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The Abbey of St. Mary Graces is a chapel built in around
Abchurch Lane runs north-south from
Lombard Street to Candlewick Street. The
Agas Map labels it Abchurche
lane
. It lies mainly in Candlewick
Street Ward, but part of it serves as the boundary between Langbourne Ward and Candlewick Street Ward.
Addle Hill or Athelyngstrete ran north from Knightrider Street up to Carter Lane (Stow 1633, sig. 2M4v).
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).
According to
Aldermanbury ran north-south, between Lad Lane in the south and Love Lane in the north and parallel between Wood Street in the west and Basinghall Street in the east. It lay wholly in Cripplegate Ward. This street is not to be confused with Alderman Bury, the former meeting place of the
Aldersgate was one of London’s four original gates (Stow 1598, sig. C7r), labelled Alders gate
on the Agas map. The gate was likely built into the Wall of London during the Roman Conquest, marking the northern entrance into the city.
Aldersgate Bars marked the limits of the city liberties at the north end of Aldersgate Street.
Aldersgate Ward is west of Cripplegate Ward. Both the ward and its main street are named after Aldersgate, the north gate of the city.
Aldgate was the easternmost gate into the walled
city. The name Aldgate
is thought to come from one of four sources:
Eastern gate
(Ekwall 36), ale
, public gate
or open to all
, or old gate
(Bebbington
20–21).
The Aldgate Bars were posts that marked the eastern
limits of the City of London. They were located at the western end of Whitechapel and the eastern end of Aldgate Street.
Aldgate Street ran slightly south-west from Aldgate until it reached a pump, formerly a sweet well. At that point, the street forked into two streets. The northern branch, called Aldgate Street, ran west until it ran into Cornhill at Lime Street. At an earlier point in history, Cornhill seems to have extended east past Lime Street because the church of St. Andrew Undershaft was called St. Andrew upon Cornhill (Harben 10).
Aldgate Ward is located within the London Wall and east of Lime Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Aldgate Street, are named after Aldgate, the eastern gate into the walled city (Stow 1633, sig. N6v).
All Hallows, London Wall is a church built east of
Bishopsgate, near or on the City Wall. The church is visible on the Agas map
northwest of Broad Street and up against the south
side of the City Wall. The label All Haloues in y Wall
is west of the church. In
his description of Broad Street Ward,
The church of All Hallows Barking is in Tower Street Ward on the southeast corner of Seething Lane and on the north side of Tower Street. fayre parish Church
.
All Hallows the Great was a church located on the south side of Thames Street and on the east side of Church Lane. faire Church with a large
cloyster
, but remarks that it has been foulely defaced and ruinated
(Stow 1:235).
The Almshouses of Wood Street were located on the east side of the street, south of Bowyers’ Hall. Carlin and Belcher note that the almshouses were built in by request to the
(Carlin and Belcher 64).
Andro Morris Key, also known as Andro Morris Quay or Andrew Morris Key, was one of the so-called Andrew morice kay
.
The Antelope (Southwark) and Suffolk House were the two messuages that
Arundel House (c.
Arundel Stairs provided access to Arundel House from the Thames.
The Atrium near St. Paul’s Cathedral was located on the west side of the cathedral, adjacent to St. Peter’s College Rents and the Stationers’ Hall.
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.
Ball Alley was a small alley that ran south from London Wall to the gardens of the Leathersellers’ Hall.
Ballardes Lane is marked on the Carey Street
,
as it is still called today (Carlin and Belcher).
According to Harben, the first mention of this Carey Street
is from
Bank End was a small neighbourhood at the eastern end of Bankside, not far from the Clink. Its principal building was the Castle (also known as the Castle upon the Hope), an inn and brothel accessible from the river by a wharf.
Described by Weinreb as redolent of squalor and vice
(Weinreb 39), London’s Bankside district in Southwark was known for its taverns, brothels and playhouses in the early modern period. However, in approximately
Barbican was a historically significant street that ran east-west, connecting Aldersgate Street in the west with Redcross Street and Golden Lane in the east. Barbican was more then halfe
contained by Cripplegate Ward, with the rest lying within Aldersgate Ward (Stow 1:291). The street is labeled on the Agas map as Barbican
.
Barbican Manor was a manor on Barbican Street.
There is a Barbican
label on the Agas map, but it is unclear whether it refers to the street or
the manor. The position of the feature on the Agas map near the Barbican
label corresponds to the manor’s
position on the
Barbican Tower was a watchtower or barbican to the northeast of the London Wall.
According to
Bartholomew Lane was in Broad Street Ward and ran north-south from the junction of Throgmorton Street and Lothbury to Threadneedle Street. Bartholomew Lane is visible on the Agas map running
southeast on the west side of St. Bartholomew by the
Exchange. It is labelled bar eelmew
la
.
Bartholomew’s Lane (West Smithfield) is listed in Carlin and Belcher
and is marked on the corresponding
Basing Lane, also known as the whether ment for the Kings
bakehouse, or of bakers dwelling there, and baking bread to serue the market
in Bredstreete, where the bread was sold, I know not
(Stow).
Carlin and Belcher observe that the namesake of Bassett’s Inn is
Bassinghall Ward is west of Coleman Street Ward. The ward and its main street Basinghall Street are named after Basing Hall (Stow 1633, sig. 2C5r).
In terms of the history of the site, Victor Belcher and Martha Carlin note that
Bath Inn was built in inherited by
(Carlin and Belcher 74). As such,
the site was known as
Battle Bridge connected St. Olave Street with the road to Bermondsey and Horsleydown (Nichols 252).
Located on the banks of the Thames, Baynard’s Castle was built sometime
in the by
(Weinreb and Hibbert 129). The castle passed to
who by forfeyture for
fellonie, lost his Baronie of little Dunmow
(Stow 1:61). From the time it was built, Baynard’s Castle was the headquarters of London’s
army until the reign of
when it was handed over to the Dominican Friars,
the Blackfriars whose name is still commemorated along that part of the
waterfront
(Hibbert 10).
According to the Cock or Bear Alley
(Harben).
The Bear Garden was never a garden, but rather a polygonal bearbaiting arena whose exact locations across time are not known (Mackinder and Blatherwick 18). Labelled on the Agas map as The Bearebayting
, the Bear Garden would have been one of several permanent structures—wooden arenas, dog kennels, bear pens—dedicated to the popular spectacle of bearbaiting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Bear Inn (Basinghall Street) was on Basinghall Street. It is not marked on the
Agas map but is next to the Girdler’s Hall on the
Was once [o]wned by William, Visount Beaumont and Lord Bardolf
and [l]ater belonged to Francis, Viscount Lovell, [but] by his attainder in
(Carlin and Belcher 65).
The Beaurepair was a messuage which had numerous owners. In described as a place
(Harben 59). Specifically, from where the hay is sold
and in a ruinous conditionas vacant land with stone walls
(Carlin and Belcher 65-6).
Beer Lane ran north-south from Tower Street to Thames
Street in Tower Street Ward. many faire
houses
(Stow).
Bell Alley ran west from Bishopsgate Street without the Wall (Harben 61).
For information about the Bell Inn, Gracechurch Street, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit
For information about the Bell Savage Inn, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
Bell Yard, Temple Bar ran north-south between Fleet Street in the south and what is now Carey Street in the north. It was to the north of Temple Church and Temple Bar, to the west of St. Dunstan in the West, and to the east of St. Clement Danes. According to Harben, the name derived from the tenement called
(Harben 65).le Belle
Benbridges Inn was a large house on
the northwest corner of Lime Street.
The Inn appears to be named after Ricardus de Pembrugge, a Knight and owner
of a large piece of land in Lime Street
Ward in 1376 (Harben; BHO). In 1454 the draper Ralph Holland bestowed the large
messuage to the Master and Wardens of the Fraternity of Tailors and Linen
Armourers of St John the Baptist (Harben; BHO). Soon thereafter they set up a fayre large frame of timber
for a large house and built three other tenement buildings adjoining it
(Stow).
According to
According to
Branching off from the south side of Tooley Street, Bermondsey Street (sometimes referred to as Barnaby Street) ran north-south towards Bermondsey Abbey (Stow 1598, sig. Z3v-Z4r). Bermondsey Street is depicted just east of Battle Bridge on the Agas map, although it is mislabeled
Although its name evokes the pandemonium of the archetypal madhouse, Bethlehem (Bethlem, Bedlam) Hospital was not always an asylum. As Priorie of Cannons with brethren and
sisters
, founded in one of the Sheriffes of London
(Stow 1:164). We know from
Bevis Marks was a street south of the City Wall that ran east-west from Shoemaker Row to the north end of St. Mary Axe Street. It was in Aldgate Ward. Bevis Marks was continued by Duke’s Place.
Billingsgate (Bylynges gate or Belins Gate), a water-gate and harbour located on the north side
of the Thames between London Bridge
and the Tower of London, was
London’s principal dock in
Billingsgate Market was a market near the docks of Billingsgate that dates back at least to
As noted by Ekwall, [t]he name Thames Street was applied to the whole length of the street, but there were several alternative names for sections of it
(Ekwall 28)—one of which is Billingsgate Street, in Billingsgate Ward, also sometimes referred to as
(Ekwall 28).
Billingsgate Ward is west of Tower Street Ward. The ward is named after Billingsgate, a water-gate and harbour on the Thames.
Billiter Lane ran north-west from
Fenchurch to Leadenhall, entirely in Aldgate Ward. Nearby landmarks included Blanch Appleton facing the opening of
Billiter Lane on the south side
of Fenchurch and Ironmongers’ Hall to the west of Billiter Lane on the north side of Fenchurch. Nearby churches were St. Catherine Cree on Leadenhall and All Hallows Staining adjacent to the Clothworkers’ Hall) and St. Katharine Coleman on Fenchurch. On the Agas map, Billiter Lane is labelled Bylleter la.
Birchin Lane was a short street running north-south between Cornhill Street and Lombard Street. The north end of Birchin Lane lay in Cornhill Ward, and the south end in Langbourne Ward.
An inn on the north side of Bridewell.
Bishopsgate Street ran north from Cornhill Street to the southern end of Shoreditch Street at the city boundary. South of
Cornhill, the road became Gracechurch Street, and the two streets formed a
major north-south artery in the eastern end of the walled city of London, from
London Bridge to Shoreditch. Important sites included: Bethlehem Hospital, a mental hospital, and Bull Inn, a place where plays were performed before
(Weinreb and Hibbert
67).
Bishopsgate Ward shares its western boundary with the eastern boundaries of Shoreditch and Broad Street Ward and, thus, encompasses area both inside and outside the Wall. The ward and its main street, Bishopsgate Street, are named after Bishopsgate.
Bishop’s Palace was located on the north-west side of St. Paul’s Church. It was bordered on the north by Paternoster Row and on the west by Ave Maria Lane. Agas coordinates are based on coordinates provided by Harben and supplemented by
For information about the Black Bull Inn, Bishopsgate Street, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
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
Standing just west of Holborn Bridge, the site that would become the original Blackfriars
precinct was acquired by the Dominican friars (known in England as the Black friars) circa
The third house of the Dominican friars (known in England as the Black friars) in London
stood at the former Augustinian canons’ house at St. Bartholomew’s. With the return of Catholic worship under
According to Carlin and Belcher,
these stairs were possibly constructed [in]
(66). Henry A. Harben elaborates:
In
(79). The aforementioned lane is Water Lane.
The history of the two Blackfriars theatres is long and fraught with legal and political struggles. The story begins in
Blackman Street formed the southern portion of the main thoroughfare in Southwark, which is now commonly referred to as the High Street
or Borough High Street
(Malden).
Blanch Appleton was a manor on Fenchurch Street
next to St. Katherine Coleman in Aldgate Ward.
It is marked on the Agas map as Blanch chapelton
. discontinued,
and therefore forgotten, so as no-thing
remaineth for memorie, but the name of Mart Lane
(Stow 1598, sig. I1r).
The site was claimed by the Mayor and Commonality of the City in Blanch Appleton Court
(Harben).
