St. Saviour's Dock
Names
- St. Saviour's Dock
- Savory Dock
Street/Area/District
- St. Saviour's Dock
Maps & Views
- 1658 London (Newcourt & Faithorne): Savory Dock
- 1720 London (Strype): Savory Dock
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Savory Dock
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): St. Saviours Dock
- 1799 London (Horwood): St. Saviour's Dock
Descriptions
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
[St. Saviour's Dock] From the East end of St. Olaves Street runneth South East Horsley down unto Fair Street; which extends itself to Five Foot Lane, almost to the Head of St. Saviours Dock, and between Horsley down, Fair street, and the Thames, are these Places, viz. Freemans Lane, Horsley Down Lane, Moss Alley, Rope Yard, Shad Thames, S. Saviours Dock, and Free School Lane.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
St. Saviour’s dock, vulgarly called Savory dock, in Rotherhith, took its name from the above abbey, dedicated to the holy Saviour. Maitland.
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
St. Saviour's Dock, Horselydown,—about of a mile below London-bridge and nearly op. Hermitage-dock.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
ST. SAVIOUR'S-DOCK, Horselydown, is about three-quarters of a mile below London-bridge.