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Dowgate Ward
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"DOWGATE-HILL, Upper Thames-street, is about a quarter of a mile on the right hand from London-bridge, and leads into Walbrook. This hill derives its name, as does the ward in which it is situated, from an ancient gate so named in the original city wall that ran along side the north side of the Thames, which, according to Stow, was originally called Down-gate, and was the principal quay for shipping to load and land goods and provisions. . . Downgate Ward, is bounded on the north by that of Walbrook, on the west by that of Vintry, on the south by the Thames, and on the east by the wards of Candlewick and Bridge. It extends from St. Martin's-lane eastward to Cloak-lane west-ward, and from those extremities, almost in a direct line southward to the Thames. . . The principal buildings are the parish church of Allhallows the Great, the halls of the Plumbers, Joiners, Innholders, Skinners and Tallow-chandlers companies, and Merchant Tailors' School."[J. Elmes, A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs (1831) - transcribed by Gareth Hicks]
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Dowgate Ward contains the parishes All Hallows the Great, All Hallows the Less.
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London Metropolitan Archive holdings for Dowgate Ward.
Dowgate Ward - photographs and maps from the London Burial Grounds website.
John Strype's Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster (1720) - Vintry and Dowgate Ward.
Wikipedia page on Dowgate Ward.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Dowgate Ward to another place.
Allen, Thomas. The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. Continued to the present time. London: G. Virtue (1839) 3 vols. [Full text - Dowgate Ward]
Stow, John and John Nottley. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent. London, Printed for T. Read (1733-35) 2 vols. [Full text - Dowgate Ward]
Thomas, Henry The Wards of London: Comprising a Historical and Topographical Description of Every Object of Importance Within the Boundaries of the City. With an Account of All the Companies, Institutions, Buildings, Ancient Remains &c., &c., and Biographical Sketches of All Eminent Persons Connected Therewith London: J. Gifford (1828) 2 vols. [Dowgate Ward]
Blome's 1754 Map of Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TQ326808 (Lat/Lon: 51.510171, -0.090981), Dowgate Ward which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Vintry and Dowgate Ward Club website - with some historical accounts.
Sources for listings of taxpayer names for Dowgate Ward, listed on the LDS FamilySearch wiki.