Granaries, Shipyards and Wharves - Cycling from Guildford

cutting timbers, being turned into granaries when
shipbuilding ceased. The presence of this building in
RANDALLS RENTS, and its date make it just possible that
this was once Daniel Brent’s mould loft.
� AT THE END OF RANDALL’S RENTS, PAUSE BY THE SHIP & WHALE
The name recalls the whaling connection of
GREENLAND DOCK, but according to research by the
late Con Delay the pub first appears in the rate records
for 1767. The present building is circa 1880. You are
now in the area of Rotherhithe known as DOWNTOWN,
formerly a self contained community with its own
church, chapels, schools, shops and pubs. It was
separated from the rest of the civil parish by the great
sweep of the docks and the swing bridges giving access
to them. It was said in the 1890s that some elderly
residents had never travelled as far as LOWER ROAD.
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