1077811 View of London by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647 (engraving) (detail of 560194) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From the original in the Guildhall Library. Stiliard or Steelyard on the north bank of the Thames is where the Merchants of the Hanse had their establisment. The Hanseatic League was a confederation of North German trading cities. A steelyard was a large weighing balance but steel + yard could be a mistranslation of Stylehof or stahlhof. 1475 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 123/1 The said Merchauntes of the Hanze, shuld have a certeyn place within the Citee of London, called the Stylehof, otherwise called the Stileyerd. Bow Church, the Church of St Mary and Holy Trinity; detail from the panoramic etching Long View of London from Bankside ); English, out of copyright.