STREET WARD
  26. 26.BISHOPSGATE WARD
  27. 27.BROAD STREET WARD
  28. 28.CORNEHILL WARD
  29. 29.LANGBORNE WARD, AND FENNIE ABOUT
  30. 30.BILLINGSGATE WARD
  31. 31.BRIDGE WARD WITHIN
  32. 32.CANDLEWICK STREET WARD
  33. 33.WALBROOK WARD
  34. 34.DOWNEGATE WARD
  35. 35.WARDS ON THE WEST SIDE OF WALBROOKE, AND FIRST OF VINTRY WARD
  36. 36.CORDWAINER STREET WARD
  37. 37.CHEAPE WARD
  38. 38.COLEMAN STREET WARD
  39. 39.BASSINGS HALL WARD
  40. 40.CRIPPLESGATE WARD
  41. 41.ALDERSGATE WARD
  42. 42.FARINGDON WARD INFRA, OR WITHIN
  43. 43.BREAD STREET WARD
  44. 44.QUEENE HITHE WARD
  45. 45.CASTLE BAYNARD WARD
  46. 46.THE WARD OF FARINGDON EXTRA, OR WITHOUT
  47. 47.BRIDGE WARDE WITHOUT, THE TWENTY-SIXTH IN NUMBER; CONSISTING OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARKE, IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY.
  48. 48.THE SUBURBS WITHOUT THE WALLS OF THE SAID CITY BRIEFLY TOUCHED. AS ALSO WITHOUT THE LIBERTIES MORE AT LARGE DESCRIBED.
  49. 49.LIBERTIES OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER
  50. 50.THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER, WITH THE ANTIQUITIES, BOUNDS, AND LIBERTIES THEREOF
  51. 51.GOVERNORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON; AND FIRST OF ECCLESIASTICAL BISHOPS AND OTHER MINISTERS THERE
  52. 52.PARISH CHURCHES
  53. 53.HOSPITALS IN THIS CITY, AND SUBURBS THEREOF, THAT HAVE BEEN OF OLD TIME, AND NOW PRESENTLY ARE, I READ OF THESE AS FOLLOWETH:
  54. 54.NOW OF LEPROSE PEOPLE, AND LAZAR HOUSES
  55. 55.THE TEMPORAL GOVERNMENT OF THIS CITY, SOMEWHAT IN BRIEF MANNER
  56. 56.ALDERMEN AND SHERIFFS OF LONDON
  57. 57.OFFICERS BELONGING TO THE LORD MAYOR’S HOUSE
  58. 58.THE SHERIFFS OF LONDON; THEIR OFFICERS
  59. 59.OF THE MAYOR’S AND SHERIFFS’ LIVERIES SOMEWHAT
  60. 60.SOMEWHAT OF LIVERIES WORN BY CITIZENS OF LONDON, IN TIME OF TRIUMPHS AND OTHERWAYS
  61. 61.A DISCOURSE OF THE NAMES AND FIRST CAUSES OF THE INSTITUTION OF CITIES AND PEOPLED TOWNS AND OF THE COMMODITIES THAT DO GROW BY THE SAME; AND, NAMELY, OF THE CITY OF LONDON
  62. 62.THE SINGULARITIES OF THE CITY OF LONDON
  63. 63.AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE EXAMINATION OF SUCH CAUSES AS HAVE HERETOFORE MOVED THE PRINCES EITHER TO FINE AND RANSOM THE CITIZENS OF LONDON, OR TO SEIZE THE LIBERTIES OF THE CITY ITSELF.
  64. 64.FITZSTEPHEN’S DESCRIPTION OF LONDON — OF THE SITUATION OF THE SAME — OF THE MILDNESS OF THE CLIMATE — OF THE RELIGION — OF THE STRENGTH OF THE CITY — OF THE GARDENS — OF THE PASTURE AND TILLAGE LANDS — OF THE SPRINGS — OF THE HONOUR OF THE CITIZENS — OF THE MATRONS — OF THE SCHOOLS — OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE AFFAIRS OF THE CITY ARE DISPOSED — OF THE SPORTS
  65. 65.INDEX
  66. 66.FOOTNOTES
  67. 67.Transcriber’s Note

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