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T1 - Farringdon Without Ward
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DA - 2021/06/30
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PB - University of Victoria
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Farringdon Within Ward shares parts of its eastern and southern borders with the western and northern boundaries of Castle Baynard Ward. This ward is called
Aldersgate Ward is west of Cripplegate Ward. Both the ward and its main street are named after Aldersgate, the north gate of the city.
Originally built as a Roman fortification for the provincial city of Londinium in the second century C.E., the London Wall remained a material and spatial boundary for the city throughout the early modern period. Described by high and great
(Stow 1:8), the London Wall dominated the cityscape and spatial imaginations of Londoners for centuries. Increasingly, the eighteen-foot high wall created a pressurized constraint on the growing city; the various gates functioned as relief valves where development spilled out to occupy spaces
Farringdon Ward is the name of the larger, single ward predating both Farringdon Within Ward and Farringdon Without Ward. This ward was divided by
Located in Farringdon Within Ward, Ludgate was a gate built by the Romans (Carlin and Belcher 80). for his owne honor
(Stow 1:1).
A priory of Augustinian canons once encompassing St. Bartholomew the Great, St. Bartholomew the Less, and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Dissolved by
According to Carlin and Belcher, [i]n
and that, furthermore, it is [n]ow [the] N. End of Little Britain
(Carlin and Belcher 72). Ekwall notes that [t]he meaning [of the lane] is clearly
(Ekwall 106).lane where ducks were reared
, but the name seems to have been wrongly read with the vowel of duke and mis-interpreted
According to
Smithfield was an open, grassy area located outside the Wall. Because of its location close to the city centre, Smithfield was used as a site for markets, tournaments, and public executions. From
Also known as Smithfield Pond.
Cow Lane, located in the Ward of Farringdon Without, began at Holborn Street, and then curved north and east to West Smithfield. Smithfield was a meat market, so the street likely got its name because cows were led through it to market (Bebbington 100). Just as Ironmonger Lane and Milk Street in Cheapside Market were named for the goods located there, these streets leading into Smithfield meat market were named for the animals that could be bought there.
Holborn ran east-west from the junction of Hosier Lane, Cock Lane and Snow Hill to St. Giles High Street, and passed through Farringdon Without Ward and Westminster.
Hosier Lane ran west from Pie Corner in Smithfield. It was named for the hosiers who worked on the lane in the fourteenth century. The hosiers later moved to Bow Lane off Cheapside Street, which then became known as Hosier Lane.
Holborn Bridge or Oldboorne bridge (Stow) spanned the Fleet Ditch at Holborn Street. Located in the ward of Farringdon Without, the bridge was part of a major westward thoroughfare.
The Old Bailey ran along the outside of the London Wall near
Newgate (Stow 1598, sig. U8v). It is labelled on the Agas map as Olde baily
.
St. George Lane (Billingsgate) ran east-west between Botolph Lane and Pudding Lane. It is labelled on
the Agas map as S. georg la.
.
Fleet Street runs east-west from Temple Bar to Fleet Hill or Ludgate Hill, and is named for the Fleet River. The road has existed since at least the
Shoe Lane, or Shoe Alley as it was sometimes called in the
sixteenth century (Ekwall 110), was
outside the city wall, in the ward of Faringdon Without. It ran north-south, parallel to the course of
the Fleet River. Until
Fetter Lane ran north-south between
Holborn Street and Fleet Street, in the ward of Farringdon Without, past the east side of the
church of Saint Dunstan’s in the West. Fewtars Lane
, Fewter Lane
, or Fewters Lane
(Stow 2:21, 2:22), and claimed that it was so called of Fewters (or
idle people) lying there
(Stow 2:39).
Temple Bar was one of the principle entrances to the city of London, dividing the Strand to the west and Fleet Street to the east. It was an ancient right of way and toll gate. Walter Thornbury dates the wooden gate structure shown in the Agas Map to the early Tudor period, and describes a number of historical pageants that processed through it, including the funeral procession of
Ludgate Hill, also known as Fleet Hill, ran east-west from St. Paul’s Churchyard, past Ludgate, to an undetermined point before Fleet Bridge. It was the raised portion of the greater Ludgate Street leading up out of Fleet Street. The hill is labelled
Chancery Lane was built sometime
around in
(Bebbington 78).
