Shadwell
A major
status stone building with marble floor and underfloor
heating from the Roman period was discovered in late 2002
by archaeologists in Shadwell. Shadwell is a about 1 mile
from the City walls and one quarter of a mile north of
the Thames. The stone building had 5 foot high walls and
covered 10 rooms.
The whole
site includes timber framed buildings, clay and plaster
walls and traces of wall paintings. Finds include
pottery, coins and hairpins. (Extracted from the Daily
Telegraph dated 23 March 2003.)
By the 17th century Shadwell was providing a
variety of industries concerned with marine and river
life. Roperies, breweries tanning yards, taverns and
wharves supplied the ships and watermen and mariners
lived there.
In 1684 Lady
Ivy, the widow of Sir Thomas Ivy, made claim on 7 acres of land in
Shadwell. She claimed the deeds were drawn in about 1555-6. Judge
Jeffreys treid the case and it was proved to a jury that the deeds were
forged. The error made in drawing them up were not in the style of the
time they were supposed to have been written. (Details extracted from
The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits, foreward by Ellis Peters,
Edited by Mike Ashley. Published by Robinson, London. Printed by Harper
Collins.1993 ISBN I-85487-229-X)
Thomas
Jefferson, one of America's
Presidents, was born in Shadwell.
In 1885 Shadwell Fish
Market opened. It covered a four and a half acres site
and was one and a half miles from Billinsgate.
See also Edward
Bradway of Shadwell.
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