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Queenhithe
City, 60, Upper Thames Street. (EC4) Anciently called Edred's Hythe. In the reign of Henry III the harbour dues became the perquisite of the Queen of England, and from that fact it obtained its name of Ripa Regina (Queen's Wharf) . (Reference: Jesse's London, vol. II, p. 65) |
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