Located on St. Laurence Lane, Guildhall, Blossoms Inn was a
travelers inn. Our Agas coordinates for the inn are based on
The Boar’s Head was one of the twelve licensed brothels in Southwark. In his
Beares heade(Stow 1598, sig. Y6v). This error is corrrected in the
Boares heade, the Crosse keyes, the Gunne, the Castle, the Crane, the Cardinals Hat, the Bel, the Swanne &c(Stow 1633, sig. 2Q3r).
Bordhaw Lane was a small street that ran south from Cheapside Street near the Great Conduit to just north of St. Pancras, Soper Lane.
Williams tells us that during
According to of spring water continually running
, which was set into the wall of Boss Alley (Stow 1598, sig. M2v). This boss was the subject of an early modern poem, which personified both the Boss of Billingsgate and the London Stone. In this poem, the Boss is described as a fallen woman, who the London Stone marries (
The Boss of Cripplegate was located on the south end of the Almshouses of St. Giles (Cripplegate), just before Redcross Street becomes Forestreet. Carlin and Belcher state that the location was a Boss of water made by executors of
(Carlin and Belcher 67).
Boss Alley (Billingsgate) is not labelled on
the Agas map. According to
Boss Alley (Queenhithe) was in Queenhithe Ward. It is labelled
on the Agas map as Boſs allee
.
Also referred to as
St. Botolph’s Wharf was located in Billingsgate Ward on the north bank of the Thames. Named after
Built over the River Lea at the behest of builded on Arches of stone
(Stow 1:253).
Bow Lane ran north-south between Cheapside Street and Old Fish Street in the ward of Cordwainer Street. At Watling Street, it became Cordwainer Street, and at Old Fish Street it became Garlick Hill. Garlick Hill-Bow Lane was built in the 890s to provide access from the port of Queenhithe to the great market of Cheapside Street (Sheppard 70–71).
Bowyer Row, according to Harben, ran east-west from Creed Lane to Ludgate (Harben). It was the unofficial yet descriptive name given to a section of Ludgate Street by early modern Londoners, so called of bowiers dwelling there in old time
(Stow 1598, sig. T1v).
Bread Street ran north-south from the Standard (Cheapside) to Knightrider Street, crossing Watling Street. It lay wholly in the ward of Bread Street, to which it gave its name.
Bread Street Hill ran north-south between Old Fish Street and Thames Street.
The label for this street on the Agas Map reads Bread
ſtreat
, but we know from Huggen
lane
and S. Mary Mounthaunt
(St. Mary Mounthaunt is another name for Old Fish Street Hill) (Stow 2:1).
Bread Street Ward is east of Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Within Ward. The ward takes its name from its main street, Bread Street, ſo called of bread in olde time there ſold
(Stow 1603).
According to Henry A. Harben, prior to
(Harben 100). It was for this house, sometimes also referred to as la Bretasse, that the lane was named (Carlin and Belcher 67). However, in
(Harben 100). While the lane was transitioning to a common lane, the mention of the
(Harben 100).
The Bricklayers’ Hall was east of Billiter Lane and stood on the south side of the street running west from the
water pump near Aldgate. This street was named Leadenhall Street in the seventeenth century but was considered
part of Aldgate Street when
Bridewell was a prison and hospital. The site was originally a royal palace (Bridewell Palace) but was transferred to the
Bride Well
.
Bridewell Palace was a royal palace acquired by the crown in
The Bridge in Convent Garden (Old Jewry) was built after hospital obtained permission to construct [a] gallery or bridge to connect [the] garden with [the] hospital precinct
(Carlin and Belcher 70).
The Bridge House was located on the south bank of the Thames, near St. Olave, Southwark and is labelled on the Agas map (Noorthouck).
Bridge Within Ward is west of Billingsgate Ward. The ward is named after London Bridge.
Bridge Without Ward or the Borough of Southwark is located outside of the Wall south of the Thames. The ward, like Bridge Within Ward, is named after London Bridge.
Broad Lane ran north-south from Thames Street to the Thames. According to broder for the passage of carts, from the Uintry wharfe, then bee the other lanes
(Stow 1598, sig. N8r).
Broad Street ran north-south from All Hallows, London Wall to Threadneedle Street and to a Pumpe ouer against Saint Bennets church
(Stow). Broad Street, labelled Brode Streat
on the Agas map, was entirely in
Broad Street Ward. The street’s name was a
reference to its width and importance (Harben).
Broad Street Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward. It is named after its principle street, Broad Street.
The functions of Broken Seld are diverse and manifold: Henry A. Harben notes that it is Described variously as a place, a tavern and a tenement on the south side of Westchepe opposite le Standard in the Ward of Bread Street in the Parish of St. Mary Magdalen (Milk Street)
(Harben 109). Harben also notes that its earliest mention of the location is in in
(Harben 109).
A wharf opposite of St. Mary Somerset Church.
Established in held by [the]
(Carlin and Belcher 67-8). Lastly, in
(Carlin and Belcher 68).
Harben explains that [a]fter the dissolution of the monasteries [the wharf] was granted to Thomas Broke [and was] described as a great messuage in the parish of St. Michael Queenhithe
(Harben 111). However, prior to his ownership the wharf passed through many other hands and was known by aliases such as Bockyng Wharffe
and Dockynes Wharfe
; it was also referred to as Broke Wharffee
and Brookers Wharf
(Harben 111). Harben tells us that [t]here can be little doubt that these names commemorate the various owners, who held the wharf or wharves form time to time, as it was the common practice for these wharves to be designated by the names of their respective owners
(Harben 111).
Browne’s Place was rebuilt from
Located east of Minories Street and later renamed Peacock Place or Court (Harben 466), Brown’s Alley is not featured on the Agas map.
Budge Row ran east-west through Cordwainer Street Ward. It passed through the ward from Soper Lane in the west to Walbrook Street in the east. Beyond Soper Lane, Budge Row became Watling Street. Before it came to be known as Budge Row, it once formed part of Watling Street, one of the Roman roads (Weinreb and Hibbert 107).
Bull Baiting is depicted on the Agas map next to Bear Garden, with the
label Bolle bayting
, although the existence of an arena separate from the Bear Garden
is disputed. See the relevant section in Bear Garden article.
Bulwark Gate was one of the outer defences of the Tower of London, located near Tower Hill (Harben Tower of London, Bulwark Gate). While the Bulwarke
, a piece of Tower Hill west from Lion Tower that was fortified by
Butchers’ Alley ran parallel to Pentecost Lane to the Butchers’ Hall on the east side of Christ Church. It is not labelled on the Agas map.
Directly translating to
Camomile Street lay south of the city wall from Bevis Marks
to Bishopsgate Street. Camomile Street is the seventeenth century
name for a street that was nameless when
the streete which runneth by the north ende of saint Marie streete(Stow).
Candlewick, Candlewright, or, later, Cannon Street, ran east-west from Walbrook Street in the west to the beginning of Eastcheap at its eastern terminus. Candlewick Street became Eastcheap somewhere around St. Clements Lane, and led into a great meat market (Stow 1:217). Together with streets such as Budge Row, Watling Street, and Tower Street, which all joined into each other, Candlewick Street formed the main east-west road through London between Ludgate and Posterngate.
Candlewick Street Ward is west of Bridge Within Ward. Its main street is Candlewick Street (Stow 1633, sig. X3v).
Cannon Row, a humble street running alongside the Thames, was the home of prominent individuals in the early modern period. It was a commonly-used street, and appeared in texts from the period often as the home of some of those illustrious persons. The street began as the home of the Cannons for Saint Stephen’s church.
Capel’s House, or Capel Court, was so named after [t]his house stood
on the site of the Stock Exchange at the end of Capel Court
(Harben 122). The location of Capel’s
House was directly west of the Abbot of St. Alban’s Inn and east of where Saint Bartholomew Lane
meets Bread Street.
The Cardinal’s Hat was located south of the Thames and west of the London Bridge in the ward of Southwark. It was part of a row of twelve licensed brothels or stewhouses along Bankside that were permitted by
Cardinal’s Hat Tavern was a tavern that likely sat at the meeting of Cornhill and Lombard Street.
Carey Lane ran east-west, connecting Gutter Lane in the east and Foster Lane in the west. It ran parallel between Maiden Lane (Wood Street) in the north and Cheapside Street in the south. The Agas Map labels it Kerie la
.
Also known as White Friars, the House of the Carmelite was founded by the church and house fell into disrepair and were pulled down, or
rebuilt, so that within a comparatively short period of time the monastic buildings had completely disappeared and the site was covered by small courts and alleys
(Harben 625). In [t]he inhabitants
of the precinct claimed
(Harben 625). They were granted privileges in
Carter Lane ran east-west between Creed Lane in the west, past Paul’s Chain, to Old Change in the East. It ran parallel to St. Paul’s Churchyard in the north and Knightrider Street in the south. It lay within Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Ward Within. It is labelled as Carter lane
on the Agas map.
The name
According to
Castle Alley, Cornhill was a small passage that ran north-south along the western side of the Royal Exchange, connecting Threadneedle street and Cornhill. It crossed the boundary lines of Cornhill Ward and Broad Street Ward, and was named for the sign of the Castle (Stow).
The Agas map labels this small street Castell hill
. In
Castle Alley(Prockter and Taylor 21). There does not seem to be any information in
Castle Baynard Ward is west of Queenhithe Ward and Bread Street Ward. The ward is named after Baynard’s Castle, one of its main ornaments.
Castle Lane, also known as Queen’s Colledge Yard, ran south out of the Duke’s Wardrobe and was located in Castle Baynard Ward (Harben, Queen’s Colledge Yard). According to
Located south of the Aldgate Bars according to
Catherine Wheel Alley ran west from Bishopsgate Street without the Wall. The alley derived its name from the nearby Catherine Wheel Inn (Harben 131).
Chancery Lane was built sometime
around in
(Bebbington 78).
The Chapel at the North Door of St. Paul’s was founded by a faire house
(Stow 1598, sig. S5r). Persons of note buried in this chapel include
The
West from [the Counter (Poultry)], was a proper Chappell, called of Corpus Christi, and Saint Mary at Cony hope lane end, in the Parish of Saint Mildred (Poultry), founded by one namedIonnirunnes , a Citizen of London, in the raigne ofEdward the third .
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
The Chapel of St. John (Southwark) was located on the north side of St. Mary Magdalen (Southwark). According to
Located on London Bridge, the Chapel of St. Thomas on the Bridge was a chapel dedicated to
Charing Cross was one of twelve memorial crosses erected by builded of stone
and was of old time a fayre péece of work
(Stow 1598, sig. 2B3r). It stood for three and a half centuries, but by the beginning of the 17th century [the cross] had fallen into a very ruinous condition
(Sugden). It, as well as the other crosses, was condemned in
The Charnel House and Chapel of St. Edmund and Mary
Magdalen was a mortuary chapel in Bishopsgate
Ward on the east side of Bishopsgate
Street. Prockter and Taylor suggest that the
Charnel House and Chapel of St. Edmund and Mary
Magdalen is the long, solitary building within the walled compound
northwest of the Artillery Yard on the Agas
map (Prockter and Taylor). References to this chapel are sparse in historical records,
but we know from was founded about the yeare 1391. by William
Euesham Citizen and Peperer of London, who was there buried
(Stow).
The London Charterhouse refers to a series of buildings located at the north-east end of Charterhouse Lane to the west of Aldersgate Street near Smithfield. Throughout the early modern period, the Charterhouse served many functions: prior to the Reformation, it was a Carthusian monastery; however, after the execution of
Charterhouse was a hospital, school, and pensioners’ home opened in
Charterhouse Lane was a narrow road that ran north-south between the London Charterhouse and St. John’s Street. The street earned its name due to its proximity to the London Charterhouse, which housed Carthusian monks. Following the dissolution of London monasteries
A house once belonging to the Abbots of Chartsey. Near Boss Alley (Queenhithe).
Cheap Ward is west of Bassinghall Ward and Coleman Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Cheapside, are named after West Cheap (the market).
