Tower Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

West from Tower Hill to Eastcheap and St. Margaret Pattens Church (S. 132).


First mention: " La Tourstrate," Is Ed. I. (Anc. Deeds, A. 1708).

Name derived from the Tower. Now called Great Tower Street (q.v.), and See Little Tower Street and Gally Row.

A mortarium found here near Allhallows Barking Church, at a depth of 10 ft. (Arch XII. 413).

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