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Limehouse in Middlesex County England History and GeographyLIMEHOUSE, a parish in the Tower division of the hundred of OSSULSTONE, county of MIDDLESEX, 2 miles (E. by S.) from London, containing 9805 inhabitants. This place, which is situated on the north bank of the Thames, was formerly a hamlet belonging to Stepney, from which parish it was separated in 1730. It consists principally of a number of narrow streets and irregular buildings, diverging from the principal thoroughfare. There are several respectable houses; and among the numerous shops, warehouses, and manufactories, are some spacious and well-built structures, though many of the buildings are of an inferior description. The streets are partly paved, and are lighted with gas. There are several rope-walks, the principal of which was established by the late Captain Huddart, F.R.S., who, about twenty-five years since, obtained a patent for a machine for twisting ropes for cables of the largest dimensions: it is worked by a steam-engine of thirty-horse power: the number of persons employed during the late war was nearly three hundred, now about one hundred and fifty. The proprietors have likewise a machine for making flat rope: the walks, four hundred yards in length, are sheltered from the weather, and are lighted with gas made on the premises. In connexion with the above are a manufactory for sail-cloth, and an extensive bleaching ground: the yarn is washed in a reservoir supplied by the waste water from the steam-engine. Here is also a very extensive establishment for the manufacture of patent chain cables, anchors, and various kinds of iron-work. Ship-blocks are made here, and there is a variety of other trades connected with the shipping. Ship-building is carried on extensively at Limehouse Hole. At the eastern extremity of the parish, are the West India Docks, which extend across the river to Blackwall. The northern dock, for unloading ships, covers thirty acres, and is capable of accommodating three hundred West Indiamen; the southern is for loading outward-bound vessels: it covers twenty-four acres, and will admit two hundred ships. The former was opened in 1802, and the latter in 1805: they have extensive ranges of building, in which foreign goods are deposited previous to the payment of the duty. A canal from the river Lea, called the New Cut, crosses this parish and joins the Thames, superseding the circuitous navigation round the Isle of Dogs. The Regent's canal likewise passes through the parish, on the line of which, just before its junction with the Thames, is a basin, capable of admitting vessels of from two to three hundred tons' burden. On the south side of the Commercial road is a tram-road, from the West India Docks to Whitechapel, constructed, at an expense of nearly £20,000. The living is a rectory not in charge, within the jurisdiction of the Commissary of London, concurrently with the Consistorial Court of the Bishop, and in the patronage of the Principal and Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Anne, is a massive structure, with two angular turrets at the east end, and a square tower at the west end, erected after a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor, one of the pupils of Sir Christopher Wren: it is one of the fifty churches erected pursuant to an act passed in the reign of Queen Anne. A place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists is now being erected. A charity school for boys was established by subscription about the middle of the last century, and Limehouse having been constituted a distinct parish, the school, in 1737, was united with one for the hamlets of Poplar and Blackwall, situated at Poplar, and again separated from it in 1807. In 1779, a school for girls was established by subscription, and in 1806 a school-house was erected: in 1811 the two schools were united. The endowment belonging to this establishment consists of £1300 three per cent. stock, producing £39 per annum; £10. 10. per annum from a bequest by Captain Lovelace; £10 per annum from the Ironmongers' Company; £130 per annum arising from landed property; and about £400 per annum, from subscriptions, contributions, &c. About three hundred and fifty boys, and one hundred and fifty girls, are now educated, on the National plan, of whom fifty of each sex are clothed: the master has a salary of £80, and the mistress and her assistant £70, per annum, the former two having each a house rent and tax free, and allowance for coal. The charity is under the superintendence of a committee of the subscribers. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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