Cuckold's Point (nr. Deptford) (The Diary of Samuel Pepys)

The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from Wenceslaus Hollar’s maps:

Built-up London – London before the Fire
City of London wall and Great Fire damage – London after the Fire

Open location in Google Maps: 51.504094, -0.033230

First Reading

pedro on 13 Feb 2006 • Link

Cuckold’s Point, View by Samuel Scott 1750/60…

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=…

Terry F on 14 Feb 2006 • Link

Cuckold’s Point.

A spot on the riverside near Deptford. So called from a tradition that King John made there successful love to a labourer’s wife. http://www.bartleby.com/81/4444.html

Cuckolds Point (today Nelson Dock, the only dry dock left in London) is in the NE corner of this section of the 1802 FAIRBURN MAP OF LONDON, WESTMINSTER AND THE NEW DOCKS, showing Redriffe to the west http://www.motco.com/map/81004/SeriesSearchPlates…

Bob on 25 Mar 2007 • Link

Cuckolds Point is where I lost my virginity in 1964.A good name, didnt know what it meant at the time.

Second Reading

Terry Foreman on 28 Jun 2015 • Link

Cuckold's Point on the Rocque 1746 map
http://www.motco.com/Map/81002/SeriesSearchPlates…