Paul’s Chain
Agas MapList documents mentioning Paul’s Chain- Carter Lane
- Castle Baynard Ward
- Excerpt from London Survey’d
- Introduction to The Triumphs of Truth
- John Wolfe
- Knightrider Street
- Monuments of Honour
- Paul’s Wharf
- St. Paul’s Churchyard
- Survey of London (1598): Castle Baynard Ward
- Survey of London (1633): Castle Baynard Ward
- The Triumphs of Love and Antiquity
- The Triumphs of Truth
- Troia-Nova Triumphans, or London Triumphing
- Variant spellings
List variant names and spellingsPaules Chaine | Pauls Chain | Pauls Chaine | Pauls-Chayne | Pauls-chaine | Paul’s Chain | Poules Chayne | Powles Wharfe | Powles chaine | South Chain of Pauls Church-yard | South Chaine of Pauls Church-yard | South Chaine of Powles church yard | South Chaine of Powles church yarde | South Chaine of Powles churchyarde | South chaine of Powles churchyarde | South chayne of Powles church yarde | ſouth Chaine of Powles Churchyard
Paul’s Chain was a street that ran north-south between St Paul’s Churchyard and Paul’s Wharf, crossing over Carter Lane, Knightrider Street, and Thames Street. It was in Castle Baynard Ward. On the Agas map, it is labelled
Paules chayne.
On Ogilby and Morgan’s Map of London in 1677, the street’s name changed south of Knightrider Street to St Bennet’s Hill, and then, after crossing Thames Street, changed again to Paul’s Wharf (Ogilby and Morgan). Between 1677 and John Rocque’s map of 1746, the section between Carter Lane and Knightrider Street became known as
Godalmin Street.Harben inidcates that the first mention of
Godlyman Streetwas in 1732 (Harben 261). By 1890, the name
Paul’s Chainwas abolished and the stretch of street from St Paul’s Churchyard to what is now called Queen Victoria Street was called
Godliman Street(Harben 461).
In 1598, Stow writes about the
South Chaine of Powles churchyardeand explains that it is near
the Powle head Tauerne, which house with the appurtenances was of olde time called Powles Brewhouse(Stow 2:12, 17).
The precinct wall around St Paul’s Church had six gates, one of which was on the south side by Paul’s Chain. It was here that a chain used to be drawn across the carriage-way entrance in order
to preserve silence during church services (Harben 461).
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Harben, Henry A. A Dictionary of London. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1918. [Available digitally from British History Online: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london.]This item is cited in the following documents:
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Ogilby, John, and William Morgan. London Survey’d, or, An Explanation of the Large Map of London Giving a Particular Account of the Streets and Lanes in the City and Liberties, with the Courts, Yards, Alleys, Churches, Halls, and Houses of Note in Every Street and Lane, and Directions to Find Them in the Map, with the Names and Marks of the Wards, Parishes, and Precincts Therein Described. London: Printed and Sold at the Author’s House in Whitefriars, 1677.This item is cited in the following documents:
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Rocque, John. A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark with Contiguous Buildings. London: Printed by John Rocque, 1746. Reprinted as The A to Z of Georgian London. Introduced by Ralph Hyde. London: London Topographical Society, 1982. [We cite by index label thus: Rocque 15Db.This item is cited in the following documents:
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Stow, John. A Survey of London. Reprinted from the Text of 1603. Ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908. See also the digital transcription of this edition at British History Online.This item is cited in the following documents:
