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.
Dimensions. | |||||
Numbers in the Draught. | Buildings and Encroachments. | Feet from East to West. | Feet out into the River. | Old or New, and which prejudicial. | |
1 | AT Allen's Dye-house a pott Gallery | 21 | 12 | Old | |
A Pair of Stairs | 21 | 12 | |||
2 | Mr. Cholmley the Brewer, a pair of Stairs | 100 | 9 | Old | |
3 | Mr. Gibbs's Wharf on the East-side Pickleherring-stairs | 14 | 15 | Old | |
4 | A Pott Gallery upon the West-side of Still-stairs | 90 | 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. | Old | |
5 | A Pot Gallery to the West of Wheelers-yard | 85 | 9 | Old | |
6 | Stephen Matthews, alias Mr. Lewsley's Wharf | 40 | 3 | New | |
7 | From the West End of Mr. Cundy's Wharf to the West End of Mr. Boddy's Yard | 200 | 5 | New | |
8 | From the West end of Cundy's Wharf to the East of Philip Castney's Wharf | 37 | W 3 E 23 | New | |
9 | Mr. Partridge's Wharf | 35 | W 20 E 2 | New | |
10 | St. Saviours Dock, Mr. Veering's Timber-Yard | 110 | E 5 | New | |
11 | Mr. Heyden, junior, alias Collins's Yard | 40 | W 5 E 28 | New | |
12 | Mr. Heyden, senior, his Launch | 50 | W 30 E 3 | New | |
13 | From Mr. Stephens's House to the Stairs at the West-end of his Yard | 127 | 5 | New | |
14 | Mr. Stephens's House and Wharf | 40 | W 4 E 5 | New | |
15 | Thomas Huggins's Yard | 100 | W 25 E 4 | New | |
16 | William Ebbins's Wharf | 35 | W 2 E 16 | New | |
17 | West of Three-Mariners-stairs | 68 | W 3 E 6 | New | |
18 | Mr. Castle's, alias Narbrough's Yard | 80 | W 5 E 27 | New | |
19 | Mr. Stephens's House and Wharf | 35 | 7 | New | |
20 | Mr. Eldridge's Wharf | 100 | 8 | Old | |
21 | From thence East to Redriff-Bite | 40 | E 23 | Old | |
22 | From East-side of Redriff-Bite to the West of Church-Wharf | 400 | W 20 E 2 | Old | |
23 | From the West-side of Captain Bowers's House to the East-side of Mr. Whittingham's | 152 | W 15 E 36 | New | |
24 | From the Crane against Redriff-Church-steeple to the East-end of Slightfoot's House | 130 | W 28 E 16 | Old | |
25 | Mr. Brownloe's Wharf | 26 | E 8 | New | |
26 | Captain Wardlow's House | 35 | 34 | New, prejudicial | |
27 | From the East-end of Captain Wardlow's to the West-end of Farren's | 600 | 10 | Old | |
28 | Mr. Farren's Timber-Wharf by Russel's Powder-Mill | 50 | 10 | Old | |
29 | From Farren's to the Powder-Mill-stairs | 100 | 8 | Old | |
30 | The Yard in the Possession of Sir William Warren is | 75 | 20 | New | |
31 | Sir Thomas Gold's Yard, in the Possession of Grassingam and Collins | 200 | 100 | Old | |
32 | Mr. Glyde's Wharf | 100 | 11 | New | |
33 | Mr. Kirby's Yard | 102 | 11 | New | |
34 | From the West-side of Rolfe's Yard to the West-side of Globe-stairs | 175 | 11 | New | |
35 | The Merchants Plank-Wharf on the East-side of Globe-stairs | 60 | W 8 E 25 | New | |
36 | Mr. Shishes Yard and Dock | 222 | 25 | New | |
37 | Major Bornes's Wharf to the East of Mr. Shishes Yard | 25 | 25 | New | |
38 | Shepherd and Dogg-stairs | 200 | W 10 E 5 | New | |
39 | From the Shepard and Dogg-stairs Eastward | 80 | 5 | New | |
40 | From the West of Mr. Hunt's Gun-wharf to the West of Mr. Hill's Timber-yard | 160 | 8 | New | |
41 | Mr. Hunt's Gun-Wharf | 72 | 8 | New | |
42 | Next Wharf to Mr. Walraven's Wharf | 18 | 9 | New | |
43 | Mr. Walraven's Wharf at the Sign of the Kings-Head | 20 | 3 | New | |
44 | From the West-side of the Rape-Mill Westward | 100 | 25 | New |
Dimensions. | |||||
Numbers in the Draught. | Buildings and Encroachments. | Feet from East to West. | Feet out into the River. | Old or New, and which prejudicial. | |
1 | BIllinsgate, Smart's Key, from the Corner up into the Dock, | 20 | 8 | New | |
And from thence Eastward | 12 | 8 | New | ||
2 | Iron-Gate, a Causway | 100 | very prejudicial | ||
3 | St. Katherines, from Iron-Gate towards St. Katherines Dock are Pot Galleries | 620 | 8 & 10 | Old | |
