Transcript for Key to map (ZMAP 4/18)

 
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113. Poulterers Hall People who sold chickens, hens and eggs
114. Cookes Hall People who prepared and sold cooked food
115. Barber Chirurgeons Hall People who cut hair and beards and could also carry out operations or remove teeth
116. Scriveners Hall People who wrote letters and documents for money
117. Goldsmiths Hall People who worked with gold
118. Waxchandlers Hall People who made candles and sold them
119. Haberdasher's Hall People who sold men's clothing
120. Curriers Hall People who worked with leather (colouring it)
121. Brewers Hall People who made beer and ale
122. Girdlers Hall People who made girdles (belts)
123. Coopers Hall People who made and repaired barrels and casks
124. Weavers Hall People who made cloth
125. Masons Hall People who cut stone (for buildings etc)
126. Mercers Hall & Chappell Important traders who sold rich fabrics like silk and velvet
127. Grocers Hall People who sold food, like spices and sugar
128. Founders Hall People who worked with metal
129. Armorers Hall People who made weapons
130. Carpenters Hall People who made furniture from wood
131. Loriners & Glasiers Hall Loriners made metal bits for bridles and saddles (kit for a horse). Glasiers made glass for windows.
132. Drapers Hall People who sold woollen cloth.
133. Marchant Taylors Hall People who bought cloth and made it into clothes, usually for men.
134. Salters Hall People who made and sold salt.
135. Cutlers Hall People who made, sold or fixed knives.

 

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Burnt 373 Acres within 373 acres were burnt within the city walls. One acre is about the same amount of land as a football pitch
63 Acres & 3 roods without the walls 63 acres & 3 roods were burnt outside the city walls. A rood is one quarter of an acre.
89 Churches, 132,00 Houses 89 churches & 132,00 houses were burnt.
11 Parishes within City walls entire. 11 whole communities within the city walls were burnt.