Bridewell was a prison and hospital. The site was originally a royal palace (Bridewell Palace) but was transferred to the
Bride Well
.
This page points to the district known as Whitefriars. For the theatre, see Whitefriars Theatre.
Middle Temple was one of the four Inns of Court
Farringdon Without Ward is west of Farringdon Within Ward and Aldersgate Ward and is located outside the Wall. This ward is called
The Julian calendar, in use in the British Empire until September 1752. This calendar is used for dates where the date of the beginning of the year is ambigious.
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referred to as
The Anno Mundi (year of the world
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Farringdon Without Ward is west of Farringdon Within Ward and Aldersgate Ward and is located outside the Wall. This ward is called without
Newgate and Ludgate and to differentiate it from Farringdon Within Ward. Both wards take the name of
The following diplomatic transcription of the opening paragraph(s) of the 1603 chapter on this ward will eventually be subsumed into the MoEML edition of the 1603
The boundes of which ward without Newgate and Ludgate are
theſe. Firſt on the eaſt part thereof, is the whole precinct of the late
priorie of ſaint Bartholomew, and a
part of Long lane on the north, towardes Alderſgate ſtreete and Ducke lane, with the hoſpitall of ſaint Bartholomew on the Weſt, and all
Smithfielde to the Barres in
ſaint Iohn ſtreet. Then out of
Smithfield,
Chickē lane toward Turmile brooke, and ouer that brooke by a bridge of
timber into the field, then backe againe by the Pens (or folds) in Smithfield, by Smithfield pond to
Cow lane, which turneth toward
Oldborne: and then Hoſiar lane out of Smithfield, alſo toward Oldborne, till it meete with a part of Cow lane. Then Cocke lane out of Smithfield, ouer againſt Pye corner, then alſo is Giltſpur ſtreete, out of Smithfield to Newgate, then from Newgate weſt by S. Sepulchres church to Turnagaine Lane: to Oldboorne Conduit, on Snor hill,
Now on the left hand or ſouth ſide from Newgate, lieth a ſtreet called the Old Bayly, or court of the Chamberlaine of this
citty: this ſtretcheth downe by the wall of the Cittie unto Ludgate: on the weſt ſide of which
ſtreete, breaketh out one other lane, called ſaint Georges lane, till ye come to the ſouthend of
Seacole lane: and then turning
towardes Fleetſtreete, it is called
Fléete lane. The next out of the
high ſtreet from Newgate turning
down ſouth, is called the little Bayly, and runneth downe to the Eaſt of
ſaint Georges lane. Then is Seacole lane which turneth downe into
Fleete lane: neare vnto this
Seacole lane, in the turning
towardes Oldboorn Conduit, is an
other lane, called in record windagaine
Lane, it turneth downe to Turnemill Brooke, and from thence backe againe, for there is no
way ouer. Then beyond Old boorn
bridge to Shooe lane, which
runneth out of Oldboorne unto the
Conduit in Fleeteſtreet. Then
alſo is Fewtars lane, which likewiſe
ſtretcheth ſouth into Fleetſtreete
by the eaſt end of ſaint Dunſtons church, and from this lane to the Bars, be the bounds without Newgate.
Now without Ludgate, this warde
runneth vp from the ſayd gate to Temple
barre, and hath on the right hand or north ſide the ſouth end of
the old Bayly, then downe Ludgate hill, to the Fléet lane ouer Fléete bridge, and by
Shooe lane, and Fewters lane, and ſo to New ſtréete (or Chancery lane) and vp that Lane to the houſe of the Rolles, which houſe is
alſo of this ward, and on the other ſide to a lane ouer againſt the Roules,
which entereth Ficquets field.
Then hard by the Barre is one
other lane called Shyre Lane,
becauſe it diuideth the Cittie from the Shire, and this turneth into
Ficquets field.
From Ludgate againe on the left
hand, or ſouth ſide to Fleetebridge, to bride lane, which runneth south by Bridewell, then to Water lane, which runneth down to the Thames.
Then by the White Fryers and by
the Temple, e
The boundaries of Farringdon Without Ward, as drawn on the Agas map, are approximate. See MoEML’s page on ward boundaries.