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Candlewick Street Ward

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Watercolour painting of the alderman and deputy in charge of Candlewick Street Ward by Hugh Alley. Image courtesy of the Folger Digital Image Collection.
Watercolour painting of the alderman and deputy in charge of Candlewick Street Ward by Hugh Alley. Image courtesy of the Folger Digital Image Collection.
From John Stow, A Survey of London, 2nd ed. (London, 1603; STC #23343):
CAndlewicke ſtreete, or Candlewright ſtreete warde, beginneth at the Eaſt end of great Eaſtcheape, it paſſeth weſt through Eaſtcheape to Candlewright ſtreete, and through the ſame downe to the north ende of Suffolke lane, on the ſouth ſide, an downe that lane by the weſt ende of ſaint Laurence Churchyard, which is the fartheſt weſt part of that ward. The ſtreete of great Eaſtcheape is ſo called of the Market there kept, in the Eaſt part of the Citie, as Weſt Cheape is a Market ſo called of being in the Weſt.

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