A SURVEY OF THE Buildings and Encroachments on the River of Thames, on both sides, from London-Bridge Eastwards to the lower end of Lyme-house: Taken by the Prin­cipal Officers and Commissioners of his Majesties Navy, with the Assistance of the Elder Brethren of Trinity-house, in pursuance of an Order of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of England, Dated the First of March, 1683/4. Wherein is also particularly expressed which of the said Buildings and Encroachments are Old, and which are New, and likewise which of them are judged most prejudicial to Navigation and the River; together with Re­ferences to each of them by Numbers in the Draught of the River lately made by Captain Collins.

On the South-side of the River, from London-Bridge, Eastward.
    Dimensions.  
Numbers in the Draught. Buildings and Encroachments. Feet from East to West. Feet out into the River. Old or New, and which prejudicial.
1 AT Allen's Dye-house a pott Gallery 21 12 Old
  A Pair of Stairs 21 12
2 Mr. Cholmley the Brewer, a pair of Stairs 100 9 Old
3 Mr. Gibbs's Wharf on the East-side Pickleherring-stairs 14 15 Old
4 A Pott Gallery upon the West-side of Still-stairs 90 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Old
5 A Pot Gallery to the West of Wheelers-yard 85 9 Old
6 Stephen Matthews, alias Mr. Lewsley's Wharf 40 3 New
7 From the West End of Mr. Cundy's Wharf to the West End of Mr. Boddy's Yard 200 5 New
8 From the West end of Cundy's Wharf to the East of Philip Castney's Wharf 37 W 3 E 23 New
9 Mr. Partridge's Wharf 35 W 20 E 2 New
10 St. Saviours Dock, Mr. Veering's Timber-Yard 110 E 5 New
11 Mr. Heyden, junior, alias Collins's Yard 40 W 5 E 28 New
12 Mr. Heyden, senior, his Launch 50 W 30 E 3 New
13 From Mr. Stephens's House to the Stairs at the West-end of his Yard 127 5 New
14 Mr. Stephens's House and Wharf 40 W 4 E 5 New
15 Thomas Huggins's Yard 100 W 25 E 4 New
16 William Ebbins's Wharf 35 W 2 E 16 New
17 West of Three-Mariners-stairs 68 W 3 E 6 New
18 Mr. Castle's, alias Narbrough's Yard 80 W 5 E 27 New
19 Mr. Stephens's House and Wharf 35 7 New
20 Mr. Eldridge's Wharf 100 8 Old
21 From thence East to Redriff-Bite 40 E 23 Old
22 From East-side of Redriff-Bite to the West of Church-Wharf 400 W 20 E 2 Old
23 From the West-side of Captain Bowers's House to the East-side of Mr. Whittingham's 152 W 15 E 36 New
24 From the Crane against Redriff-Church-steeple to the East-end of Slightfoot's House 130 W 28 E 16 Old
25 Mr. Brownloe's Wharf 26 E 8 New
26 Captain Wardlow's House 35 34 New, prejudicial
27 From the East-end of Captain Wardlow's to the West-end of Farren's 600 10 Old
28 Mr. Farren's Timber-Wharf by Russel's Powder-Mill 50 10 Old
29 From Farren's to the Powder-Mill-stairs 100 8 Old
30 The Yard in the Possession of Sir William Warren is 75 20 New
31 Sir Thomas Gold's Yard, in the Possession of Grassingam and Collins 200 100 Old
32 Mr. Glyde's Wharf 100 11 New
33 Mr. Kirby's Yard 102 11 New
34 From the West-side of Rolfe's Yard to the West-side of Globe-stairs 175 11 New
35 The Merchants Plank-Wharf on the East-side of Globe-stairs 60 W 8 E 25 New
36 Mr. Shishes Yard and Dock 222 25 New
37 Major Bornes's Wharf to the East of Mr. Shishes Yard 25 25 New
38 Shepherd and Dogg-stairs 200 W 10 E 5 New
39 From the Shepard and Dogg-stairs Eastward 80 5 New
40 From the West of Mr. Hunt's Gun-wharf to the West of Mr. Hill's Timber-yard 160 8 New
41 Mr. Hunt's Gun-Wharf 72 8 New
42 Next Wharf to Mr. Walraven's Wharf 18 9 New
43 Mr. Walraven's Wharf at the Sign of the Kings-Head 20 3 New
44 From the West-side of the Rape-Mill Westward 100 25 New

