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History buffs -- a little "London" help please.
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Posted on 03/05/2015 5:38:08 PM PST by Lee'sGhost

Doing research for a novel. Can anybody tell me, what section of London would the families of merchantmen sailors have lived in during the late 17th century? All I can find on-line is "London." But I've got to believe that they lived relatively close to the docks in areas with specific names. And I suppose officers would live in a different section than that of common sailors.


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To: Lee'sGhost

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41 posted on 03/06/2015 4:11:48 AM PST by Oratam
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To: Oratam; Natufian; llevrok; Tamzee; buffaloguy; Ray76; Moonmad27; nickcarraway; mrsmith; LonePalm; ..

LOTS of great information. Can’t thank you all enough. I knew my fellow FReepers would come through.

Lee’sGhost


42 posted on 03/06/2015 5:08:36 AM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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Off topic, but still interesting for background.

Recruiting Citizens for Soldiers in Seventeenth-Century English Ballads
http://www.academia.edu/465929/Recruiting_Citizens_for_Soldiers_in_Seventeenth-Century_English_Ballads


43 posted on 03/06/2015 5:26:09 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: Lee'sGhost

Lloyd’s of London may have a great deal of information on this subject as they were the center of shipping in that period.

Hudson Bay Company may have extensive records of their sailors.

A Professor of English Literature may be able to rattle them off the top of their head as the sea faring literature was very popular in that time.

Diaries of sailors are a distinct possibilty.


44 posted on 03/06/2015 5:35:20 AM PST by buffaloguy
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To: Lee'sGhost

Lloyd’s of London may have a great deal of information on this subject as they were the center of shipping in that period.

Hudson Bay Company may have extensive records of their sailors.

A Professor of English Literature may be able to rattle them off the top of their head as the sea faring literature was very popular in that time.

Diaries of sailors are a distinct possibilty.


45 posted on 03/06/2015 5:36:02 AM PST by buffaloguy
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To: Lee'sGhost

Hey, Lee...
Finally got to my library and looked up this book I have that may help you with not just your specific question but also London history in general.
It’s entitled: “ London: The Biography” and goes into real detail as to the origins, history and development, and areas of London. Chapter 57 deals with the history of water front activity on the Thames in London. I just skimmed it bit and it looks as if it may be of great help to your project.
I’m sure you could find a copy on Amazon...
Let us know how you do, okay?


46 posted on 03/06/2015 5:57:22 AM PST by matginzac
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Sorry, the author of “London: The Biography” is Peter Ackroyd...
Cheers...


47 posted on 03/06/2015 6:01:05 AM PST by matginzac
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48 posted on 03/06/2015 6:15:36 AM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: Lee'sGhost
Broadly speaking, the East End.

You can google for individual neighborhoods there.

49 posted on 03/06/2015 8:05:07 AM PST by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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Very welcome... am hoping you will announce when it is published so we can read it. You sound like a most diligent author :-)


50 posted on 03/06/2015 8:39:37 PM PST by Tamzee (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~~~ Ronald Reagan)
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