4 | Mr. Babbington's Wharf | 8 | 6 | Old | |
5 | Mr. Butterfield's Wharf | 46 | 10 | Old | |
6 | From Mr. Butterfield's to Ship-Brew-house a Pot Gallery | 60 | 10 | Old | |
7 | John Parson's Wharf | 21 | 7 | Old | |
8 | Thomas Harvell's Pot Gallery | 22 | 8 | Old | |
9 | John Gulick's Pot Gallery | 12 | 10 | Old | |
10 | The Widdow Pardy's Cole-Wharf | 30 | 12 | Old | |
11 | Thomas Mallam's Pot Gallery | 15 | 10 | Old | |
12 | Mr. Bullock's three Houses Pot Galleries | 40 | 8 | Old | |
13 | Mr. John Butterworth | 8 | 8 | Old | |
14 | Hermitage a Causway | 100 | prejudicial | ||
15 | William Middleton's Wharf | 28 | 3 | New | |
16 | Robert Partridge, Anchor-smith | 18 | 12 | New, prejudicial | |
17 | Next to him is a Bile about 8 Foot, in which shews all between him and Anderson to be Encroached | ||||
18 | A 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 | 6 | New | ||
19 | Mr. Snellgrove's Yard | 120 | 6 | New | |
20 | Wapping Old-stairs a Causway | 110 | prejudicial | ||
21 | From Widdow Moppets Stairs, Eastward | 35 | 5 | Old | |
22 | From thence to the West of Mr. White's Launch | 20 | 6 | Old | |
23 | From the said Launch to the East-side of White's Yard | 68 | 15 2 | Old | |
24 | Wapping New-stairs, a Causway | 105 | prejudicial | ||
25 | Mr. Amos Foord's Wharf | 25 | 8 | Old | |
26 | From Mr. Bradley's the Anchor-smith's Wharf below Wapping New-stairs to Mr. Snipe's House | 710 | 20 | Old | |
27 | Wapping-Dock, a Causway | 120 | prejudicial | ||
28 | From the West-side of King Edward's Stairs, East | 70 | 14 | ||
29 | A Causway from King Edward's Stairs | 120 | |||
30 | Sir William Warren's, the Old Encroachment | 162 | 23 | New, very prejudicial. | |
the New Encroachment | 72 | 37 | |||
31 | From Sir William Warren's to New-Crane-stairs | 190 | E 23 | prejudicial | |
32 | New Crane, New-Crane-stairs a Causway | 100 | prejudicial | ||
33 | From thence to George King's, a Boat-builders Yard | 240 | W 17 E 27 | New, very preju. | |
34 | Mr. Baxter's Yard or Wharf | 200 | W 17 E 23 | New | |
35 | Henry Goodman's Wharf | 32 | 13 | New | |
36 | From Pellican-stairs, James Foster's Wharf | 25 | 12 | Old | |
37 | Vosse's Key | 140 | 5 | Old | |
38 | Roberts and Allen's Yard | 70 | W 2 E 10 | Old | |
39 | Oxenbridge and Allen's Yard | 60 | 10 | Old | |
40 | Mr. Hill's Gun-Wharf | 70 | 4 | Old | |
A Lay-stall 3 Foot, and ready to fall | 3 | ||||
41 | Mr. Denn's, alias Buzby and Joyce | 25 | 3 | Old | |
42 | Bell-wharf Brew-house, with a large Bite going in, Old, | 84 | 3 | Old | |
43 | Francis Bestwell 3 Posts about | 6 | very prejudicial | ||
44 | Mr. Edward Hawkins Pot Gallery | 35 | 8 | Old | |
45 | West-side of Trinity-Yard | 26 | 18 | Old | |
East-side of Trinity-Yard | 20 | 11 | |||
46 | Robert Warner's Pot Gallery | 25 | 8 | New | |
47 | Mr. James Ems Yard, from the East-side of the Launch to the East-side of the Yard | 85 | 14 | New | |
48 | Ratcliff-Cross, Widdow Rooks Wharf | 80 | 8 | New | |
49 | Mr. Crowder's Pot Gallery | 45 | 6 | Old | |
50 | From the West-side of Captain Prestman's House to the West-side of Queens-stairs | 56 | 5 | New | |
51 | Queens-stairs, Mr. Rich's a Shipwrights Yard to the East of Queens-stairs | 60 | 2 | New | |
52 | From the East of Marshal's House to the East of Cox's Yard | 41 | W 2 E 8 | New | |
53 | Lyme-house-Bridge, Mr. Boyce's Yard | 100 | 7 | New | |
54 | Wats, an Oar-makers Wharf, East of Dick-shore to Mr.Graves's Yard | 54 | 30 | Old | |
55 | Thomas Graves's Yard and Dock | 180 | W 9 E nil | Old | |
56 | John Graves a Shipwrights Yard | 200 | 50 | Old | |
57 | From the Crane in the Possession of Mr. Margate to the Stairs by the Biew-Anchor | 150 | 6 | New | |
58 | Edward Gray's Wharf, from the Blew-Anchor to the East-side thereof | 410 | W 26 E 9 | New |
Navy-Office, 30 Octob. 84.
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.