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
In the middle ages, Westcheap was the main market west of Walbrook, so called to distinguish it from Eastcheap, the market
in the east. By
Cheapside Street, one of the most important streets in early modern London, ran east-west between the Great Conduit at the foot of Old Jewry to the Little Conduit by St. Paul’s churchyard. The terminus of all the northbound streets from the river, the broad expanse of Cheapside Street separated the northern wards from the southern wards. It was lined with buildings three, four, and even five stories tall, whose shopfronts were open to the light and set out with attractive displays of luxury commodities (Weinreb and Hibbert 148). Cheapside Street was the centre of London’s wealth, with many
This messuage is not identified on the Agas Map but Prockter and Taylor label a house in this
vicinity Ghertsey House
(Prockter and Taylor 21). wherein they were lodged when they repayred to the Citie
(Stow 2:11).
Chick Lane ran north-south from Tower Hill into Tower
Street. on the east of Barking
church
(Stow). It is likely that Chick Lane also featured the diuers houses lately builded, and other
incrochmentes
found directly above the lane on the west side of Tower Hill (Stow).
Located in Farringdon Within Ward, Christ’s Hospital was a opened in
This lane near All Hallows the Great is marked on the Agas map as Church Lane
and called Church Lane by
Church Lane was a semi-circular lane that wrapped around the south side of the parish church of St. Dunstan in the East, in Tower Street Ward. Both ends of Church Lane led south off Tower Street.
The city ditch was part of London’s medieval defence system that ran along the outside of the wall
from the Tower to Fleet River. According to much filth (conveyed forth of the Citie) especially dead dogs, were there laid or cast
(Stow 1633, sig. M1v). The ditch
was filled in and covered with garden plots by the time of
The City Dog House, located in northern London, was adjacent to Moorfields and was located outside of The Wall and the city wards. On the Agas map, it is labelled as Dogge hous
. Built in
[i]n Petty Wales, in the Parish of All Hallows (Barking)
(Harben 151)
According to
Previously known as Horshew Bridge Street.
Cloth Fair, as implied by its name, bears an innate connection to London’s mercantile culture. Henry A. Harben notes that it [d]erives its name from the clothiers and drapers who inhabited it in former times, and attended the famous Bartholomew Fair
(Harben 154). The location itself was on the Fair Ground between Long Lane and St. Bartholomew the Great.
Cockpit Alley, later called Pitt Court, was one of a series of narrow alleys that ran southwest to northeast between Drury Lane in the west and Great Wild Street (now just Wild Street) in the east. It took its name from the Cockpit Theatre which was located in the alley or very nearby. It is not labelled in the Agas Map, but appears clearly on the Rocque map of 1746.
Very little is known about Cock’s Rents other than its general location. It is not located on any of the maps in the early modern era, but Henry Harben notes that Cock’s Rents were [i]n St. Catherine’s precinct
(Harben 159).
Little is known about Cokedon Hall, but Carlin and Belcher note that it was in existence around sometime at the South west end of Marte lane I reade of
(Stow 1:132).
Coldharbour was a mansion dating back to at least the
Coldharbour Lane, or Colderherburghlane,
ran south from Thames Street to Coldharbour
on the east side of All Hallows the Less (
Colechurch Street was located in the Parish of St. Olave (Old Jewry) and ran north-south from Lothbury to Poultry (Harben). Harben mentions the possibility of Colechurchstrete
or Colechurch Lane
being the former name of a joined together Coleman Street and Old Jewry in the thirteenth century (Harben). However, Cole-church street, or Old Iewrie
and Carlin and Belcher’s 1270 map has a
Coleman Street Ward is west of Broad Street Ward. It is named after its main street, Coleman Street (Stow 1633, sig. 2B6r).
College Hill was located on the boundary between Vintry Ward and
Dowgate Ward. It is visible on the Agas map and marked as Whythyngton College
.
Columbe Brewhouse was located northwest of the Ironmongers’ Hall off of Fenchurch Street. Though little is known about the Columbe Brewhouse itself, the name dates back to at least brewhouse called
(Carlin and Belcher 71, Ekwall 173).
Initially named for its proximity to the Poultry Compter, Compter Alley is now Chapel Place (Poultry) (Ekwall 172). Directly south of the Grocers’ Hall, the alley ran from the Poultry Compter to Poultry.
Not labelled on the Agas map, the Conduit upon Cornhill is thought to have been located in the middle of Cornhill Ward and opposite the north end of Change Alley and the eastern side of the Royal Exchange
(Harben 167; BHO). Formerly a prison, it was built to bring fresh water from Tyburn to Cornhill.
The Conduit at London Wall was, according to Henry Harben, In London Wall by Moorgate opposite the northen end of Coleman Street, erected
(Harben 168).
The Conduit in Newgate was the channel through which water was [conveyed] to the Gaol of Newgate and Ludgate in
(Stow 1:17).
According to Harben, the conduit in Colemanstreet was located in Coleman Street by the west end of St. Margaret, Lothbury in Coleman Street Ward. The conduit was built by the city of London in
Conduit upon Dowgate was a water conduit in Dowgate Ward. It flowed from the upper end of Dowgate Street to the Thames (Stow 1633, sig. Y4r). Dowgate marks the end of the water conduit where it flows into the Thames. According to Stow, the conduit was built in
Referred to by Covent of the Holy Well
. Associated with tenements in Castle Baynard Ward.
Cordwainer Street Ward is east of Bread Street Ward. The ward takes its name from its main street, Cordwainer Street, so named of
Alternate names for this location include Cordwayners Hall
and Shoomakers Hall
.
Also known as the
one ancient and strong Tower of stone the which Tower King(Stow 1633, sig. 2A6r). In terms of the function of the site,Edward the third , in theeighteenth of his reign , by the name of the Kings house, called Cornet stoure in London
gave the same Tower to his Collegearound
Cornhill was a significant thoroughfare and was part of the cityʼs main major east-west thoroughfare that divided the northern half of London from the southern half. The part of this thoroughfare named Cornhill extended from St. Andrew Undershaft to the three-way intersection of Threadneedle, Poultry, and Cornhill where the Royal Exchange was built. The name Cornhill
preserves a memory both of the cornmarket that took place in this street, and of the topography of the site upon
which the Roman city of Londinium was built.
Note: Cornhill and Cornhill Ward are nearly synonymous in terms of location and nomenclature - thus, it can be a challenge to tell one from the other. Topographical decisions have been made to the best of our knowledge and ability.
Cornhill Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward and south of Broad Street Ward. According to corne Market
once held there.
Note: Cornhill and Cornhill Ward are nearly synonymous in terms of location and nomenclature—thus, it can be a challenge to tell one from the other. Topographical decisions have been made to the best of our knowledge and ability.
Cow Face, commonly referred to as [t]anners sold hides in this seld until
(Carlin and Belcher 71).
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.
According to
Cripplegate was one of the original gates in the city wall (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 221; Harben). It was the northern gate of a large fortress that occupied the northwestern corner of the Roman city.
According to mercer [who in]
(Stow i. 109).
Cripplegate Ward is east of Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon Within Ward, encompassing area both inside and outside the Wall. The ward is named after Cripplegate.
A graveyard for London prostitutes also called a single womans Churchyard
by
According to
For information about the Cross Keys Inn, Gracechurch Street, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
One of the smallest London friaries, Crossed Friars (also known as
Crouched Friars or Crutched Friars) housed the
signe of the Crowne
and later a Brewhouſe called the Crowne
located on the east side of Warwicke Lane near Newgate Market on the northern boundary of Castle Baynard Ward (Stow 1633, sig. 2M4v, 2M6v). Harben mentions a Crown Court
out of Warwicke Lane in Castle Baynard Ward while Crown Inn
with a passage to Newgate Market (Harben; Strype 230). We have listed these locations as the same in lieu of further information. Agas Map coordinates are based on geographical information given by
Located east of St. Botolph, Aldgate, the Crown Inn was given to Christ Church
in
Located on the north side of the Thames near Watergate, Crown Key was located between Horner’s Key and Kneseworth Key.
Crutched Friars was a street that ran east-west from Poor Jewry Lane to the east end of Hart
Street above Seething Lane. When
Cuckold’s Haven or Cuckold’s Point and the horn-topped pole that stood on the banks of the Thames were notorious in early modern London. The location was known for adultery both committed and threatened, and was referred to widely in the period’s literature. The Horne Faire of Charlton celebrated the association of the site with an act of cuckoldry involving
Dark lane was a small street that was located just north of Queenhithe and was connected to Timberhithe Street.
Running north-to-south, Deep Ditch was the boundary between the Moorfields and Bethlehem Hospital. Henry Harben describes the history of the site as follows: In Agas’ map a stream is shown here flowing into the City Ditch, which may be the remains of the Walbrook, the bed of which has been found under Blomfield Street, and might be referred to by
Harben 195
Distaff Lane was in Bread Street Ward. It is not to be confused with Great Distaff Street, the street which crossed the northernmost end of Distaff Lane. There is some discrepancy in the exact length of Distaff Lane between the Agas Map and the information in
Diſtaf la.) appears to run south off Great Distaff Street, labelled
Maidenhed lane, terminating before it reaches Knightrider Street.
runneth downe to Knightriders street, or olde Fishstreete(Stow 1:345). Our map truncates Distaff Lane before Knightrider Street.
Do Little Lane was a small lane that ran north-south between Carter Lane in the north and Knightrider Street in the south. It ran parallel between Sermon Lane in the west and Old Change Street in the east. It lay within Castle Baynard Ward. It is labelled as Do lytle la.
on the Agas map.
Formerly Mountjoy’s Inn, the Doctors’ Commons, Knightrider Street was the
meeting place for the where they kept a common table and built up a precious library of
foreign law books
(Baker
180). Eventually, the Doctors’ Commons,
Knightrider Street housed five courts: the
Described by Walter Thornbury as a small inconvenient house in Paternoster Row
, the Doctors’ Commons, Paternoster Row was the medieval
meeting place for the
Dodding Pond may have been a lane somewhere east of the Tower of London and near the Abbey of St. Mary Graces (Harben).
Dowgate was a watergate opening to the Thames in Dowgate Ward, near Walbrook (Harben). According to Carlin and Belcher, Dowgate was a place where ships unloaded (Carlin and Belcher 72). According to Harben, Dowgate was called Duuegate
, Douuegate
, or Douegate
, in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries but because u
for an n
, the gate also became known as Downgate (Harben). According to Harben, the site is now occupied by Dowgate Dock (Harben).
Dowgate Street is a high street that runs north-south from Candlewick Street to the Thames. According to Dowgate
(Harben, Dowgate Hill). According to downe going or descending
, because the street descends to the Thames (Stow 1633, sig. Y4r).
Dowgate Ward is east of Vintry Ward and west of Candlewick Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Dowgate Street, are named after Dowgate, a watergate on the Thames.
Draper’s Hall was a livery company hall on the
north side of Throgmorton Street in Broad Street Ward. On the Agas map, Drapers’ Hall appears as a large house with three
round towers, thus resembling the architecture of Hampton Court Palace and some
of the college gates at Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
Drawbridge Tower was located on London Bridge, at the northernmost end of the drawbridge (Harben, London Bridge; Stow 1633, sig. F4v). Traitors’ heads were displayed on the tower until it was rebuilt in
Dudley’s House was located just north of Candlewick Street, before it meets Walbrook Street. According to
According to
The Duke’s Wardrobe, also known a Waterton’s Alley
or The Duke’s Wardrobe atte Baynardes Castel
, was so named for its association to to be identified with Love Lane
(Carlin and Belcher 97).
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
Dune House was located in Tower Street Ward. fayre house
with a high tower of Bricke
that was built by one of the owners, ouerlooke his neighboures
(Stow 97).
Durham House was located in the Strand, west of Ivy Bridge Lane. It stood at the border between the Duchy of Lancaster and Westminster.
Named such by identified with Dentoneswharf, held by John Dys
(Carlin and Belcher 72).
