Bowyer Bow

Names

Bowyer Bow
Ludgatstrete
Bowiarresrowe
Bowyerrowe
Bewyerysrowe
Bewieresrowe
Ludgate Hill

Street/Area/District

Bowyer Bow

Descriptions

from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)

Bowyer Bow

Between Ludgate on the west and Creed Lane east (S. 315).

First mention: "Ludgatstrete," commonly called "Bowiarresrowe," 1359 (H. MSS. Com. 9th Rep. 49).

Other forms: "Bowyerrowe," 1379 (Ct. H.W. II. 209). "Bewyerysrowe," 1408 (ib. 377). "Bewieresrowe," 8 Rich. II. (Cal. P.R. 1385–9, p. 198).

So called of Bowiers dwelling there in old time (S. 341). Now called Ludgate Hill (q.v.).