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Hay's Wharf may refer to: . Hay's Wharf, an enclosed dock building now known as Hay's Galleria; Hay's Wharf Business Services, formerly part of Hays plc; Hay's Wharf Cartage Company, which owned the removal company Pickfords and travel agents Thomas Cook
The name can be traced to Alexander Hay, who acquired a brewhouse there in 1651. It was redeveloped as a 'wharf', in fact an enclosed dock, in 1856 and renamed Hay's Wharf. It was rebuilt after the 1861 Tooley Street fire and still stands; it was converted in the 1980s into a shopping and restaurant area known as Hay's Galleria. [4]
Hay's Galleria. Hay's Galleria is a mixed use building in the London Borough of Southwark situated on the south bank of the River Thames featuring offices, restaurants, shops, and flats. Originally a warehouse and associated wharf (Hay's Wharf) for the port of London, it was redeveloped in the 1980s. It is a Grade II listed structure.
St Olaf House was built between 1928 and 1932 by Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel as a headquarters for the Hay's Wharf Company. [1] [2] [3] The house was built on the site of the demolished St Olave's Church, Southwark, [2] [3] in the art deco style. [4] The building is made out of Portland stone. [2] [5] It is six storeys high, T-shaped, and ...
The wharf was probably named "Hay Wharf" since it was used to store forage in the 19th century. [3] It has also been proposed that the wharf was named after Lord John Hay, who was the Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet based in Malta between 1883 and 1887. [4] The Club House of the Royal Malta Yacht Club was located at Hay Wharf ...
Traffic sign: Quayside or river bank ahead. Unprotected quayside or riverbank. A wharf commonly comprises a fixed platform, often on pilings.Commercial ports may have warehouses that serve as interim storage: where it is sufficient a single wharf with a single berth constructed along the land adjacent to the water is normally used; where there is a need for more capacity multiple wharves, or ...
Hay's Lane – after the Hays family, who owned nearby Hay's Wharf [72] [73] Holland Street – after a former manor house here called Holland's Leaguer, possibly named from its owner's family name [74] Holyrood Street – after the former Rood (cross) of Bermondsey located here; it was destroyed in 1559 [41] [75]
The Docklands in 1882 - a time of great expansion for the Port of London. Much of the Port's operations have now moved further downstream. This is a list of about 680 former or extant wharves, docks, piers, terminals, etc. of the Port of London, the majority of which lie on the Tideway of the River Thames, listed from upstream to downstream.