A SURVEY OF THE Buildings and Encroachments on the River of Thames, on both sides, from London-Bridge Eastwards to the lower end of Lyme-house: Taken by the Prin­cipal Officers and Commissioners of his Majesties Navy, with the Assistance of the Elder Brethren of Trinity-house, in pursuance of an Order of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England, Dated the First of March, 1683/4. Wherein is also particularly expressed which of the said Buildings and Encroachments are Old, and which are New, and likewise which of them are judged most prejudicial to Navigation and the River; together with Re­ferences to each of them by Numbers in the Draught of the River lately made by Captain Collins.

On the South-side of the River, from London-Bridge, Eastward.
  Dimensions. 
Numbers in the Draught.Buildings and Encroachments.Feet from East to West.Feet out into the River.Old or New, and which prejudicial.
1AT Allen's Dye-house a pott Gallery2112Old
 A Pair of Stairs2112
2Mr. Cholmley the Brewer, a pair of Stairs1009Old
3Mr. Gibbs's Wharf on the East-side Pickleherring-stairs1415Old
4A Pott Gallery upon the West-side of Still-stairs905. 6. 7. 8. 9.Old
5A Pot Gallery to the West of Wheelers-yard859Old
6Stephen Matthews, alias Mr. Lewsley's Wharf403New
7From the West End of Mr. Cundy's Wharf to the West End of Mr. Boddy's Yard2005New
8From the West end of Cundy's Wharf to the East of Philip Castney's Wharf37W 3 E 23New
9Mr. Partridge's Wharf35W 20 E 2New
10St. Saviours Dock, Mr. Veering's Timber-Yard110E 5New
11Mr. Heyden, junior, alias Collins's Yard40W 5 E 28New
12Mr. Heyden, senior, his Launch50W 30 E 3New
13From Mr. Stephens's House to the Stairs at the West-end of his Yard1275New
14Mr. Stephens's House and Wharf40W 4 E 5New
15Thomas Huggins's Yard100W 25 E 4New
16William Ebbins's Wharf35W 2 E 16New
17West of Three-Mariners-stairs68W 3 E 6New
18Mr. Castle's, alias Narbrough's Yard80W 5 E 27New
19Mr. Stephens's House and Wharf357New
20Mr. Eldridge's Wharf1008Old
21From thence East to Redriff-Bite40E 23Old
22From East-side of Redriff-Bite to the West of Church-Wharf400W 20 E 2Old
23From the West-side of Captain Bowers's House to the East-side of Mr. Whittingham's152W 15 E 36New
24From the Crane against Redriff-Church-steeple to the East-end of Slightfoot's House130W 28 E 16Old
25Mr. Brownloe's Wharf26E 8New
26Captain Wardlow's House3534New, prejudicial
27From the East-end of Captain Wardlow's to the West-end of Farren's60010Old
28Mr. Farren's Timber-Wharf by Russel's Powder-Mill5010Old
29From Farren's to the Powder-Mill-stairs1008Old
30The Yard in the Possession of Sir William Warren is7520New
31Sir Thomas Gold's Yard, in the Possession of Grassingam and Collins200100Old
32Mr. Glyde's Wharf10011New
33Mr. Kirby's Yard10211New
34From the West-side of Rolfe's Yard to the West-side of Globe-stairs17511New
35The Merchants Plank-Wharf on the East-side of Globe-stairs60W 8 E 25New
36Mr. Shishes Yard and Dock22225New
37Major Bornes's Wharf to the East of Mr. Shishes Yard2525New
38Shepherd and Dogg-stairs200W 10 E 5New
39From the Shepard and Dogg-stairs Eastward805New
40From the West of Mr. Hunt's Gun-wharf to the West of Mr. Hill's Timber-yard1608New
41Mr. Hunt's Gun-Wharf728New
42Next Wharf to Mr. Walraven's Wharf189New
43Mr. Walraven's Wharf at the Sign of the Kings-Head203New
44From the West-side of the Rape-Mill Westward10025New

