Steelyard facts for kids

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The Steelyard was a place in London for trading. It was commonly used by the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages. Many of the buildings were damaged during the Great Fire of London in 1666.

It is on the North bank of the River Thames and is now used as a railway station.

Images for kids

  • Arms of the Hanseatic League (c.1670)

    Caius Gabriel Cibber: Arms of the Hanseatic League (c.1670) on display in the Museum of London

  • London Steelyard 412

    Commemorative plaque placed in 2005 at Cannon Street station, near the location of the Steelyard

  • Hans Holbein der Jüngere - Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze - Google Art Project

    Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532

  • Hanseatic Warehouse King's Lynn

    Surviving Hanseatic warehouse in King's Lynn, Norfolk

  • Droysens-28a

    Plan of the Steelyard from Johann Gustav Droysen's Atlas, claimed to be as it was in 1667


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