East Smithfield is a district located east of the
City of London and northeast of the Tower of
London. Its name derives from
smoothfield
, with the prefix east
helping
to differentiate it from the Smithfield northwest
of Cripplegate (Harben). As time progressed, it transformed from
what plot of ground
with very few houses into
a densely populated area by the mid-seventeenth century (Stow; Harben).
Eastcheap Street ran east-west, from
Tower Street to St. Martin’s Lane. West of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street, Eastcheap was known as Great Eastcheap
. The portion of the street to the
east of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street was known as Little Eastcheap
. Eastcheap (Eschepe or Excheapp) was the site of a medieval food market.
Ebbegate became such by is a common stayre on ye Thames, but the passage is very narrow by meanes of incrochments
(Stow 1:169).
During a dore of entercourse into
the garden belonging to Tortington’s Inn wherein they met & consulted of matters at their pleasures
(Stow 1:177).
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).
Fagswell Brook became known as such by [m]arked boundary of City liberty
(Carlin and Belcher 73).
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.
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
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 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 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
Fenchurch Street (often called pork and peas
after her sister,
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).
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
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
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).
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).
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
The Fleet Bridge Cistern, or the Built in
(Carlin and Belcher 74). a Sestern was added to the Standerd in Fleetstreete, and a Sestern was made at Fleetebridge, and one other without Cripplegate in the yeare,
(Stow 1:17). The Fleet Street Conduit was made that same year (Harben 167).
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
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
.
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).
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.
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
Galley Key was a port on the north bank of the Thames, east of London Bridge, and south of Lower Thames Street in Tower Ward.
Galley Row was a short because Galley men dwelled there
(Stow).
Garlick Hill ran north from the
Thames. Before it reached Cheapside Street,
it became Bow Lane. The name Garlick Hill
preserves a memory of
the steep incline (now partially flattened) leading away from the river.
Like Bread Street, Garlick Hill was built in the ninth
century; it provided access from the haven of Queenhithe (just to the west of
Garlick Hill) to Cheapside Street.
George Yard was located along the Thames south of Castle Alley (Queenhithe) and east of Trig Lane.
The Golden Lion was a victualling house located on Paternoster Row, right on the boundary between Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Within Ward. Agas coordinates are based on
Golding’s Brewhouse was located in Southwark next to the Bridge House. According to
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.
Gracechurch Street ran north-south from Cornhill Street near Leadenhall Market to the bridge. At the southern end, it was called
New Fish Street
. North of Cornhill, Gracechurch
continued as Bishopsgate Street, leading through
Bishop’s Gate out of the walled city into the
suburb of Shoreditch.
Running parallel to Dowgate Street, Grantam Lane spanned north to south from Thames Street to the Thames.
Brewer’s Lane
(Harben).
Gray’s Inn was one of the four Inns of Court.
The Great Conduit in Westcheap, which began construction in in triumphall manner
(Stow 1633, sig. C1r).
Great Distaff Street ran east-west from Friday Street to Old Change and was located in Bread Street Ward. The main structure of note along the street was Cordwainers’ Hall. It was also known as Mayden lane
and is labelled Maidenhed lane
on the Agas map (Stow 1633, sig. 2L6r). According to Distaue, not Distar
(Stow 1633, sig. 2L6r; Harben). Great Distaff Street is not to be confused with Distaff Lane, the lane which ran south out of Great Distaff Street toward Knightrider Street.
Greenwich Palace was a popular royal residence among the Tudors, specifically during the pleasant place
. The name
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
Grub Street could be found outside the walled City of London. It ran north-south, between Everades Well Street in the north and Fore Lane in the south. Grub Street was partially in Cripplegate ward, and partially outside the limits of the City of London.
After the original Guildhall Chapel, which was built around small and ruinous
in the reign of only partly destroyed in the Fire of 1666, and was of the Gothic order of a nave and aisles, the upper windows being restored in the Tuscan style
(Harben 396). Other names for the location, according to Harben, are
The Guildhall Library was constructed for use by members of the Guildhall, although Victor Belcher and Martha Carlin note that it was open to the public. Carlin and Belcher further note that the Library was built in stone in
and had a layout that consisted of 3 chambers on ground floor with library above
(Carlin and Belcher 76).
Guildhall Yard was a square outside Guildhall.
The Gunfoundry was a large house and enclosed yard
on the north side of Houndsditch where cannon and
Brasse Ordinance
were made (Stow). It was in Portsoken
Ward. According to brethren
(Stow).
According to
Gutter Lane ran north-south from Cheapside to Maiden Lane (Wood Street). It is to the west of Wood Street and to the east of Foster Lane, lying within the north-eastern most area of Farringdon Ward Within and serving as a boundary to Aldersgate ward. It is labelled as Goutter Lane
on the Agas map.
Located at the junction of
Ingen Lane (otherwise known as Maiden Lane, and now forming part of Gresham Street) and
Staining Lane, the Haberdashers’s Hall was the meeting place for the
Half Moon was a messuage with a garden in East Smithfield. According to the 1633 edition of
divers Feoffees, between the Parishes of Alhallowes in Lumbard-street, and Saint Andrews Vndershaft(Stow 1633, sig. O6r).
Half Moon Alley ran west from Bishopsgate Street without the Wall (Harben 287).
The history of Hampton Court illustrates, in many ways, the history of England itself. Hampton Court was originally owned by
Located southwest of Houndsditch in Portsoken Ward (Harben 289), Hand Alley is not featured on the Agas map.
Erected in the
Variously known as
According to Walter George Bell, Hare House was a property in Ram Alley left by upon trust for 1,000 years, that every Sunday thirteen pennyworth of bread should be given to thirteen poor people of the parish after service in St. Dunstan’s church
(Bell 296).
Hart Street ran east-west from Crutched Fryers and the north end of Seething Lane to Mark
Lane. In
Hartshorn Alley ran north-south from
Leadenhall Street to Fenchurch Street (Harben; BHO). mid way on that South side [of Leadenhall Street], betwixt Aldgate and
Limestreet
, and characterises it as a way that goeth through into
Fenchurch streete ouer against [i.e., across from] Northumberland house
(Stow).
Hatfield House, generally termed Hatfield Palace or Old Palace to refer to the location prior to its renovation in
Named after its owner,
Heneadge House lies along the lane leading to Bevis Marks (Stow 1633, sig. O3v).
One of the most opulent sites in early modern London, Henry VII’s Chapel still stands in the eastern wing of Westminster Abbey. The structure was initially intended
to monumentalize
Hog Lane ran east-west into the north-east corner
of Little Tower Hill. It should not be confused
with the Hog Lane north of Houndsditch. Hog
Lane, also called Hog Street in
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.
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.
Holmes College, also known as the Chapel of the Holy Ghost and the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalen, was located on the north side of St. Paul’s Cathedral (Stow 1598, sig. S5r, S8v). It was founded by
A component of London’s pestilential past, Holy Trinity Churchyard in East Smithfield was a graveyard for victims of London’s first great plague. The churchyard was east of Little Tower Hill, south of Hog Lane (East Smithfield) and north of St. Katherine’s Hospital. As the number of plague victims increased, these graveyards ran out of space and Holy Trinity Priory was used to ensure that the dead were buried in holy ground.
Holy Trinity Priory, located west of Aldgate and north of Leadenhall
Street, was an Augustinian Priory. in the parishes of Saint Marie Magdalen, S. Michael, S. Katherine, and the blessed Trinitie, which now was made but one Parish of the holy Trinitie
(Stow).
Before
James Bird’s Volume 8 of the
in the middle of the inner court(Bird 153-187). In a footnote, Bird indicates that the well in the orchard is most likely the one from which the priory and the district took its name (Bird 153-187n204). This is because
much decayed and marred with filthinesse, purposely layd there, for the heighthening of the ground, for garden plotsand while it is possible that the orchard land was used for gardening plots, the inner court was never put to that purpose (Bird 153-187n204; Stow 1598, sig. B7v). By this reasoning, we assume that the well in the orchard of Holywell Priory is the one that bears the name Holy Well.
Founded in the Priory of St. John the Baptist, Holywell
.
Horse Ferry, according to early accounts, was established specifically to carry clergymen from their residence at Lambeth Palace to Westminster Palace across the river.
Also known as Smithfield Pond.
Originally referred to as crowded with wharfs and warehouses, granaries and factories, mills, breweries, and places of business of all kinds
(Noorthouck; Surrey Archaeological Society 156). Horsleydown is labelled
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.
Harben notes that the first known mention of the hospital, which is in the
calendar of the patent rolls, stated that a
license [was] granted to
(Harben 217). The aforementioned
Running southeast from Bishopsgate Street to Aldgate Street outside the city wall,
Houndsditch Street passed through Bishopsgate Ward and Portsoken Ward.
It was first paved in (within the limits of Hounds-ditch)
dwell many a good and honest Citizen
(Stow 1633, sig. M1v).
Huggin Lane ran north-south between Thame
Street and Knightrider Street.
Although
Huggin Lane (Wood Street) ran east-west connecting Wood Street in the east to Gutter Lane in the west. It ran parallel between Cheapside in the south and Maiden Lane (Wood Street) in the north. It was in Cripplegate Ward. It is labelled as Hoggyn la
on the Agas map.
Previously called the New Inn or Beaumontes Inn, this house once belonged to the Earls of Huntington. The Huntington house marks the eastern corner of Castle Baynard Ward.
According to Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay, Hyde Park was the largest of the royal parks. The land was used as a hunting ground from
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 inn was acquired between
(Carlin and Belcher 69).
According to Carlin and Belcher, [t]he abbot and convent owned property in the parishes of St Katherine Coleman and St Dunstan in the East by
(Carlin and Belcher 73). It is also suggested that the Inn of the Abbot of Evesham is the fayre house
described by with diuers Tenements neare adioyning, sometime belonging to a late dissolued Priorie since possessed by Mistresse Cornewallies, widow and her heires, by the gift of king
(Stow 1:102-103).
The Inn of the Abbot of Faversham stood from pulled down and incorporated into Bridewell Palace
(Carlin and Belcher 73).
The Inn of the Abbot of Glastonbury, or alternately Acquired by abbot and convent in
(Carlin and Belcher 74). The Inn was located near Smithfield between Cock Lane and Hosier Lane.
The Inn of the Abbot of Peterborough was on Carter Lane from
In
Harben explains that [t]his was the town house of the Abbots of St. Albans prior to the dissolution of the monasteries in the time of
(Harben 1). Edward Catcher purchased the property in
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.
Inner Temple was one of the four Inns of Court
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
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
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.
first purpose-built stage
on property fronting on Old Street in Finsbury
(Giles-Watson 172). Although the name of the stage/playhouse, if it had one, is now lost, we find traces of its existence in the legal record.
Joiners’ Hall was built on the company’s property in Thames Street, some time between
Kennington was a region, originally a manor, south of Lambeth. In general impression
was of an area of meadow and pasture chequered by drainage
channels
(Sheppard, F.H.W.).
Originally called Kentish Street, Kent Street began at the north end of Blackman Street and ran eastward from the church of St. George Southwark (Walford). Kent Street was a long and narrow road that connected Southwark to the County of Kent (Stow 1633, sig. 2Q2v). Edward Walford notes that Kent Street was part of the great way from Dover and the Continent to the metropolis
until the early nineteenth century (Walford). Kent Street is now commonly referred to as Old Kent Road and is not to be confused with New Kent Road (Darlington). Kent Street is south of the area depicted on the Agas map.
Kerion Lane ran east-west from College Hill to St. James Garlickhithe and was located in Vintry Ward (Harben, Maiden Lane). It was also known as Maiden Lane (Harben, Maiden Lane).
According to almost at the North end thereof, is the Armourers Hall, which
Both of these streets appear on the
Named from(1965).William Kyng , draper
a mansion house of the
kings
called King’s Artice
on Lime
Street (Stow 1598, sig. I1v). The record grown out of knowledge
(Stow 1598, sig. I1v).
one great Messuage, of old time belonging to the Priorie of
(Stow 2:13-14).
