What does hithe mean?
Hithe means (obsolete) A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port..
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/hʌɪð/ · noun
(obsolete) A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port..
1839 [1828], Thomas Allen, Thomas Wright (updates for 1839 edition), The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, Volume 3, page 724, After this, the bailiffs of the said Hithe complained, that, since the said recognition, fourteen foreign ships, laden with fish, arrived at Billingsgate, which ships should have arrived at the said Hithe.
This Edred's hithe, after the aforesaid grants, came again to the king's hands, by what means I have not read, but it pertained unto the queen, and, therefore, was called Ripa reginæ, the Queene's bank, or Queene's hithe, and great profit thereof was made to her use, as may appear with this which followeth.
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Hithe means (obsolete) A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port..
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1839 [1828], Thomas Allen, Thomas Wright (updates for 1839 edition), The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, Volume 3, page 724, After this, the bailiffs of the said Hithe complained, that, since the said recognition, fourteen foreign ships, laden with fish, arrived at Billingsgate, which ships should have arrived at the said Hithe.
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