Billingsgate Stairs

Billingsgate Stairs
   Adjoining Billingsgate Dock on the west (Rocque, 1746). In Billingsgate Ward.
   In Leake, 1666, called "Belinsgate Key."
   The quay of "Billyngisgate" is mentioned 2 H. IV. (Cal. P.R. H. IV. 1399-1400, p. 361).
   The site is now occupied by a jetty, and by piers for the market (O.S.).

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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