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ED - Jenstad, Janelle
T1 - Gazetteer (I)
T2 - The Map of Early Modern London
ET - 7.0
PY - 2022
DA - 2022/05/05
CY - Victoria
PB - University of Victoria
LA - English
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Cheapside Cross (Eleanor Cross), pictured but not labelled on the
Agas map, stood on Cheapside Street between Friday Street and Wood
Street. St. Peter, Westcheap lay to its
west, on the north side of Cheapside Street. The
prestigious shops of
The Chapel of Jesus was located under the choir in St. Paul’s Cathedral. It was founded in the fraternitie, and guild, to the honour of the most glorious name of
(Stow 1598, sig. S5v). The entrance of the chapel was decorated with an image of
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Prior to being renamed until 1177 the only Jewish cemetery in England
(Carlin and Belcher 78). The cemetary was variously known as is now turned into faire garden plots and sommer houses for pleasure
(Stow 1:241). The location was just outside of the City Wall, near the church of St. Giles, Cripplegate.
Goldsmiths’ Row was a section on the south side of Cheapside Street, by Cheapside Cross. Goldsmiths’ Row and the shops and homes of other wealthy merchants made the street an elite and attractive one.
Inner Temple was one of the four Inns of Court
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
Maiden Lane (Wood Street)
was shared between Cripplegate Ward, Aldersgate Ward, and Farringdon Within. It ran west from Wood
Street, and originated as a trackway across the Covent Garden
(Bebbington 210) to St. Martin’s Lane.
The Inn and Garden of the Bishop of Chichester is located on both sides of Chancery Lane. During the acquired a plot on the west side of the lane where
(Williams 1520). This land was given to him by the soon after [
(Williams 1521).
The four principal constituents of the Inns of Court were:
The inn was acquired between
(Carlin and Belcher 69).
Arundel House (c.
The Inn of the Bishop of Chester resided on the western side of the present entrance to Somerset House
(Williams 1450). Not to be confused with Strand Inn’s original name, Chester Inn.
The Six Clerks’ Office was located [o]n the west side of Chancery Lane, south of Carey Street, outside the City Boundary, opposite the Rolls
(Harben 534). The office was formerly the Inn of the Prior of Nocton, but around the time that it was reconstructed in
Coldharbour was a mansion dating back to at least the
One of the Inns of Chancery.
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Joiners’ Hall was built on the company’s property in Thames Street, some time between
Ironmonger Lane, located directly north of Eastcheap in Cheap Ward, ran north-south between Cateaton Street and Cheapside Street. The lane’s name has undergone a number of spelling changes over the years—on the Agas map, it is labelled as
Iron Gate was an entry gate into the Tower of London on its eastern side near the Thames. According to great and strong
but not often opened (Stow 1633, sig. E4r). It was built in the late fourteenth century on a plot of land that once contained mills belonging to St. Katherine’s Hospital (Carlin and Belcher Tower of London; Stow 1598, sig. D4r). The gate is labelled
Old Jewry ran north-south between Lothbury and Poultry and was located in Cheap Ward and Coleman Street Ward. The street was named for being one of the places where Jews inhabited in London before
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.
The Julian calendar with the calendar year regularized to beginning on 1 January.
The Julian calendar with the calendar year beginning on 25 March. This was the calendar used in the British Empire until September 1752.
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referred to as
The Anno Mundi (year of the world
) calendar is based on the supposed date of the
creation of the world, which is calculated from Biblical sources. At least two different
creation dates are in common use. See Anno Mundi (Wikipedia).
Regnal dates are given as the number of years into the reign of a particular monarch.
Our practice is to tag such dates with
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