What are 'Minories' (as in a street in the City of London)?
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Minories
The name seems to have been given to the street at the end of the 16th or begining of the 17th century. Stow mentions the street, but not by name. But it is named in Ryther's map, 1608.
"Bisshoppes Place, without Aldgate, late called the Mynores,"
Name derived from the Abbey of St. Clare, called the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Mary of the Order of St. Clare, which stood on this site
The Minories is an area of London in the City of London close to the Tower of London. The street called "Minories" runs north-south between Aldgate and Tower Hill underground stations.
Its name is derived from the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Mary of the Order of St. Clare, founded in 1294, which stood on the site. A "minoress" was a nun. The area was a papal peculiar outside the jurisdiction of the English bishops. The abbey was dissolved in 1539, the property passing to the crown. The former abbey was used as an armoury and workhouse. In 1686 the area became part of the Liberties of the Tower of London. It was the location of Minories railway station, built in 1840. The site is now occupied by Tower Gateway DLR station.
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