The Castle
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The Castle
Agas MapThe Castle was a large stone house in Cornhill ward, located on the north side of Cornhill at the western side of the Royal Exchange. Part of it was removed for the expansion of the Royal Exchange in 1566, and is mentioned by Stow as being named for the Castle Tavern sign. It is unmarked on the Agas map, but is said to have an alley passing through it, also named for the tavern sign.
Stow says that despite rumours of the site having once been a small church or a Jewish
dwelling, the Castle was likely to have been built in the first year of King Richard I, when it was decreed that only stone houses could be constructed within London in a preventative measure against fires (Stow).
The site has since been removed for further expansion of the Royal Exchange (Harben).
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Citation
Harben, Henry. A Dictionary of London. London: Henry Jenkins, 1918. British History Online. Reprint. Open.This item is cited in the following documents:
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Stow, John. A Survey of London. Reprinted from the Text of 1603. Ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908. Reprint. British History Online. Subscription. [Kingsford edition, courtesy of The Centre for Metropolitan History. Articles written 2011 or later cite from this searchable transcription. In the in-text parenthetical reference (Stow; BHO), click on BHO to go directly to the page containing the quotation or source.]This item is cited in the following documents:
