Lower Thames Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

East from London Bridge to Tower Hill (P.O. Directory). In Tower, Billingsgate and Bridge Wards.


First mention: Horwood, 1799. Former name : "Thames Street."

Called "Lower" as being below the bridge.

Remains of a Roman Bath and building found opposite the north-west angle of the Custom House (Arch. XXXVI. 206), and a Roman hypocaust discovered under the New Coal Exchange at a depth of 12 ft. (ib.).

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