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On the North-side of the River, from London-Bridge Eastward.
    Dimensions.  
Numbers in the Draught. Buildings and Encroachments. Feet from East to West. Feet out into the River. Old or New, and which prejudicial.
1 BIllinsgate, Smart's Key, from the Corner up into the Dock, 20 8 New
And from thence Eastward 12 8 New
2 Iron-Gate, a Causway   100 very prejudicial
3 St. Katherines, from Iron-Gate towards St. Katherines Dock are Pot Galleries 620 8 & 10 Old
4 Mr. Babbington's Wharf 8 6 Old
5 Mr. Butterfield's Wharf 46 10 Old
6 From Mr. Butterfield's to Ship-Brew-house a Pot Gallery 60 10 Old
7 John Parson's Wharf 21 7 Old
8 Thomas Harvell's Pot Gallery 22 8 Old
9 John Gulick's Pot Gallery 12 10 Old
10 The Widdow Pardy's Cole-Wharf 30 12 Old
11 Thomas Mallam's Pot Gallery 15 10 Old
12 Mr. Bullock's three Houses Pot Galleries 40 8 Old
13 Mr. John Butterworth 8 8 Old
14 Hermitage a Causway   100 prejudicial
15 William Middleton's Wharf 28 3 New
16 Robert Partridge, Anchor-smith 18 12 New, prejudicial
17 Next to him is a Bile about 8 Foot, in which shews all between him and Anderson to be Encroached      
18 A Jetty on the West-side of And [...]son's and the East side of Fifield's Pot Gallery, by which it appears that those Wharfs and Buildings on each side of the said Pot Galleries are Encroached   6 New
19 Mr. Snellgrove's Yard 120 6 New
20 Wapping Old-stairs a Causway   110 prejudicial
21 From Widdow Moppets Stairs, Eastward 35 5 Old
22 From thence to the West of Mr. White's Launch 20 6 Old
23 From the said Launch to the East-side of White's Yard 68 15 2 Old
24 Wapping New-stairs, a Causway   105 prejudicial
25 Mr. Amos Foord's Wharf 25 8 Old
26 From Mr. Bradley's the Anchor-smith's Wharf below Wapping New-stairs to Mr. Snipe's House 710 20 Old
27 Wapping-Dock, a Causway   120 prejudicial
28 From the West-side of King Edward's Stairs, East 70 14  
29 A Causway from King Edward's Stairs   120  
30 Sir William Warren's, the Old Encroachment 162 23 New, very prejudicial.
  the New Encroachment 72 37
31 From Sir William Warren's to New-Crane-stairs 190 E 23 prejudicial
32 New Crane, New-Crane-stairs a Causway   100 prejudicial
33 From thence to George King's, a Boat-builders Yard 240 W 17 E 27 New, very preju.
34 Mr. Baxter's Yard or Wharf 200 W 17 E 23 New
35 Henry Goodman's Wharf 32 13 New
36 From Pellican-stairs, James Foster's Wharf 25 12 Old
37 Vosse's Key 140 5 Old
38 Roberts and Allen's Yard 70 W 2 E 10 Old
39 Oxenbridge and Allen's Yard 60 10 Old
40 Mr. Hill's Gun-Wharf 70 4 Old
  A Lay-stall 3 Foot, and ready to fall   3  
41 Mr. Denn's, alias Buzby and Joyce 25 3 Old
42 Bell-wharf Brew-house, with a large Bite going in, Old, 84 3 Old
43 Francis Bestwell 3 Posts about   6 very prejudicial
44 Mr. Edward Hawkins Pot Gallery 35 8 Old
45 West-side of Trinity-Yard 26 18 Old
  East-side of Trinity-Yard 20 11  
46 Robert Warner's Pot Gallery 25 8 New
47 Mr. James Ems Yard, from the East-side of the Launch to the East-side of the Yard 85 14 New
48 Ratcliff-Cross, Widdow Rooks Wharf 80 8 New
49 Mr. Crowder's Pot Gallery 45 6 Old
50 From the West-side of Captain Prestman's House to the West-side of Queens-stairs 56 5 New
51 Queens-stairs, Mr. Rich's a Shipwrights Yard to the East of Queens-stairs 60 2 New
52 From the East of Marshal's House to the East of Cox's Yard 41 W 2 E 8 New
53 Lyme-house-Bridge, Mr. Boyce's Yard 100 7 New
54 Wats, an Oar-makers Wharf, East of Dick-shore to Mr. Graves's Yard 54 30 Old
55 Thomas Graves's Yard and Dock 180 W 9 E nil Old
56 John Graves a Shipwrights Yard 200 50 Old
57 From the Crane in the Possession of Mr. Margate to the Stairs by the Biew-Anchor 150 6 New
58 Edward Gray's Wharf, from the Blew-Anchor to the East-side thereof 410 W 26 E 9 New
Navy-Office, 30 Octob. 84.
R. Haddock. J. Tippets. J. Narbrough. J. Sothern. Sam. Chamblet. Simon Nichols. Henry Teddeman. Thomas Brown. Isaac Wooodgreen. John Hill. Thomas Collier. Nich. Kerrington. Henry Mudd. William Green.

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