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Survey of London: volume 8 - Shoreditch

Year published

1922

Author

Sir James Bird (editor)

Description

Covers the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, including the church of St. Leonard, the priory of St. John the Baptist Holywell, and the Geffrye Museum.

Sponsor

English Heritage

Source

Survey of London (Secondary texts)

Places

London

Subjects

Intellectual, scientific and cultural, Local, Urban and metropolitan

Periods

16th, 17th, 18th, 19th

Showing records 1 - 50 of 136

1
Members of the Joint Publishing and London Survey Committees
IV-VI
2
Description of the plates
IX-XI
3
Illustrations in the text
XII-XIII
4
Preface
XV-XVI
5
Historical introduction - General
1-5
6
Historical introduction - Shoreditch High Street, east side
5-14
7
Historical introduction - Shoreditch High Street, west side
14-25
8
Historical introduction - The well of Dame Agnes Clare
25-29
9
Historical introduction - Holywell Cross
29-31
10
Historical introduction - Haggerston
31-39
11
Historical introduction - Hoxton, east of Kingsland Road
40-47
12
Historical introduction - Hoxton, between Kingsland Road and Hoxton Street
47-72
13
Historical introduction - Hoxton, to the west of Hoxton Street
72-88
14
Historical introduction - Moorfields
88-90
15
The Church of St. Leonard, Shoreditch
91-125
16
The Clerk's House
126
17
Nos. 2 and 4, Kingsland Road
127
18
The Geffrye Museum
128-131
19
Framework Knitters' Almshouses
132-133
20
Nos. 46 and 48, Hoxton Street
134-135
21
Nos. 124 and 126, Hoxton Street
136
22
Nos. 2, 3 and 4, Hoxton Square
137
23
No. 23, Hoxton Square
138
24
No. 27A, Hoxton Square
138
25
Nos. 28, 29 and 30, Hoxton Square
139
26
Nos. 34 and 35, Hoxton Square
139
27
Nos. 43 and 44, Hoxton Square
140
28
Nos. 48, 49 and 50, Hoxton Square
140
29
The Shoreditch Technical Institute
141-142
30
No. 37, Pitfield Street
143
31
No. 16, Pitfield Street
143
32
No. 11, Pitfield Street
144
33
Nos. 5 to 14, Charles Square
145-146
34
Nos. 15, 16 and 17, Charles Square
147-148
35
No. 23, Charles Square
149
36
No. 27, Charles Square
150
37
No. 39, Charles Square
151
38
No. 115, Curtain Road ("Marquis of Cornwallis")
152
39
The Augustinian Priory of St. John the Baptist, Holywell
153-187
40
No. 167, Shoreditch High Street
188
41
No. 190, Shoreditch High Street
188
42
No.196, Shoreditch High Street
189
43
Nos. 2, 4, 6 and 8, Hewett Street
190-191
44
Nos. 30, 32, 34 and 36, Curtain Road
192
45
Horse and Groom Yard, Curtain Road
192
46
Nos. 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 and 22, Curtain Road
193
47
Queen's Square, Finsbury Avenue
194
48
Index
195-211
49
Plate 1 - Survey of the parish by Chassereau, 1745
1
50
Plate 2 - Augustine Steward's house, 1588
2
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