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Dublin 8, also rendered as D8 and D08, is a postal district in Dublin.Dublin 8 is one of only two postal districts to span the River Liffey.While the majority of the district's built up areas are on the southside, it also includes northside areas such as the vast Phoenix Park. [1]
Plan of Dublin Google Map interface; 1821 Maps of the county of Dublin William Duncan 8 sheets. Duncan was commissioned by the Dublin Grand Jury to produce a set of maps of Dublin for administrative and planning uses. Southern 4 sheets [layer "Duncan (1821)"] 1835 Leigh's new pocket road-book of Ireland: Published by Leigh & Son 1836
1797 map of Dublin [8] Many of the city's notable Georgian buildings and street scape schemes were built during the 18th century. In terms of street layout, at the beginning of the 18th century Dublin was a medieval city akin to Paris.
The map was completed by Charles Brooking (1677–1738), an engraver, illustrator and map maker of English origin, and printed in London by John Bowles at The Mercer's Hall in 1728. [1] Brooking is recorded as working at Greenwich Hospital (London) between 1729 and 1736 as a painter and decorator.
1702 – State Paper Office established in Dublin Castle. 1707 – Marsh's Library incorporated. [1]1707 - The original Custom House opens on Custom House Quay, Dublin.; 1708 – The Registry of Deeds is established by an Irish Act of Parliament entitled "An Act for the Publick Registering of all Deeds, Conveyances and Wills that shall be made of any Honors, Manors, Lands, Tenements or ...
[8] [9] Dame Lane is shown but described as "unnamed" on Brooking's map of 1728, but is identified on Rocque's later map of 1756. [6] The old Castle Market, dating from around 1707, was developed by Alderman William Fownes and James Pooley, Esq. [10] and built on the site of the churchyard of the old St Andrew's Church. Some time after 1682 ...
The defences of Dublin would eventually fall into disrepair but continued to serve a purpose as late as 1762 when the auction of the rights to collect tolls at each of the then seven city gates raised £4,000 for the city. [4] Below is a list of the historic Gates of Dublin along the city's ancient boundaries:
The street is shown with mostly farmland and orchards along its edges and without significant buildings in John Rocque's maps of Dublin around 1757. [7] [8] The street acted as the main road to both Portobello and Milltown south of the city. In the 19th and early 20th century, the street was known for housing a number of Jewish businesses. [9]