Rebuilding of London Act 1666

XXXIII. Distances of Houses from the River and Fleet Ditch, &c.

Provided alsoe And it is hereby further enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid That noe House Outhouse or other building whatsoever (Cranes and Sheds for present use onely excepted) shall be built or erected within the distance of Forty foote of such part of any Wall Key or Wharfe as bounds the River of Thames, from Tower Wharfe to London Bridge and from London Bridge to the Temple Staires, Nor any House Outhouse or other building (Cranes onely excepted) be built or erected within the distance of threescore and ten foote of the midle of any part of the Coo[m]mon Sewers coo[m]monly called or knowne by the [X1 nams] of Bridewell Docke Fleete Ditch and [X2 Turmill] Brooke from the River of Thames to Clarkenwell upon either side of them before the fower and twentieth day of March which shall be in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred sixty eight,

Editorial Information

X1 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Names O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]

X2 Variant reading of the text noted in The Statutes of the Realm as follows: Turnemill O. [O. refers to a collection in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge]