Ebbgate

Ebbgate:    A water gate on the Thames near to St. Lawrence Pountney, but within the parish of St. Martin Orgar (S. 42). In Dowgate and Bridge Wards Within.

   Earliest mention: "Ebbegate," 1246 (Cal. Charter Rolls, H. III. Vol. I. p. 304).

   Other forms : "Ebegate," 1295-6 (Ct. H.W. I. 124). "Ebbergate," 1363 (Cal. P.R. Ed. III. 1361-4, p. 347). "Ebgate," alias Oystergate, 3 H. V. (Cal. L. Bk. I. p. 138). But in 1312 they were enumerated separately (L. Bk. D. fo. cxlii., quoted in Riley's Mem., p. 95).

   In 1377 the Alderman of Dowgate Ward was to keep guard over the wharves between Ebbgate and Douegate (Cal. L. Bk. H. p. 65).

   A water gate of old time called "Ebgate," since Ebgate lane, and now the "olde swan," which is a common stayre on the Thames, but the passage is very narrow by meanes of encroachments " (S. 215).

   See Swan Lane.

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Ebbgate Lane — See Swan Lane … Dictionary of London
Brodegate, Ebbgate — A tenement in Thamysestrete at Ebbegate near the tenement called la Brodegate, 1350 1 (Ct. H.W. I. 647). Not further identified … Dictionary of London
Swan Lane — South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.103, to the Thames (P.O. Directory). On the boundary of Dowgate and Bridge Within Wards. First mention: Greenwood, 1827. Former names: Old Swan Lane (Strype, ed. 1720 Elmes, 1831). Ebbgate Lane (S … Dictionary of London
Old Swan Lane — South out of Upper Thames Street, at No.100, to the Thames, between Swan Lane and George Alley (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward. First mention: O. and M. 1677. Called Edgate Lane in Strype s maps, 1720 and 1755. Named after the Old Swan … Dictionary of London

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