Stow recounts a common belief relating to the Pope’s Head Tavern and the other stone buildings surrounding it: that it was at some point the property of the monarch, possibly as far back as King John (Stow 1598, sig. L6r). Sugden accepts this as a possibility, but other writers have been skeptical (Sugden 418); Joseph Moser, writing in
it has been ſaid, that the Pope’s Head Tavern, Cornhill, was formerly one of King John’s palaces; but this ſuggestion aroſe merely from its having upon its frontthe arms of England before the time of Edward the IIId : therefore a much more probable conjecture is, that, even in thoſe early days, this houſe was a tavern, and that the achievement which we have juſt noticed was intended for a ſign .
The King’s Wardrobe, built in the fourteenth century between St. Andrew’s Hill and Addle Hill near Blackfriars Precinct, was originally a repository for royal clothing, but later housed offices of the royal household and became a key seat of government (Sugden 557). In this houſe of late yeares, is lodged Sir
rer of the Exchequer, and one of her Maieſties Priuy
Councel. The ſecret letters & writings touching the eſtate of the realme, were
wont to be introlled in the kings Wardrobe, and not
in the Chauncery, as appeareth by the Records.
Located in Tower Street Ward, Kneseworth Key was, as Henry Harben notes, a [m]essuage with [a] wharf annexed belonging to
(Harben 336).
Knightrider Street ran east-west from Dowgate Street to Addle Hill, crossing College Hill, Garlick Hill, Trinity Lane, Huggin Lane, Bread Street, Old Fish Street Hill, Lambert or Lambeth Hill, St. Peter’s Hill, and Paul’s Chain. Significant landmarks included: the College of Physicians and Doctors’ Commons.
Lady Chapel (Christ Church) was a chapel in Christ Church located by the organs (Kingsford). Those of note buried within the chapel include
Lady Chapel (St. Paul’s) was at the east end of St. Paul’s Cathedral. It was built by
Lambeth was a neighbourhood located on the southern bank of the Thames, directly opposite to Westminster (Lysons). Jeremy Boulton notes that Lambeth lay outside the
Lambeth Hill ran north-south between Knightrider Street and Thames Street. Part of it lay in Queenhithe Ward and part in Castle Baynard Ward. The Blacksmiths’ Hall was located on the west side of this street, but the precise location is unknown.
Lambeth Palace, also known as Lambeth House and the Palace of the Archbishop, was and continues to be the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Stow 1633, sig. F1r; Encyclopedia Britannica). It is located on the south bank of the River of Thames by Lambeth Marsh, slightly south of being directly across the Thames from Westminster Abbey. St. Mary (Lambeth) is a part of the palace’s environs. The palace was first built in about The lambeht
on the Agas map and Lambeth Palace
on Google’s modern map (Google Earth).
Langbourn Ward is west of Aldgate Ward. According to a long borne of ſweete water
which once broke out of the ground in Fenchurch Street, a street running through the middle of Langbourn Ward (Stow 1603). The long borne of ſweete water
no longer existed at the time of
Leadenhall Street ran east-west from Cornhill Street to Aldgate Street. All three form part of the same road from Aldgate to Cheapside Street (Weinreb and Hibbert 462). The street acquired its name from Leadenhall, a onetime house and later a market. The building was reportedly famous for having a leaden roof (Bebbington 197).
The Leathersellers Hall was a hall belonging to the Leathersellers in Bishopsgate Ward east of Bishopsgate Street and north of St. Helen’s church. The Leathersellers Hall is not instantly recognizable on the Agas map. It is one of the houses north of St. Helen’s church and south of the walled garden by the west end of St. Mary Axe church. The hall is, however, featured on Richard Blome’s 1755 map of Bishopsgate Ward.
Several names were used interchangeably to refer to Legges Alley, a title that conjures an association with whose will was enrolled in
(Ekwall 174). In the fourtheenth century, the location was variously known as Identified in Vestry Minute Book of the parish of St. Bartholomew the Litell in entries of the sixteenth century with
(Harben 347).
The Liberty of the Rolls was made up of the precincts associated with the official residence of the Master of the Rolls (also known as Rolls’ House) and of those associated with Rolls Chapel (Harben Rolls’ Office).
Lime Street is a street that ran north-south from Leadenhall Street in the north to Fenchurch Street in the south. It was west of St. Andrew Undershaft and east of Leadenhall. It appears that the street was so named because people made or sold Lime there (Stow). This claim has some historical merit; in the 1150s one Ailnoth the limeburner lived in the area (Harben; BHO).
Lime Street Ward is west of Aldgate Ward. The ward is named after its principle street, Lime Street, which takes its name from the making or ſelling of Lime there
, according to
Lime-burners Alley was an alley in Seacoal Lane in Farringdon Without Ward.
Lincoln’s Inn was one of the four Inns of Court.
According to Carlin and Belcher, Lincoln’s Inn Fields were formerly referred to as Cup Field
or Purse Field
(Carlin and Belcher 84). The namesake for the location is Lincoln’s Inn, one of the Inns of Court. The fields were located east of Lincoln’s Inn and west of Covent Garden.
Lion Tower, also called the Barbican and the Bulwark, was a defensive structure located near the southwest corner of the Tower of London (Carlin and Belcher; Historical Towns Trust). The tower was built in the
The Little Conduit (Cheapside), also known as the Pissing Conduit, stood at the western end of Cheapside Street outside the north corner of Paul’s Churchyard. On the Agas map, one can see two water cans on the ground just to the right of the conduit.
According to Stow, the Little Conduit by Stock Market was built around
Little Tower Hill was a common northeast of the Tower of London, between East Smithfield and the Minories.
According to greatly diminished by building of
tenements and garden plots
by certaine
faire Almes houses, strongly builded of Bricke and timber, and couered with
slate for the poore
(Stow).
The Loke in Southwark was a lazar house which was used to quarantine people who had leprosy (Stow 1633, sig. 2R2v). The Loke in Southwark was located in Kent Street, just south of the area depicted on the Agas map.
A prison for bishops, Lollard’s Tower was made up of two stone towers originally meant for bells at two corners on the west end of St. Paul’s.
Lombard Street was known by early modern Londoners as a place of commerce and trade. Running east to west from Gracechurch Street to Poultry, Lombard Street bordered Langbourn Ward, Walbrook Ward, Bridge Within Ward, and Candlewick Street Ward.
Lombard’s Place, also known as [A] place of residence or of meeting for the Lombard merchants in london at this time [
(Harben 358). Specifically, Lombard’s Place is associated with
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
As the only bridge in London crossing the Thames until
London Stone was, literally, a stone
that stood on the south side of what is now Cannon Street (formerly Candlewick Street). Probably Roman in origin, it is
one of London’s oldest relics. On the Agas map, it is visible as a small
rectangle between Saint Swithin’s
Lane and Walbrook Street, just
below the nd
consonant cluster in the label Londonſton
.
London Wall was a long street running along the inside of the northern part of the City Wall. It ran east-west from the north end of Broad Street to Cripplegate (Prockter and Taylor 43). The modern London Wall street is a major traffic thoroughfare now. It follows roughly the route of the former wall, from Old Broad Street to the Museum of London (whose address is 150 London Wall).
Long Lane ran east-west from Bermondsey Abbey to St. George Southwark (Stow 1598, sig. Y5v). Described as an ancient street by H.E. Malden, Long Lane was supposedly created sometime around
Long Shop (Cheapside) was, according to Victor Belcher and Martha Carlin, built in
Long Southwark ran southwards from London Bridge to St. George Southwark, where it attached to Blackman Street (Stow 1633, sig. 2Q2r). The street is labelled builded on both sides with divers Lanes and Allies
(Stow 1633, sig. 2Q2r). The five prisons found in Southwark were also located on this street (Stow 1633, sig. 2Q2v). Long Southwark formed the northern portion of the main thoroughfare in Southwark, which is now commonly referred to as the High Steet
or Borough High Street
(Malden).
According to almost at the North end thereof, is the Armourers Hall, which
Both of these streets appear on the
Love Lane (Thames Street) was situated
within Billingsgate Ward (or Belingsgate
) (Hughson 91). Billingsgate Ward is two wards to the west of the Tower of London. The Agas map shows
that the lane goes from north to south—up to St. Andrew Hubbard and down to Thames Street. It runs parallel to the streets St. Mary-at-Hill Street and Botolph Lane.
Love Lane (Wood Street) ran east-west, connecting Aldermanbury in the east and Wood Street in the west. It ran parallel to Addle Street in the north and Lad Lane in the south. It lay within Cripplegate Ward, and is labelled as Lone la.
on the Agas map.
Located in Farringdon Within Ward, Ludgate was a gate built by the Romans (Carlin and Belcher 80). for his owne honor
(Stow 1:1).
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
According to Harben, Ludgate Street ran east-west from St. Paul’s Churchyard to about Old Bailey, though, the actual street probably stretched further west to the point where Ludgate Street became Fleet Street (Harben). It is often used synonymously with Ludgate Hill but MoEML understands Ludgate Hill to have been, rather, the raised portion of the larger Ludgate Street. A section of Ludgate Street was also called Bowyer Row, [so called] of Bowiers dwelling there in old time
(Stow 1598, sig. T1v).
Lumley House was a large house on the west side of Woodroffe Lane, north of Tower
Hill. It was built by
during the
Lyon Quay was located between Broken Wharf to the west and Brook’s Wharf to the east (Harben). Although not on the original list of
Maiden Lane (Southwark) ran between Dead Man’s Place and Gravel Lane in Southwark and is alternatively referred to as Maid Lane (Sugden 328). It appears on the
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.
Manor of the Rose was a residence on Suffolk Lane in Dowgate Ward.
According to
Mark Lane ran north-south from Fenchurch Street to Tower
Street. It was for the most parte of this Towerstreet warde
(Stow). The north end of the street, from Fenchurch Street to Hart
Street was divided between Aldgate Ward
and Landbourn Ward. so called of a Priuiledge sometime
enjoyed to keepe a mart there, long since discontinued, and therefore forgotten,
so as nothing remaineth for memorie
(Stow). Modern scholars have suggested that it was
instead named after the mart, where oxen were fattened for slaughter (Harben).
The name
Other aliases are Duties alley
and Sprincle alley
; the site is now home of the Fenchurch Buildings (Carlin and Belcher 80).
The Maypole Socket existed at least from
Mede Lane was in existence at least by the early thirteenth century. Also known as located in St. James’ Vintry
and probably ran south from Thames Street
(Ekwall 109).
Henry A. Harben decribes the Mercers’ Chapel as being located
(Harben 404). At one time part of the Hospital of St. Thomas of Acon, the location was obtained by the
The hall of the
Merchant Taylors’ School was a grammar school founded by
According to large, builded of Stone, with three arched Gates towards the street
(Stow 1:234).
According to Sugden, the Mermaid Inn was located on the South side of Carter Lane, just north of Addle Hill (Sugden 342). MoEML consulted Taylor and Rocque 12Ca to locate this site on the Agas map.
The Mermaid Tavern was a drinking and dining establishment located between lower Bread Street and Friday Street, with entrances to both. Its location corresponds to the place between these two streets on current day London’s Cannon Street (Glinert).
diuers faire Innesand that the area was
wholely inhabited by rich Marchants(Stow 1598, sig. T5r). The Mermaid Tavern was not far from Old Fish Street and the Blackfriars Theatre (Chalfant).
Middle Temple was one of the four Inns of Court
Part of the Middle Temple complex, repaired by Sir Amias Paulet in the reign of Henry VIII.
Within the Middle Temple complex on the west side of Middle Temple Lane.
Mile End was a hamlet located on the eastern edge of London, east of Whitechapel and exactly a mile east of Aldgate (Sugden).
Milk Street, located in Cripplegate Ward, began on the north side of Cheapside Street, and ran north to a square formed at the intersection of Milk Street, Cat Street (Lothbury), Lad Lane, and Aldermanbury.
