Rotherhithe (Redriffe)

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N Phil on Mon 6 Oct 2003, 10:31pm. Flag this

Pepys referred to this area of London as “Redriffe”, as mentioned here: http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/surrey.html
N Glyn on Fri 10 Oct 2003, 07:05pm. Flag this

From the above link: “But the village’s greatest claim to fame came in 1620, when the Mayflower sailed for America carrying the Pilgrim Fathers from a pub then called The Shippe - and now renamed The Mayflower.”

It’s a pleasant riverside pub-restaurant to go for a drink in the summer, and understandably is popular with American visitors. I’d recommend going on the outside decking in the evening and watching the sun set on the river - very pleasant.

Captain Christopher Jones and 3 other co-owners of the Mayflower are buried in the little church opposite - have a look at the charming painted statues of Quaker-type children above the doors.

But unlike Pepys I wouldn’t care to walk from Rotherhithe to Deptford - today it’s built up and (I feel) a little dangerous at night.
N Terry F on Tue 14 Feb 2006, 08:36pm. Flag this

Another view of Redriffe as an area SE of the Street and west of Cockhold’s Point, near Deptford (Fairburn 1802 map): http://www.motco.com/map/81004/SeriesSearchPlatesFulla.asp?mode=query&title=Cuckolds+Point+&artist=386&other=256&x=11&y=11

A graph of all the references in the diary