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PICKLE HERRING STREET.

Postby kiwi » Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:06 am

Pickle Herring Street in the 1947 photo is the street winding through the warehouses, it had been here for many years but has now disappeared along with all the warehouses lining this stretch of the Thames in the redevelopment of this area of the south bank for City Hall (the building that appears to lean backwards in the 2015 photo), the home of the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority, along with the public open space created up to Tower Bridge.
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Pickle Herring St,Shad Thames,Tooley St.1947
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Pickle Herring Street.2015.

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Re: PICKLE HERRING STREET.

Postby Sean.Byrne » Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:22 pm

I live in Toronto (ex Camberwell guy). One thing we do not have here is wonderful street names like this. I get a kick out of so many great street names in London. Frying Pan alley and so on

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Pickle Herring Street: by Vine Lane
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Symon's Wharf, Pickle Herring Street: west end by Abbot's Lane

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Re: PICKLE HERRING STREET.

Postby kiwi » Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:36 pm

The mid-17th century copper half penny token measures 20.6 mm and weighs 2.31 grams. It was issued in the name of Edward Brent in 1668 and attributed to a tradesman of that name who operated a business from Pickle Herring Stairs on the south bank of the River Thames in Southwark. Between 1647 and 1652 Edward Brent is described as a “lime man”, someone employed in the trade and manufacture of burnt lime. However, those entries from 1655 to 1661 alternatively list Edward as a “shipwright”.
Edward Brent in 1668 and attributed to a tradesman of that name  who operated a business from Pickle Herring Stairs.  X..png


This area was the site of the earliest Delftware kilns in England, established around 1618 and the area became famous for producing a particular variety of Delftware called, Pickle Herring pottery.
It looks like a Kiln & Bear on the coin, so maybe James Acrigg was a Dutch Potter. :?:

Pickle Herring Stairs, the name on the token is that of James Acrigg, c1675.  X..png
Pickle Herring Stairs, the name on the token is that of James Acrigg, c1675.

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Re: PICKLE HERRING STREET.

Postby kiwi » Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:53 am

Pickle Herring Street used to run along the Thames, from Morgan's Lane to Tower Bridge Road, past today's City Hall. I think this is looking towards Morgans Lane. The building and Pickle Herring Street no longer exist.
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Pickle Herring Street, Bermondsey, Symons Wharf.


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