The location previously referred to as Mill Alley is now known as Great Bell Alley. Eilert Ekwall contends that the name after Wm. Mills, who lived there in the 16th century
(Harben 270). Former names include Great Bell Alley extended from Coleman Street across Moorgate to Little Bell Alley and beyond to the eastern boundary of the ward
(Harben 270).
Mincing Lane ran north-south from Fenchurch Street to Tower
Street. All of the street was part of Tower
Street Ward
except the corner house[s] towardes Fenchurch
streete
, which were in Langbourn
Ward (Stow). tenements there sometime pertayning to
the Minchuns or Nunnes of Saint Helens in Bishopsgate streete
(Stow).
Located on the eastern boundary of Portsoken Ward (Harben 417), the Minories Bars are not featured on the Agas map.
Running south from Aldgate Street to Little Tower Hill, Minories derives its name from the Abbey of St. Clare, called the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare, which stood at the street’s midpoint (Harben 416).
The Molestrand Dock was a pier in Southwark located close to the Falcon Inn and was used primarily for passenger ferries. A row of tenement buildings stood near the dock.
Located on the former site of St. Mary Overies Priory Close, Montague House was just north of St. Saviour (Southwark), on the southern bank of the Thames (Questier 1). In
Montfichet’s Tower was a fortress on Ludgate Hill in London.
Moorditch was the section of the City Ditch outside the Wall, which ran east-west from Bishopsgate to Moorgate (Sugden).
A low-lying marshy area just northeast of Moorgate and on the way to the Curtain, Moorfields was home to a surprising range of activities and accompanying cultural associations in early modern London. Beggars and the mentally ill patients of neighbouring Bethlehem Hospital often frequented the area. Some used the public space to bleach and dry linen, and the full of noysome waters
(Stow 2:77) until
Moorgate was one of the major gates in the Wall of London (Sugden). It was situated in the northern part of the Wall, flanked by Cripplegate and Bishopsgate. Clearly labelled as More Gate
on the Agas map, it stood near the intersection of London Wall street and Coleman Street (Sugden; Stow 1598, sig. C6v). It adjoined Bethlehem Hospital, and the road through it led into Finsbury Field (Rocque) and Mallow Field.
Mountjoy’s Inn, known variously as Monte Jovis Inn or Montjufusyn was, according to Victor Belcher and Martha Carlin, founded by
(Carlin and Belcher 80). fair and large
(qtd. in Carlin and Belcher 81).
Neville’s House and Garden, known variously as I reade also of another great house in the west side of Limestreete, hauing a Chappel on the south, and a Garden on the west, then belonging to the
(Stow 1:151).
New Alley was a north-south alley in Cornhill Ward and was one of three alleys that were destroyed in the construction of the Royal Exchange, alongside Swan Alley and St. Christopher’s Alley. While the Agas map does not label New Alley, evidence suggests that it did appear in the earlier variation of the map.
According to
The construction of the New Exchange in
Carlin and Belcher state that in There are numerous references to
, the new fishmarket,
in old records, and a few, similar to the above, which seem to refer to a street of this name in the neighbourhood of Old Fish Street. Perhaps some portion of Old Fish Street was so named. But it is not easy to identify it or to locate its position accurately. (Harben 432)
New Fish Street (also known in the New Fyſhe ſtreate
. Variant spellings include Street of London Bridge
, Brigestret
, Brugestret
, and Newfishstrete
(Harben 432; BHO).
One of the Inns of Chancery.
Also referred to as New Seldam
, Crownside
, or Tamerslide
, New Seld was a building that, according to the in the Mercery in West Cheape
(Stow 1633, sig. 2B3r).
The gaol at Newgate, a western gate in the Roman Wall of London, was constructed in the twelfth century specifically to detain fellons and trespassors
awaiting trial by royal judges (Durston 470; O’Donnell 25; Stow 1598, sig. C8r). The gradual centralisation of the English criminal justice system meant that by the
For information about the Newington Butts, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
Nicholas Lane, or, as
Running south from East Smithfield, Nightingale Lane defined a portion of Portsoken Ward’s original eastern boundary (Harben 441–442). Nightingale Lane is not featured on the Agas map.
The [g]ardens and tenements [were] recorded in Leet [in]
(Carlin and Belcher 81).
Noble Street ran north-south between Maiden Lane (Wood Street) in the south and Silver Street in the north. It is all of Aldersgate street ward
(Stow). On the Agas map, it is labelled as Noble Str.
and is depicted as having a right-hand curve at its north end, perhaps due to an offshoot of the London Wall.
Noble Street is not to be confused with Watling Street, which bears Noble
as a variant toponym.
Northumberland House was a stately home in Crutched Friars Lane, south of Aldgate. It was built by and named after
Oat Lane ran east-west, connecting Noble Street in the west to Staining Lane in the east. It is drawn on the Agas map in the correct position and is labelled as Ote la
. It was in Aldersgate Ward.
Offele Alley was named so in [a] house in Corbet Court was purchased in
(Harben 171).
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
.
The Old Cross on Cheapside Street had long been demolished by the early modern era, but its memory persised well into the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries via texts like the stood and remained at the East end of the Parish Church, called S. Michael in the Corne by Pauls gate, neer to the North end of the Old-Exchange, till the yeere
when the Old Cross was demolished to make way for the expansion of St. Michael Le Querne (Stow 1633, sig. 2B2v). Culturally, the Old Cross is perhaps best remembered as the place where
porche
of St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street and in a wall to the north of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey (Stow 1598, sig. U7r; Stow 1598, sig. T8v). The conduit was made of stone and lead and its building was funded by for the ease and com-moditie
of the
Old Fish Street Hill ran north-south between Old Fish Street and Thames
Street. old
Fishstreete hill
and Saint Mary Mounthaunt Lane
.
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
Three houses east of the cooks’ house Sign of King David.
Standing at London Stone, the site of Oxford House was associated with the temporal governance of the city and the livery from the Oxford House
or Oxford place by London Stone
, after the Earls of Oxford who dwelt there. The site subsequently housed lord mayors
Henry Harben describes Oysterhill as being in the parish of St. Magnus, adjoining Bridge street
(Harben 454). Victor Belcher and Martha Carlin note that Oysterhill was also known as
According to Henry Harben, Painted Alley, in Martlane in [the] parish of All Hallows de Stanyngchirch,
(Harben 473)
The Painter Stainers’ Hall, also known simply as the Painters’ Hall, was located [o]n the west side of Little Trinity Lane
(Harben 454). Sometimes referred to as Browne’s House because it was the house of
Pardon Churchyard was located on the north side of St. Paul’s Cathedral. Several of the structures in the churchyard were pulled down in the first Builder, or a most especiall Benefactor
of the churchyard (Stow 1633, sig. 2H3v).
Located on the southern bank of the Thames, Paris Garden Stairs provided river access to the Paris Garden Manor House. According to Sugden, a ferry carried passengers between the stairs and Blackfriars (Farringdon Within), which was located across the river (Sugden 391).
According to
The Parish of St. George (Southwark) was located just south of the area depicted on the Agas map. According to all waifs and strays, treasure trove, deodand, goods of felons and fugitives and escheats and forfeitures
in the borough of Southwark, which included the Parish of St. George (Southwark) (Malden).
One of the parishes that became part of Holy Trinity Priory
in
The Parish of St. Mary (Newington) began approximately a mile south of London Bridge and is south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Stow 1598, sig. Y5r). St. Mary (Newington) was also referred to as
distant parish, which lay outside the
Parish containing the St. Mary Magdalen Church.
The Parish of St. Mary Magdalen (Bermondsey) was located to the east of the Parish of St. Olave (Southwark), just outside of the area depicted on the Agas map (Boulton 10-11). According to
One of the parishes that became part of Holy Trinity Priory in
The Parish of St. Michael (Cornhill) was one of two parishes within Cornhill Ward. Although not much geographical information is known about the Parish of St. Michael (Cornhill), the births, marriages, and deaths of its parishioners were detailed in the parish register, beginning in
According to
The Parish of St. Olave (Southwark) was located on the southern bank of the Thames and to the east of the Parish of St. Saviour (Southwark), running from London Bridge to Bermondsey (Boulton 9). According to all waifs and strays, treasure trove, deodand, goods of felons and fugitives and escheats and forfeitures
in the borough of Southwark, which included the Parish of St. Olave (Southwark) (Malden).
According to
This large parish on the south bank of the Thames was part of the deanery of Southwark, in the diocese of Winchester and the province of Canterbury.
The Parish of St. Thomas Southwark was located between the Parish of St. Saviour (Southwark) to the north and the Parish of St. Olave (Southwark) to the south (Boulton 10-11). According to all waifs and strays, treasure trove, deodand, goods of felons and fugitives and escheats and forfeitures
in the borough of Southwark, which included the Parish of St. Thomas Southwark (Malden).
Made part of the Parish of the Holy Trinity
in
The Parish of the Holy Trinity was located west of Aldgate and north of Leadenhall
Street. the Parishes of S. Marie Magdalen, S.
Michael, S. Katherine, and the blessed Trinitie,
which now was made but one Parish of the holy Trinitie
(Stow). Before
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
. 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.
Paul’s Cross Churchyard, also known as the Cross Yard, is the area on the northeast side of St. Paul’s Cathedral. It was one of the principal bookselling areas in early modern London.
According to Schofield, Paul’s Wharf is one of the oldest wharfs on the Thames (Schofield 181). Located in both Castle Baynard Ward and Queenhithe Ward, Paul’s Wharf was situated near St. Paul’s Cathedral and St. Benet. Since Paul’s Wharf was only blocks away from St. Paul’s Cathedral, the clergy used the wharf as a point of travel.
Pentecost Lane ran north from Newgate Street past St. Nicholas Shambles, now Roman Bath Street. Pentecost Lane is not featured on the Agas map.
One of the public stairs on the Surrey side of the Thames above London Bridge.
Tenements on the northern corner of St. Peter’s Hill Lane.
Petty Cannons, also referred to as Cannon Alley, is an alley connecting St. Paul’s Churchyard to Paternoster Row. Its name derives from the canon’s houses that occupied the site (Harben 121).
On the Agas map there are nine rectangular and square pike gardens, or artificial fishponds, located in the liberty of Southwark among the bear and bullbaiting arenas. These nine pike gardens, however, give only an approximate indication of the size, shape, and location of early modern London’s three major aquaculture operations—the Winchester House Pike Garden, the King’s (or Queen’s) Pike Garden, and the Great Pike Garden—each of which dates to the Middle Ages. These fishponds relied on two separate types of holding areas: the vivarium, or breeding pond, and the servatorium, or holding pond. To catch and sort fish, workers drained the shallow ponds through diversion conduits equipped with gates and sluices. Freshwater fish cultivated in estate gardens were considered a luxury dish well into the eighteenth century, especially the pike, an aggressive predator that was admired and feared in
Pinners’ Hall belonged to the Pinners or Pinmakers’ Company, and it occupie[d] the site of the east end of the Augustine Friars Church
(Harben 476). However, [i]n the [eighteenth] century a portion of it was fitted up with pulpit and pews and used as an Anabaptist Meeting House
(Harben 476). The site was demolished in [n]ow occupied as offices and business houses
(Harben 476).
Pinners’ Hall is not to be confused with Plasterers’ Hall, which was formerly known as Pinners Hall
(Harben 477). Said building was described as Pynners Hall
in
Pissing Alley or Pissing Lane ran east-west from the end of Basing Lane to Friday Street. On the Agas map, this location is named Piſſing La.
By the eighteenth century, this section of the street had been renamed Little Friday Lane. Modern Cannon Street replaced this street (Harben).
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Carlin and Belcher explain that [i]n the [thirteenth] and [fourteenth] century the lane appears to have been longer than in the [fifteenth to sixteenth century], bending W. and then S. again, parallel to Soperlane, and [probably] opening into St. Pancreese Lane
(Carlin and Belcher 84).
