Queenhithe Ward

Queenhithe Ward
   One of the twenty-six wards of the City, by the riverside, bounded on the north by Bread Street and Cordwainer Wards, east by Vintry Ward, west by Castle Baynard Ward, and on the south by the river.
   First mention: 1289 (Cal. L. Bk. A. p.209). Identified as the Ward of Simon de Hadestok, mentioned 55 H. III. (Anc. Deeds, C. 1910).
   The ward contained in Stow's time seven parish churches, viz.: St. Michael Queenhithe; St. Mary Somerset; St. Mary Mounthaw; St. Nicholas Coleabbey; St. Nicholas Olave; Holy Trinity the Less.
   Now only: St. Michael Queenhithe and St. Nicholas Coleabbey.
   Two Halls of Companies: Painter-Stainers' Hall and Blacksmiths' Hall.
   So named of Queenhithe Wharf or harbour.
   See Wards.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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