And That It Should Be Lawful For Any
Person Who Should Buy Fish In The Said Market To Sell The
Same in
any other market or place in London, or elsewhere, by retail." And
because the fishmongers used to buy
Up great part of the fish at
Billingsgate, and then divide the same among themselves, in order to
set an extravagant price upon them, it was enacted, "That no person
should buy, or cause to be bought, in the said market of
Billingsgate, any quantity of fish, to be divided by lot among the
fishmongers, or other persons, with an intent to sell them
afterwards by retail; and that no fishmonger should buy any more
than for his own use, on pain of 20 pounds." And by the 6th Annae
it was enacted, "That no person should buy fish at Billingsgate to
sell again in the same market; and that none but fishermen, their
wives, or servants, should sell fish by retail at Billingsgate; and
that none should buy or sell fish there before the ringing of the
market bell."
The public buildings in this ward are Butchers' Hall, and the
churches of St. Mary Hill, St. Margaret Pattens, and St. George, in
Botolph Lane.
10. Bridge Ward Within contains London Bridge, New Fish Street,
Gracechurch Street as far as Fenchurch Street, Thames Street from
Fish Street to the Old Swan, part of St. Martin's Lane, part of St.
Michael's Lane, and part of Crooked Lane.
The public buildings in this ward are London Bridge, the Monument,
Fishmongers' Hall, and the churches of St. Magnus and St Bennet,
Gracechurch Street.
The Monument stands on the west side of Fish Street Hill, a little
to the northward of the bridge, and was erected by the legislative
authority, in memory of the Fire, anno 1666, and was designed by Sir
Christopher Wren. It has a fluted column, 202 feet high from the
ground; the greatest diameter of the shaft 15 feet, and the plinth,
or lowest part of the pedestal, 28 feet square, and 40 feet high;
the whole being of Portland stone, except the staircase within,
which is of black marble, containing 345 steps, ten inches and a
half broad, and six inches deep; and a balcony on the outside 32
feet from the top, on which is a gilded flame. The front of the
pedestal, towards the west, contains a representation of the Fire,
and the resurrection of the present city out of the ruins of the
former.
11. Candlewick or Cannon Street Ward contains part of Great East
Cheap, part of Candlewick, now called Cannon Street, part of
Abchurch Lane, St. Nicholas Lane, St. Clement's Lane, St. Michael's
Lane, Crooked Lane, St. Martin's Lane, St. Lawrence Poultney Lane,
with the courts and alleys that fall into them.
In Cannon Street is that remarkable stone called London Stone, which
has remained fixed in the ground many hundred years, but for what
end is uncertain, though supposed by some to be the place from
whence the Romans began to compute the number of miles anciently to
any part of the kingdom.
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