Edith's Streets

Riverside. South bank east of the Tower. Nelson Dock This post relates only to sites south of the river. North of the river is Limehouse Post to the east Canary Wharf Post to the west Ratcliffe and Shadwell  and Rothherhithe, Surrey Canal Entrance Post to the south Greenland Dock Acorn Pond Acorn Pond was the most easterly of the timber ponds and lay south of Lavender Pond and north of Lady Dock.  It was built as Timber Pond No.4. by the Commercial Dock Company in 1811 and connected to Lady Dock by a cut. It is said to be named after an oak wood which once stood on the site where locals let their pigs roam. In 1931 Acorn Pond was deepened and three new sheds and a new quay 1,580 feet long was added, essentially turning it into a dock rather than a pond. It was named after a now defunct pub which stood to the south of the site. Some the area of Acorn Pond lies to the south of this square and is now covered by the DownTown Area and some of Russia Dock Woodland. The nort...

Riverside south of the river and east of the Thames. Greenland Dock Post to the east Millwall Post to the south Thames Tributary Earl Sluice - Deptford Post to the north Nelson Dock, Rotherhithe and Limehouse Post to the west Surrey Docks Acorn Pond Thuis was built as Timber Pond No.4. by the Commercial Dock Company in 1811 and connected to Lady Dock by a cut, In 1931 It was deepened and essentially turning it into a dock rather than a pond in the 1930s. It was named after the Acorn Pub, Much of the area of Acorn Pond lies to the north of this square but in this square it is now the site of the DownTown Area and some of Russia Dock Woodland Acorn Stairs Concrete replacements for a set of traditional watermen’s stairs. This was a plying place from 1835. They are immediately upriver from the Surrey Docks Farm. They were named after the Acorn pub . Acorn Wharf Acorn Wharf. This was used by Thomas Brocklebank and Peter Rolt timber merchants in the earlier 19th supplying...

Riverside east of the Tower and south bank. Deptford Riverside This post refers to sites south of the river only.  The north bank is Millwall Post to the north Millwall Post to the east Cubitt Town and Highbridge and Ballast Post to the south Deptford Creek Post to the west Thames Tributary Earl Sluice - Deptford Borthwick Street Called Butcher Row until 1938.  It has been suggested that this was part of a community and village centre until the early 1840s when buildings appear to have been cleared. Archaeology in this area has uncovered a cess pit containing, among other things, the bones of pelicans and walrus. Upper Watergate Stairs. At the end of the street footpath leading to the river and Watergate Stairs. They were once known as Kings Stairs. Stone wharf on 1623 map. This is shown as the site of Payne’s Wharf. Gordon’s Yard. Adam Gordon Engineering works. The Gordon family had a yard described as in Deptford Green, but clearly on the riverside. Th...