Dowgate Dock

Dowgate Dock
   South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 83 at Dowgate Hill to the Thames. In Dowgate Ward (P.O. Directory).
   First mention: O. and M. 1677.
   Other name : "Dowgate wharf" (Rocque, 1746).
   See Dowgate.

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