Houndsditch
Agas MapList documents mentioning Houndsditch- A Survey of London
- Abbey of St. Mary Graces
- Aldersgate Ward
- Barbican
- Bethlehem Hospital
- Billiter Lane
- Bishopsgate Street
- Bishopsgate Ward
- Excerpts from If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2
- Gazetteer (B)
- Gazetteer (C)
- Gazetteer (G)
- Gazetteer (H)
- Gazetteer (L)
- Gazetteer (P)
- Gazetteer (R)
- Gazetteer (S)
- Gunfoundry
- Henslowe’s Diary
- Historical Personography
- Hog Lane (East Smithfield)
- Holy Trinity Churchyard (East Smithfield)
- Portsoken Ward
- Spitalfields
- St. Botolph (Aldgate)
- St. Botolph without Bishopsgate
- St. Mary Spital
- Survey of London: Aldersgate Ward
- Survey of London: Bishopsgate Ward
- Survey of London: Farringdon Ward Without
- Survey of London: Gates
- Survey of London: Parishes
- Survey of London: Portsoken Ward
- Survey of London: Suburbs
- Survey of London: Towers and Castles
- The Wall
- Variant spellings
Houndsditch was a street outside the city walls running slightly northwest from Aldgate Street (without Aldgate) to Bishopsgate Street. It was within
the wards of Portsoken and Bishopsgate. The street was formed as people began
to build houses on the bank of the city ditch. As
the ditch became filled with rubbish and detritus, it was levelled off and
turned into gardens (Stow) before
finally being paved in 1503 (Harben). Stow mentions that the street’s
name came from citizens throwing
dead Doggesinto the city ditch (Stow).
On the Agas map, Houndsditch is the street running north above the
city wall from Aldgate to Bishopsgate. It bears the
label
Honnsdiche .
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:
