page_title: Shipbuilding in Limehouse
hierarchical_section_title: Shipbuilding in Limehouse
caption_attribution_description: English: (c) South Shields Museum and Art Gallery; Supplied by The Public Catalogue Foundation
context_page_description: Shipbuilding in Limehouse started in the fourteenth century. Limehouse is a district located on the northern bank of the River Thames 3.9 miles east of Charing Cross. Its name arose from the lime kilns established here around the same time. It became a centre for shipbuilding and related trades such as ropemaking, with some entrepreneurs shifting the focus of their activity through their careers.
  John Graves established his shipyard at Limekiln Dock in 1633 and then expanded his holdings with Dundee Wharf. By 1650 George Margetts developed a ropemaking yard including a ropehouse, storehouse and a ropewalk on land he leased from Graves.
context_section_description: Shipbuilding in Limehouse started in the fourteenth century. Limehouse is a district located on the northern bank of the River Thames 3.9 miles (6.3 km) east of Charing Cross. Its name arose from the lime kilns established here around the same time. It became a centre for shipbuilding and related trades such as ropemaking, with some entrepreneurs shifting the focus of their activity through their careers.
  John Graves established his shipyard at Limekiln Dock in 1633 and then expanded his holdings with Dundee Wharf.  By 1650 George Margetts developed a ropemaking yard including a ropehouse, storehouse and a ropewalk on land he leased from Graves.
caption: The premises of George and William Lamb, mastmakers of 92 Narrow Street, and Charles John Hartnoll, barge building in the foreground, mid-nineteenth century
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