(St.) Katherine's Stairs, East Smithfield

(St.) Katherine's Stairs, East Smithfield
   East of Irongate Stairs, on the Thames (Survey of St. Katherine's, 1686, Sloane MS. 3254-A. 1-Lockie, 1810).
   The old stairs were removed for the construction of St. Katherine's Docks 1827. But the name was in general use until recent times.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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