The Jewel Tower

The Jewel Tower (HM23YJ)

Location: London, England SW1P 3JY Greater London
Country: United Kingdom
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N 51° 29.909', W 0° 7.567'

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The Jewel Tower was built for King Edward III in 1365-66 by Henry Yevele, the 'deviser of the King's works of masonry'. It formed part of the king's palace and was designed as a private treasury.

The walls are mainly built of Kentish Ragstone from Maidstone. Other stone came from Reigate, Beer (Devon) and Caen (France), while timber for the roof came from Surrey. The windows were of highly decorative glass protected by iron grilles.

To give the tower better protection (and provide fish for the king's table), it was surrounded by a moat. This was constructed in July 1366 and took 23 navvies 10 days to dig. The water came from a ditch leading directly into the River Thames.

From 1621 the Jewel Tower was used for the storage of parliamentary records and by the end of the century it is likely that the ditch and the moat had been partially filled in. In 1869 it became the centre for the Board of Trade's Standards Department, which tested standards of weight and measure.
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HM NumberHM23YJ
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Placed ByEnglish Heritage
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Date Added Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 at 1:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)30U E 699471 N 5709176
Decimal Degrees51.49848333, -0.12611667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 51° 29.909', W 0° 7.567'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds51° 29' 54.54" N, 0° 7' 34.02" W
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 9748 Abingdon St, London England SW1P 3JY, GB
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