References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
1660
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1662
- Sep
Puddle Wharf/Dock
Map
The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from Wenceslaus Hollar’s maps:
- Built-up London – London before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – London after the Fire
Open location in Google Maps: 51.511267, -0.101720
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First Reading
Phil • Link
There are some comments about Puddle Wharf/Dock on the 26 June 1660 entry: http://www.pepysdiary.com/diary/1…
It can be seen on this 18th century map: http://www.motco.com/Map/81002/Se…
Second Reading
Bill • Link
Puddle Dock (originally Puddle Wharf), at the foot of St. Andrew's Hill, Upper Thames Street, Blackfriars, in Castle Baynard Ward.
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The house which Shakespeare bought in the Blackfriars, and which he bequeaths by will to his daughter, Susannah Hall, is described in the Conveyance as "abutting upon a streete leading down to Puddle Wharffe on the east part, right-against the King's Maiesty's Wardrobe".
---London, Past and Present. H.B. Wheatley, 1891.