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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.
Caius Gabriel Cibber: Arms of the Hanseatic League (c.1670) on display in the Museum of London
Commemorative plaque placed in 2005 at Cannon Street station, near the location of the Steelyard
Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532
Surviving Hanseatic warehouse in King's Lynn, Norfolk