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Billingsgate

By WILLIAM WILLIAMS. (Rood Lane)

Mr. Editor—Stow, in his *Survey of London*, with reference to Billingsgate, states, from Geoffrey of Monmouth, "that it was built by Belin, a king of the Britons, whose ashes were enclosed in a vessel of brass, and set upon a high pinnacle of stone over the same *Gate*." ... "That it was the largest water *Gate* on the River of Thames." ... "That it is at this day a large water *Gate*," &c. Can you, Mr. Editor, or any of your respected correspondents, refer me to any drawing or description of the said *Gate*?

Topics: Historical Customs, Architecture

Locations: Billingsgate, River of Thames