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On the North-side of the River, from London-Bridge Eastward.
  Dimensions. 
Numbers in the Draught.Buildings and Encroachments.Feet from East to West.Feet out into the River.Old or New, and which prejudicial.
1BIllinsgate, Smart's Key, from the Corner up into the Dock,208New
And from thence Eastward128New
2Iron-Gate, a Causway 100very prejudicial
3St. Katherines, from Iron-Gate towards St. Katherines Dock are Pot Galleries6208 & 10Old
4Mr. Babbington's Wharf86Old
5Mr. Butterfield's Wharf4610Old
6From Mr. Butterfield's to Ship-Brew-house a Pot Gallery6010Old
7John Parson's Wharf217Old
8Thomas Harvell's Pot Gallery228Old
9John Gulick's Pot Gallery1210Old
10The Widdow Pardy's Cole-Wharf3012Old
11Thomas Mallam's Pot Gallery1510Old
12Mr. Bullock's three Houses Pot Galleries408Old
13Mr. John Butterworth88Old
14Hermitage a Causway 100prejudicial
15William Middleton's Wharf283New
16Robert Partridge, Anchor-smith1812New, prejudicial
17Next to him is a Bile about 8 Foot, in which shews all between him and Anderson to be Encroached   
18A Jetty on the West-side of And [...]son's and the East side of Fifield's Pot Gallery, by which it appears that those Wharfs and Buildings on each side of the said Pot Galleries are Encroached 6New
19Mr. Snellgrove's Yard1206New
20Wapping Old-stairs a Causway 110prejudicial
21From Widdow Moppets Stairs, Eastward355Old
22From thence to the West of Mr. White's Launch206Old
23From the said Launch to the East-side of White's Yard6815 2Old
24Wapping New-stairs, a Causway 105prejudicial
25Mr. Amos Foord's Wharf258Old
26From Mr. Bradley's the Anchor-smith's Wharf below Wapping New-stairs to Mr. Snipe's House71020Old
27Wapping-Dock, a Causway 120prejudicial
28From the West-side of King Edward's Stairs, East7014 
29A Causway from King Edward's Stairs 120 
30Sir William Warren's, the Old Encroachment16223New, very prejudicial.
 the New Encroachment7237
31From Sir William Warren's to New-Crane-stairs190E 23prejudicial
32New Crane, New-Crane-stairs a Causway 100prejudicial
33From thence to George King's, a Boat-builders Yard240W 17 E 27New, very preju.
34Mr. Baxter's Yard or Wharf200W 17 E 23New
35Henry Goodman's Wharf3213New
36From Pellican-stairs, James Foster's Wharf2512Old
37Vosse's Key1405Old
38Roberts and Allen's Yard70W 2 E 10Old
39Oxenbridge and Allen's Yard6010Old
40Mr. Hill's Gun-Wharf704Old
 A Lay-stall 3 Foot, and ready to fall 3 
41Mr. Denn's, alias Buzby and Joyce253Old
42Bell-wharf Brew-house, with a large Bite going in, Old,843Old
43Francis Bestwell 3 Posts about 6very prejudicial
44Mr. Edward Hawkins Pot Gallery358Old
45West-side of Trinity-Yard2618Old
 East-side of Trinity-Yard2011 
46Robert Warner's Pot Gallery258New
47Mr. James Ems Yard, from the East-side of the Launch to the East-side of the Yard8514New
48Ratcliff-Cross, Widdow Rooks Wharf808New
49Mr. Crowder's Pot Gallery456Old
50From the West-side of Captain Prestman's House to the West-side of Queens-stairs565New
51Queens-stairs, Mr. Rich's a Shipwrights Yard to the East of Queens-stairs602New
52From the East of Marshal's House to the East of Cox's Yard41W 2 E 8New
53Lyme-house-Bridge, Mr. Boyce's Yard1007New
54Wats, an Oar-makers Wharf, East of Dick-shore to Mr.Graves's Yard5430Old
55Thomas Graves's Yard and Dock180W 9 E nilOld
56John Graves a Shipwrights Yard20050Old
57From the Crane in the Possession of Mr. Margate to the Stairs by the Biew-Anchor1506New
58Edward Gray's Wharf, from the Blew-Anchor to the East-side thereof410W 26 E 9New
R. Haddock. J. Tippets. J. Narbrough. J. Sothern. Sam. Chamblet. Simon Nichols. Henry Teddeman. Thomas Brown. Isaac Wooodgreen. John Hill. Thomas Collier. Nich. Kerrington. Henry Mudd. William Green.

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