Houndsditch

Houndsditch

infobox UK place
official_name= Houndsditch
map_type= Greater London
country= England
region= London
london_borough= City of London
latitude= 51.514903
longitude= -0.082316
os_grid_reference= TQ330813
post_town= LONDON
postcode_area= EC
postcode_district= EC3A
dial_code= 020
constituency_westminster = Cities of London and Westminster

Houndsditch is a street in the City of London that connects Bishopsgate in the north west to Aldgate in the south east. The modern street runs through a part of the Portsoken Ward and Bishopsgate Ward Without. The street marks the route of the old ditch running outside a part of London Wall.

, and appears to relate to the quantity of rubbish and dead dogs thrown in the ditch; [Stow (ibid)] previously it seems to have been referred to only by the appellation, 'The Ditch'.

Approaching Bishopsgate, the modern office blocks do not occupy the full building plots, leaving some small areas empty. These were the site of plague pits.

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  • Houndsditch —    West from Nos. 4 and 5 Aldgate High Street to No. 126 Bishopsgate (P.O. Directory). In Portsoken Ward and Bishopsgate Ward Without.    This is the extent of the present street of this name, but in former times it was the name given to the City …   Dictionary of London

  • Angel Alley, Houndsditch —    North east out of Houndsditch to Gravel Lane (Strype, 1720 Boyle, 1799). In Portsoken Ward.    Subsequently rebuilt, smaller, not extending to Gravel Lane.    Seems to have been on or near the site of Cole s Yard (q.v.).    Converted into… …   Dictionary of London

  • Rose and Crown Court, Houndsditch —    West out of Houndsditch, adjoining the old line of the Wall of London. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677 L. Guide, 1758).    Site seems to adjoin No.9 Houndsditch …   Dictionary of London

  • Crown Alley, Houndsditch —    South west out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).    Not shown in the later maps and guides unless it is the same as Red Lyon Court, which seems to be placed further east in O. and M. than in Strype s maps …   Dictionary of London

  • Duke Street, Houndsditch —    West out of Houndsditch, leading into St. James Place, Aldgate (P.O. Directory).    Made towards the end of the 18th century, occupying the site of Red Lyon Yard and Three Bowl Court in O. and M. 1677, and Rocque, 1746 …   Dictionary of London

  • Fleur de lis Court, Houndsditch —    East out of Houndsditch at 110 (P.O. Directory). In Portsoken Ward.    Former names : Flower de luce Court (O. and M. 1677). Flower de lis Court (Strype, 1720). Snuff Yard (Rocque, 1746). Flower de luce alley (Boyle, 1799).    Probably derived …   Dictionary of London

  • Flying Horse Inn, Yard, Houndsditch —    East out of Bishopsgate Street and north to Houndsditch, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677 Elmes, 1831).    Lockie describes it as having an entrance out of Camomile Street at No. 25.    Site rebuilt and now occupied by offices and… …   Dictionary of London

  • Friends' Meeting House, Houndsditch —    On the north side of Houndsditch. In Bishopsgate Ward Without. In Sandwich Court (Rocque, 1746 O.S. 1880).    It occupies the site of the Dolphin Inn, and seems to extend north to the site of Mag py Alley …   Dictionary of London

  • Gravel Lane, Houndsditch —    East out of Houndsditch at 147, and north through Back Gravel Lane to Harrow Alley (P.O. Directory). In Portsoken Ward.    First mention: O. and M. 1677.    In 1677 and until the end of the 18th century it covered a much wider area than it… …   Dictionary of London

  • Gun Square, Houndsditch —    East out of Houndsditch, at 150 and 151. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).    Former name : Gun Yard (O. and M. 1677 Strype, 1755) …   Dictionary of London

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