Map - Plan of London, circa 1573. This plan is reproudced from a copy in the British Museum of G. Braun and F. Hohenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1573. The 'stiliards' or steelyards of the Hanse merchant are shown on the north side of the river, a little to the west of London Bridge. On the east of the Bridge and opposite the Tower is the anchorage for ships. Westminster is shown on the extreme west of the plan with Lambeth Palace on the opposite bank. Conspicuous objects on the south side of the river are the rings for the 'boull' and 'beare' baiting. It was on land adjacent to these that the Globe Theatre in which Shakespeare acted was afterwards built. ©TopFoto