East Smithfield
Agas MapList documents mentioning East Smithfield- A Survey of London
- Abbey of St. Mary Graces
- Dodding Pond
- Gazetteer (B)
- Gazetteer (C)
- Gazetteer (D)
- Gazetteer (E)
- Gazetteer (H)
- Gazetteer (L)
- Gazetteer (S)
- Gazetteer (T)
- Hog Lane (East Smithfield)
- Holy Trinity Churchyard (East Smithfield)
- Little Tower Hill
- Portsoken Ward
- St. Katherine’s Hospital
- Survey of London: Coleman Street Ward
- Survey of London: Portsoken Ward
- Survey of London: Suburbs
- Survey of London: Tower Street Ward
- Survey of London: Towers and Castles
- Survey of London: Waters
- Tower Ditch
- Tower Hill
- Variant spellings
East Smithfield is a district located east of the
City of London and northeast of the Tower of
London. Its name derives from
smoothfield ,with the prefix
easthelping to differentiate it from the Smithfield northwest of Cripplegate (Harben). As time progressed, it transformed from what Stow describes as a
plot of groundwith very few houses into a densely populated area by the mid-seventeenth century(Stow; Harben).
The Agas map shows East Smithfield in its older,
less populated state. It is located east of Little Tower
Hill and is north of St. Katherine’s
Lane. The district is identified by the label
Easte Smith .
References
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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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Citation
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:
