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The church of St. Martin Orgar, named for Dean Orgar who gave the church to the canons, has been wrongly located by the maker of the Agas map. The church is drawn in Bridge Ward Within, south of Crooked Lane and west of New Fish Street on St. Michael’s Lane. However, the church was actually located one block northwest in Candlewick Street Ward, on the east side of St. Martin’s Lane just south of Candlewick Street.
Fagswell was a natural well in the Clerkenwell area and a source of fresh water for inhabitants of the City of London (Harben, Water Supply of London).
The Fair sat [u]pon [a] portion of the ground now known as Smithfield (that is, smooth field), bordering upon the marsh, great elm trees grew, and it was known as The Elms. The king’s market perhaps was held among the trees; but on the marsh the Priory was founded, around which was held the fair
(Morley 9). According to Sugden:
[i]ts frequenters were called [Bartholomew] Birds
Falcon Inn was a tavern in the Bankside area and was a popular destination for many Elizabethan playwrights.
Prior to being known as Trinity Hall, the space was known as The Falcon on the Hoop. The hall was, by acquired by [the] fraternity of Holy Trinity in St Botolph Aldersgate [and] became [the] fraternity’s hall sometime after 1463
(Carlin and Belcher 96). Beginning with that aquisition, the location became known as
Sharing a name with the nearby Falcon Inn, the Falcon Stairs provided river access for the area of Southwark known to early modern Londoners as the
Fenchurch Street (often called pork and peas
after her sister,
The church is visible on the Agas map along Fenchurch Street. Before the
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
Farringdon Ward is the name of the larger, single ward predating both Farringdon Within Ward and Farringdon Without Ward. This ward was divided by
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. Farringdon Without Ward and its counterpart within the Wall are both named after
Foster Lane ran north-south between Cheapside in the south and Oat Lane in the north. It crossed Lily Pot Lane, St. Anne’s Lane, Maiden Lane (Wood Street), and Carey Lane. It sat between St. Martin’s Lane to the west and Gutter Lane to the east. Foster Lane is drawn on the Agas Map in the correct position, labelled as Forster Lane
.
Finch Lane (labelled Finke la.
on the Agas map) was a small north-south lane that ran between Threadneedle Street and Cornhill. The north half of the lane was in Broadstreet Ward and the latter half was in Cornhill Ward. It is likely that the lane is named after
Finsbury Field is located in northen London outside the London Wall. Note that MoEML correctly locates Finsbury Field, which the label on the Agas map confuses with Mallow Field (Prockter 40). Located nearby is Finsbury Court. Finsbury Field is outside of the city wards within the borough of Islington (Mills 81).
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).
In early modern London, Fish Wharf was an incredibly active area of commercial industry on the north bank of the River Thames in Bridge Ward Within. On that south side of Thames stréete
(Stow 1598, sig. M5r). Additionally according to Henry Harben’s
be adjacent, on the west, to the present London Bridge Wharf, and between that wharf and Fresh Wharf east(Harben).
Finimore Lane ran east-west between Old Fish Street Hill and Bread Street Hill in Queenhithe Ward. The lane is not visible on the Agas Map, but we have marked it running just south of St. Nicholas Olave church based on evidence from
Trig Lane was the lane leading down from Thames Street (now called Upper Thames Street) to the river landing place called Trig Stairs on the north bank of the Thames. Trig Lane was in a fairly rowdy area full of water traffic, sailors, and porters.
New Fish Street (also known in the New Fyſhe ſtreate
. Variant spellings include Street of London Bridge
, Brigestret
, Brugestret
, and Newfishstrete
(Harben 432; BHO).
Old Fish Street Hill ran north-south between Old Fish Street and Thames
Street. old
Fishstreete hill
and Saint Mary Mounthaunt Lane
.
Fisher’s Folly was a large house on the east side of
Bishopsgate Street, within the boundary of
Bishopsgate Ward and a few houses away from the
Dolphin Inn. Fisher’s Folly
is not marked on the Agas map. By
The Fleet, known as
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
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
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Located in Farringdon Within Ward, Ludgate was a gate built by the Romans (Carlin and Belcher 80). for his owne honor
(Stow 1:1).
According to Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay, the Fortune was built for
Beginning just south of the Angel Inn (Adwych), Adwych Lane
was an offshoot of Holywell Street (or Halywell Street) that ran east-to-west.
Carlin and Belcher describe it as a location that [b]y 1199 extended from modern Drury Lane S. to Stone Cross
(Carlin and Belcher 63).
North out of Newgate, Stinking Lane runs parallel to both Pentecost Lane and Butchers’ Alley. Ekwall notes Stinking Lane as a euphemistic variant of Fowle Lane, while
Fowle Lane, Tower Street Ward was later known as Cross Lane. Harben records it running west to east from St. Mary at Hill Street to Harp Lane (Harben, Cross Lane).
According to
Friday Street passed south through Bread Street Ward, beginning at the cross in Cheapside Street and ending at Old Fish Street. It was one of many streets that ran into Cheapside Street market whose name is believed to originate from the goods that were sold there.
Austin Friars was a church on the west side of Broad Street in Broad
Street Ward. It was formerly part of the Priory of Augustine Friars, established in 1253. At the dissolution
of the monastery in 1539, the West end [of the church] thereof inclosed from
the steeple, and Quier, was in the yeare 1550. graunted to the Dutch Nation in
London [by
(Stow). The Quier
and side Isles to the Quier adioyning, he reserued to housholde vses, as for
stowage of corne, coale, and other things
(Stow). The church, completely rebuilt in the nineteenth century and
then again mid-way through the twentieth century, still belongs to Dutch
Protestants to this day.
The largest and wealthiest friary in England, Blackfriars was not only a
religious institution but also a cultural, intellectual, and political centre of London. The friary housed
London’s Dominican friars (known in England as the Black friars) after their move from
the smaller Blackfriars precincts in Holborn. The Dominicans’ aquisition of the site,
overseen by
One of the smallest London friaries, Crossed Friars (also known as
Crouched Friars or Crutched Friars) housed the
Enduring for over three centuries, longer than any other London friary, Greyfriars garnered support
from both England’s landed elite and common Londoners. Founded in
Worcester House was located along the Thames between Queenhithe in the west and the Vintry in the east. According to Earles of Worcester
before it was divided into tenements (Stow 1633, sig. Z2v). The house was eventually used by the
Fuller’s Rents (also known as Fulwood’s Rents) was a gated court north of Holborn, opposite Chancery Lane (Strype). It was not established until the
Prior to the point at which the Fullers’ Company joined the Shearmen in hall with [an] orchard at [the] S. end of Billiter Lane, described in letters patent of
(Carlin and Belcher 74).
The Fullers’ Hall on Candlewick Street, or simply the
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