Tower of London, Middlesex : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Tower of London. You may be able to find further references to Tower of London in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Old Tower Without parish Bartholomew
OLD-TOWER-WITHOUT a precinct Imperial
TOWER-EXTRA, or Old-Tower-Without a precinct Imperial
Tower of London parish Bartholomew
TOWER OF LONDON an extra-parochial place, a royal palace and fortress Imperial
Tower Without, Old parish Bartholomew

Travel writing

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Southwark 44 6
Shadwell 2 2
Rotherhithe 12 2
Mile End New Town 0 2
Cripplegate 3 0
Aldersgate 3 1

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Tower of London. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
OLD TOWER WITHOUT John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
TOWER EXTRA John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
TOWER EXTRA OR OLD TOWER WITHOUT John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
TOWER OF LONDON John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
TOWER WITHOUT John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
TOWER WITHOUT OLD John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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