Pope’s Head Alley ran south from Cornhill to Lombard Street, and was named for the Pope’s Head Tavern that stood at its northern end. Although it does not appear on the Agas Map, its approximate location can be surmised since all three streets still exist. Although Imprinted by
(Stow 1598, sig. A1r). Booksellers proliferated the alley in the early years of the
The Pope’s Head Tavern in Cornhill lay at the
north end of Pope’s Head Alley, to which it gave its name. It was a substantial
stone building dating back to the reign of
The alley was named, from
Ekwall tells us that the alley was no doubt
named after Geoffrey Puppe, a stockfishmonger
; Idonea had property in St. Martin Orgar and elsewhere in the ward
(Ekwall 175).
Porter’s Hall was a shortlived theatre in Blackfriar’s Precinct. The theatre was opened in
Portsoken Ward is east of Tower Street Ward and Aldgate Ward and is located outside the Wall. This ward was once called Knighten Guild, so named because the land which it encompasses was originally given to thirteen knights or soldiers who were the first members of the
the district outside a city or borough, over which its jurisdiction extends(
Postles Chapel (Christ Church) also known as chapel of the Apostles was a chapel in Christ Church located south of the choir (Nichols). Those of note buried within the chapel include
Pountney’s College and Chapel was adjoined to the Church of St. Lawrence Pountney; the chapel, erected
was built in a College
was also founded (Harben 342). The [p]atronage of the College [was] in the hands of Edmund de la Pole, duke of Suffolk at the time of his attainder, when it passed to the Crown
and it was [d]issolved by [
(Harben 342).
The alley [p]robably adjoined the church of St. Mary at Hill
as [i]t is frequently mentioned in the Records of that church
(Harben 486). It is stated that [i]n
(Harben 486).prestes Aleye
, and a clyket key to the Aleye dorr where the preste dwelt
The
The Privy Stairs were the rivermen’s stairs on the Thames attached to the king and queen’s apartments at Whitehall for use by the monarchs when they still resided at the palace; river access was necessary as the palace faced the Thames rather than the street (Ivimey 163). The stairs was used primarily by visiting foreign dignitaries and courtiers in order to gain access to the palace without needing to negotiate the streets of London, while a second dock, the Whitehall Stairs, was located downstream and was accessible to the public (Pepys).
Pudding Lane is most famously known as the
starting point of the Great Fire of 1666. Pudding Lane ran south from Little Eastcheap down to Thames Street, with New Fish Street
(Newfyshe Streat) framing it on the west and
Botolph Lane on the east. The only
intersecting street on Pudding Lane is St. George’s Lane, and the nearby parishes include
St. Margaret (New Fish Street), St.
Magnus, St. Botolph (Billingsgate), St. George (Botolph Lane), and St.
Leonard (Eastcheap). On Ekwall’s map it is labeled as Rother (Pudding) Lane
after
Puddle Wharf was a water gate along the north bank
of the Thames (Stow). Also known as Puddle Dock, it was located in Castle Baynard Ward, down from St. Andrew’s Hill. Puddle Wharf was built in
Queenhithe is one of the oldest
havens or harbours for ships along the Thames. landing place
. Queenhithe
was known in the ninth century as Aetheredes hyd or the landing place of
.
Queenhithe Ward is located east of Castle Baynard Ward and west of Vintry Ward bordering the north bank of the Thames. It is named after the Queenhithe water-gate (Stow 1633, sig. 2M1r).
Ram Alley, now known as Hare Place, was a small alley that ran north-south off of Fleet Street, opposite Fetter Lane. Once a conventual sanctury
, Ram Alley developed into a chartered abode of libertinism and roguery
(Beresford 46).
Located in Queenhithe, Ratten Lane spanned south from Timberhithe Street to the Thames.
Located east of Minories Street (Harben 501), Red Lion Alley is not featured on the Agas map.
Ringed Hall has a varied chain of ownership. Carlin and Belcher state that the hall was granted to Rewley Abbey in
Rochester House was a manor in Southwark that was given to the Bishop of Rochester in the eighth century (Lysons). Rochester House is not to be confused with Bromley Palace or Rochester Palace in the town of Bromley.
Rose Alley was in Farringdon Within Ward between Newgate Street and Paul’s Cross Churchyard (Ekwall). Though referred to since the eighteenth century as Rose Street
, it was previously known as Rose Alley
(Harben).
Rotherhithe, also known as Redriff, was a neighbourhood on the Surrey side of the Thames, between Bermondsey and Deptford
(Sugden). Rotherhithe is famous for being the home of the first docks in London, which fostered a bustling commercial scene in the area (Walford).
Located in Broad Street Ward and Cornhill Ward, the Royal Exchange was opened in
The Royal Mews was a royal horse stable at Charing Cross at the west end of the Strand.
According to
In [m]ade one of the Legal Quays by [an] Act of Parliament [in]
(Harben 515). In today’s London, Custom House resides on the site (Harben 515).
According to
Salisbury Court Theatre was a private indoor theatre owned by Richard Gunnell and William Blagrove.
According to Weinreb, the theatre was built in
According to
Salt Wharf (Queenhithe) overlooked Queenhithe along the Thames.
Savoy Hospital was located along the Strand in Westminster.
for the
reliefe of one hundreth poore people
(Stow 1598, sig. 2D7r). The hospital was suppressed by
Located along the Strand in Westminster,
Savoy Manor was initially the residence of
Seething Lane ran north-south from the junction of
Hart Street and Crutch
Fryers through to Tower Street. The
lane, in Tower Street Ward, was marked by a church
at each end; on the northwest corner stood St. Olave,
Hart Street and on the southeast corner was All
Hallows Barking. diuers
fayre and large houses
(Stow).
Sernes Tower was located in Cheap Ward on the north side of Bucklersbery (Harben). The tower changed hands several times. It was built in granted for life
to
The Sessions Hall was located inside the Sessions House. According to both for the cittie of London and shire
of Middlesex
(Stow 1598, sig.
X6r).
Located on Old Bailey near Newgate, the Sessions House served as the meeting place for the Chamberlain of London’s court. The mayor and justices of the City also kept sessions in the building’s Sessions Hall (Stow 1598, sig.
X6r). While the Sessions House was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, it was rebuilt in
Sessions H..
Sewersditch is a heteronym for Shoreditch, the drainage ditch that gave its name to the marshy neighbourhood of Shoreditch. The ditch was built over by the early modern period, but was known to Stow, who mentions it in his
Shaft Alley was near the
northwest corner of Leadenhall Street and St. Mary Axe Street in
Lime Street Ward. During the eighteenth century, the alley was directly
opposite East India House. laid [on iron hooks] along ouer the doores, and vnder the
Pentises of one rowe of houses, and Alley gate, called of the
shaft
(Stow). As an eyewitness,
Sheen’s House, or Richmond Palace, was a royal residence in Richmond since the time of
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
A suburban neighbourhood located just north of Moorfields and outside Londonʼs City Wall, Shoreditch was a focal point of early modern theatrical culture. Following a boom in Londonʼs population
Shoreditch Street, also called Sewersditch, was a continuation of
Bishopsgate Street, passing
northward from Norton Folgate to the small town of Shoreditch, a suburb of London in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, for which the road was likely named. Shoreditch first appears in
manuscripts in ditch of Sceorf
[or Scorre]
(Weinreb and Hibbert
807).
A cooks’ house three houses west of the Old Swan Brewhouse.
Silver Street was a small but historically significant street that ran east-west, emerging out of Noble Street in the west and merging into Addle Street in the east. Monkwell Street (labelled Muggle St.
on the Agas map) lay to the north of Silver Street and seems to have marked its westernmost point, and Little Wood Street, also to the north, marked its easternmost point. Silver Street ran through Cripplegate Ward and Farringdon Within Ward. It is labelled as Syluer Str.
on the Agas map and is drawn correctly. Perhaps the most noteworthy historical fact about Silver Street is that it was the location of one of the houses in which
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
Running east-west from Shoe Lane to the Fleet, Smallbridge Lane delineated the southern border of Blackfriars (Holborn) (Holder 19). It is not featured on the Agas map.
One of the
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
A soke belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Somerset House (labelled as Somerſet Palace
on the Agas map) was a significant site for royalty in early modern London. Erected in
Soper Lane was located in the Cordwainers Street Ward just west of Walbrook Street and south of Cheapside Street. Soper Lane was home to many of the soap makers and shoemakers of the city (Stow 1:251). Soper Lane was on the processional route for the lord mayor’s shows.
Spitalfields was a large area of open fields east
of Bishopsgate Street and a good distance north of
Aldgate and Houndsditch. Spitalfields, also
recorded as
Spittlefields
and
Lollesworth,
is
unmistakable on the Agas map. The large expanse of fields is clearly marked
The Spitel Fyeld.
There have been many relics unearthed during archeological excavations in Spitalfields.
The gate sat on the common way leading to Crosby Hall; there seem also to have been gates from St. Helen’s into St. Mary Axe
(Harben 297).
Harben notes that St. Alphage was originally on the north side of the Wall near
Cripplegate (Harben). However, the Parish of St. Alphage (London Wall) must have
straddled the Wall, because both
St. Andrew Holborn was a parish church in Farringdon Without Ward, located on Holborn street between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane. It is located on the Agas map and is labelled as S. Andrews
. According to the largest of his parish churches, measuring 32 by 19 meters and costing £9,000
(Weinreb and Hibbert 741).
St. Andrew Undershaft stands at the southeast corner of St. Mary Axe Street in Aldgate Ward.The church of St. Andrew Undershaft is the final resting place of
St. Anne’s Alley ran north out of St. Anne’s Lane to Noble Street, passing from the church of St. Anne and St. Agnes to its churchyard (Harben). It now exists merely [as] a pathway through the churchyard to the church
(Harben). St. Anne’s Alley, according to Sugden, might have been a part of St. Anne’s Lane, forming one long lane between St. Martin’s and Noble St
(Sugden). Because Harben and
St. Anne’s Lane ran east-west from Foster Lane to St. Martin’s Lane (le Grand). It was named after the Church of St. Anne and St. Agnes and is also called Pope Lane by so called of one
(Stow 1598, sig. K2v, K4r). According to Sugden, St. Anne’s Lane might have included St. Anne’s Alley as well, forming one long lane between St. Martin’s and Noble St
(Sugden). Because Harben and
St. Anthony’s Churchyard lies directly to the northwest of St. Anthony’s Hospital.
St. Anthony’s Hospital was associated with the
Parish of St. Benet (Fink) and was on the opposite side of Threadneedle Street from the church of the parish, St. Benet Fink.
According to the christians obtayned of the king that it should be
dedicated to our blessed Lady, and since an Hospital being there builded, was called S. Anthonies in
London
(Stow 1598, sig. K8v). The hospital
consisted of a church, almsnouse, and school.
Harben notes St. Audoen sits at the north corner of Warwick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Harben).
Located between St. Olave (Southwark) and the Bridge House, St. Augustine Inn was the London residence for the Abbot of St. Augustine from the thirteenth century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Malden). St. Augustine Inn became the property of the St. Leger family and was divided into multiple tenements. Thereafter, the property came to be known as Sentlegar House or St. Legar House (Rendle 267). St. Augustine Inn is located within the boundaries of the Agas map, though it is not labelled.
