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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Steve: Two taverns called the Mitre
There certainly still is a pub called the Old Mitre Tavern at Ely Place EC1, which is very near Hatton Garden (where all London's best jewellers and goldsmiths have their shops). It certainly is very historic, and gives visitors a leaflet about the history of the place. Perhaps someone who works locally could pop into the place and check it out.
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Latham gives the location of the fish market as being "below London Bridge."
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From the Companion:
Billingsgate. The busy quay and fish-market at the inlet on the n. bank of the Thames below London Bridge. The inlet was filled in in the mid-19th century. Its public landing stairs were a convenient landing place for those coming upriver to the city.
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See:
http://www.billingsgate-market.org.uk/history/i... for the history of Billingsgate market.
the current fish market is in Poplar.
The Billingsgate of 1749 is in the north east corner of this map:
http://www.motco.com/Map/81002/SeriesSearchPlat...
just below, i.e. downstream of, London Bridge.
On a modern map it was where the FB Office is in this map:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=...