St Augustine Papey was a church on the south side
of the city wall and opposite the north end of
St. Mary Axe Street. The church dated from the
twelfth century and in
St. Bartholomew the Great was a church in Farringdon Without Ward on the south side of Long Lane, Smithfield. It was made a parish church at the Dissolution of the Monasteries and was declared a gift to the citizens of London for relieving of the Poore
in
St. Bartholomew the Less, formerly the chapel of Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital, was refounded as a parish church in
According to
A priory of Augustinian canons once encompassing St. Bartholomew the Great, St. Bartholomew the Less, and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Dissolved by
St. Botolph, Aldgate was a parish church near Aldgate at the junction of Aldgate Street and Houndsditch. It was
located in Portsoken Ward on the north side of
Aldgate Street. Church hath beene lately new builded at the speciall charges of the
Priors of the holy Trinitie
before
the Priory was dissolved in
St. Botolph’s Billingsgate Church was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Botolph Lane and Thames Street in Billingsgate Ward. It is not labelled on the Agas map. It was one of the four London churches named after the seventh-century Anglo-Saxon monk,
St. Botolph without Bishopsgate stood on the west
side of Bishopsgate Street north of Bishopsgate. It was in Bishopsgate Ward. St. Botolph without
Bishopsgate is featured on the Agas map, south of Bethlehem Hospital and west of Houndsditch Street. It is labelled
S. Buttolphes.
St. Christopher le Stocks was originally built on Threadneedle Street on the banks of Walbrook before was dedicated to the patron saint of watermen
(Weinreb and Hibbert 751). The church has been known by many names, which include St. Christopher upon Cornhull
, St. Christopher in Bradestrete
, and St. Christopher near le Shambles
(Harben; BHO). Since the fourteenth century, the church has been known as some variant of St. Christopher le Stocks, which derives from its proximity to the Stocks Market. The church is not labelled, but is identifiable, on the Agas map.
There may have been two alleys known as St. Christopher’s Alley in early modern London. The alley with this name on the south side of Threadneedle Street was destroyed to make way for the Royal Exchange, which opened in
St. Dionis Backchurch was located on the southwest side of Lime Street on the border between Langbourn Ward and Billingsgate Ward (Stow 1633, sig. V1r-V1v). The church is dedicated to the patron saint of France, St. Denys or Dionysius, which, as Harben notes, is the only church in the City with this dedication, and suggests the French influence which prevailed in England during the 11th and 12th centuries
(Harben). The church was built in the
East of the Spital Fields, also known as Stebanheath.
St. Ethelburga was a church on the east side of Bishopsgate Street, south of Bishopsgate and east of St. Mary Axe. The church was in Bishopsgate
Ward. St. Ethelburga, described by Stow
as a small Parish Church
(Stow), is
located on the Agas map northwest of S. Elen
and immediately east of the
gate
in the Busshopp
gate Streate
label.
The church is visible on the Agas map along Fenchurch Street. Before the
St. George (Botolph Lane) was a church on Botolph Lane in Billingsgate Ward. The church dates back at least to
Located in Southwark, St. George Fields was a popular open space for public gatherings. The fields provided the space for the welcoming of such guests as
St. George Southwark was located adjacent to Suffolk House, just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Stow 1598, sig. Y8r). While there is no mention of the church in the
St. George Lane (Billingsgate) ran east-west between Botolph Lane and Pudding Lane. It is labelled on
the Agas map as S. georg la.
.
St. George’s Lane (Newgate) was just outside the London Wall and near
Newgate. In Flete
.
For information about St. Giles, Cripplegate, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
St. Giles in the Fields was a hospital and parish church. It is marked near the western edge of the Agas map with the label S. Gyles in the Fyeld
. According to
According to
St. Helen’s was a priory of Benedictine nuns located
in Bishopsgate Ward between St. Mary Axe Street and Bishopsgate Street. St. Helen’s is visible on the Agas map with the
label
S. Elen
written in the churchyard.
St. James, Clerkenwell was founded in Clarken Well
.
According to
The St. James Duke’s Place
(Stow 1633, sig. O1v-O3r).
The buildings on the site were destroyed in the Great Fire and then rebuilt (Sugden 281). The church was active until
St. John the Baptist’s Chapel of the Savoy was
built by
St. John’s Chapel in the Tower was located in the White Tower. The chapel served as a place of worship for the Constable and officers of the Tower
and was also used on State occasions (Harben). In
St. John’s Fields were located near St. John’s of Jerusalem and were likely owned by the priory (Wikipedia).
St. John’s of Jerusalem provided housing and care
for pilgrims and crusading knights. It was held by the
St. Katherine, Aldgate was an old parish church absorbed by Holy Trinity Priory
in
St. Katherine Coleman was also called St. Katherine and All Saints and All Hallows Coleman Church (Harben). The church can be found on the Agas map, west of Northumberland House. It is labelled
Not to be confused with St. Katherine Church, St. Katherine Cree was an old parish church in Aldgate Ward located on the
north side of Leadenhall Street between Aldgate and St. Mary Axe.
Founded by the Royal Foundation of St. Katherine, St. Katherine’s by the Tower was both a hospital and a church. Its surrounding land became the St. Katherine’s by the Tower precinct which, according to Weinreb, was a precinct independent of Aldgate Ward (Weinreb 720, 778).
St. Katherine’s Hospital was a religious hospital
founded in was not much inferior to
that of [St.] Paules [Cathedral]
(Stow).
In early modern London, there were two Laurence Lanes: St. Lawrence Poultney Lane, which served as the boundary between Downgate Ward and Candlewick Ward, and St. Laurence Lane, Guildhall which was in Cheap ward (Harben). The latter Laurence Lane, to which this page refers, held great importance in the procession of mayoral pageants. It ran north-south, connecting Cheapside at the south and Cateaton Street (labelled on the Agas map as Ketton St.
) in the north. It ran parallel between Milk Street to the west and Ironmonger Lane to the east. It is drawn correctly on the Agas map and is labelled as S. Laurence lane.
St. Leonard’s church—also known as
The church of St. Magnus the Martyr, believed to be founded some time in the eleventh century, was on the south side of Thames Street just north of London Bridge. According to Stow, in its churchyard haue béene buried many men of good worſhip, whoſe monumentes are now for the moſt part vtterly defaced
, including
St. Margaret (Southwark) was a church in
Southwark. The church was absorbed into the Parish of St. Saviour (Southwark)
during the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Howard and Godfrey).
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.
St Martin’s Lane (Bridge Within Ward) ran north-south from the boundary between Candlewick Street and Eastcheap to Thames Street and was located at the western edge of Bridge Within Ward at its boundary with Candlewick Street Ward. The street takes its name from St. Martin Orgar, located on its eastern side. It is labelled
St. Martin’s Lane (le Grand) ran north-south between St. Anne’s Lane and Cheapside Street and was located at the western edge of Aldersgate Ward. The street takes its name from the church of St. Martin’s le Grand located to the east of the street. This portion of the Agas map is labelled
St. Martin’s Lane (Strand) was located in Westminster and ran north-south between Tottenham Ct. Road and the westernmost end of the Strand by Charing Cross. It is not to be confused with St. Martin’s Lane (le Grand) or St. Martin’s Lane (Bridge Within Ward).
St. Mary (Colechurch), according to the
St. Mary, Islington is the parish church that gave its name to what is now the Borough of Islington. It is located to the north of the area that is accurately depicted on the Agas map, in the neighbourhood to which St. John’s Street leads. If it appears on the Agas map at all (which is unlikely), we would locate it somewhere in the village at the end of St. John’s Street, but this portion of the map is more of a landscape than a map of Islington.
St. Mary (Newington) was a church dedicated to
inRoger de Susexx held the church of Niwetun of the gift of the Archbishop
The church of St. Mary Axe was a church on the west side of St. Mary Axe
Street in Lime Street Ward. S. Marie the virgine, Saint Vrsula, and the 11000. Virgins
and believed that its common name, St. Mary Axe, derived from a sign near the
church’s east side (Stow). However, a
document written during the
St. Mary Axe ran north-south from the church of St. Augustine Papey to Leadenhall
Street.
A chapel located just north of All Hallows Barking. some haue written that his heart was buried there vnder the high altar
(Stow 130).
According to
St. Mary Magdalen (Aldgate) is an old parish church absorbed by Holy Trinity Priory in
St. Mary Magdalen was located near the south-east corner of Bermondsey Street next to Bermondsey Abbey and just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Noorthouck). According to
According to
St. Mary Overie Stairs and its adjoining dock functioned as a large wharfe and landing place
on the southern bank of Thames, which provided river access to Winchester House and the Priory of St. Mary Overies (Stow 1598, sig. Y7v). While the stairs were commonly known as either Winchester Stairs or St. Mary Overie Stairs, they were sometimes referred to as St. Saviour Stairs after the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Rendle 203; Cave 225). This location is visible on the Agas map, though it is not labelled.
According to
St. Mary Spital was an Augustinian Priory and
Hospital on the east side of Bishopsgate Street.
The Priory dates from 1197. The old precinct of St.
Mary Spital is visible on the Agas map. The church itself was
demolished after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in
Also known as St. Mary Matfelon, Whitechapel Church was located on Whitechapel Street.
Harben explains that this alley was [p]robably identical with St. Matthew’s Court leading south out of Cheapside by the church to Friday Street
(Harben 402).
St. Michael, Aldgate, was an old parish church that
was absorbed by Holy Trinity Priory in 1108 along
with the parishes of St. Mary Magdalen, Aldgate,
and St. Katherine Cree. According to a papal bull
written during the pontificate of
The parish church of St. Michael, Cornhill is located on the southern side of Cornhill Ward between Birchin Lane and Gracechurch Street. St. Michael, Cornhill was the parish church of the church has a long musical tradition, and is famous for its excellent acoustics
(Weinreb 799-800).
According to
St. Nicholas Church was situated on the north side of St. Nicholas Shambles street in Farringdon Within Ward. The church was demolished amid
St. Nicholas Acon was located in Langbourn Ward, its parish extending into Candlewick Street Ward (Harben 437). While it was not depicted on the Agas map, Prockter and Taylor note that St. Nicholas Acon stood on the west side of St. Nicholas Lane towards the northern end
(Prockter and Taylor 51). According to Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay, Acons
is possibly derived from Haakon
, the name of one of the benefactors (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 802).
The church of St. Olave, Hart Street is found on
the south side of Hart Street and the northwest
corner of Seething Lane in Tower Street Ward. It has been suggested that the church was founded
and built before the Norman conquest of a proper parrish
(Stow).
St. Olave, Old Jewry was a church located on the west side of Old Jewry in Coleman Street Ward close to its boundary with Cheap Ward (Harben). The
According to a small thing, and without any note-worthie monuments
(Stow 1598, sig. K3v). It was destroyed in the Great Fire and was not rebuilt (Carlin and Belcher 91).
St. Olave (Southwark) was a church dedicated to S. Tovolles
.
A street near the bank of the Thames near to St. Thomas Hospital.
Now simply
Henry Harben describes the general location of St. Paul’s Alley in noting that it is In Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Ward Within
(Harben 459). Also known simply as
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In
St. Paul’s Chapter House was originally located on the south side of St. Paul’s Churchyard (Harben). beautifull piece of VVorke
built in the
St. Paul’s Charnel House was located on the north side of St. Paul’s Churchyard (Stow 1633, sig. 2H4v). It was founded in out of rents of shops built without the wall of the churchyard
and pulled down in
Surrounding St. Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard has had a multi-faceted history in use and function, being the location of burial, crime, public gathering, and celebration. Before its destruction during the civil war, St. Paul’s Cross was located in the middle of the churchyard, providing a place for preaching and the delivery of Papal edicts (Thornbury).
The Paul’s Cross outdoor preaching station is located in Paul’s Cross Churchyard on the northeast side of St. Paul’s Cathedral. During the early modern period, Paul’s Cross was a site of drama, since the interfaith conflicts of the time were addressed from the pulpit. These sermons were presented by prominent Reformation figures including
According to the Virtual Pauls’ Cross Project, St. Paul’s Gate (northern) was located at the intersection of Paternoster Row and Cheapside Street and gave access to St Paul’s Churchyard from the northeast (VPCP). Carlin and Belcher’s 1270 map simply labels the gate as
St. Paul’s School was located on the eastern side of St. Paul’s Churchyard, west of the Old Change (Harben). It was founded by
For information about St. Paul’s Theatre, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
St. Peter le Poor was a parish church on the west
side of Broad Street. It is visible on the Agas
map south of Austin Friars, bearing the number 24.
That it was sometime peraduenture a poore Parish
gave it the name le Poor
(Stow). Its name distinguished it
from the other London churches dedicated to St. Peter. at
this present there be many fayre houses, possessed by rich marchants and other
near the church, suggesting
that the parish was no longer impoverished (Stow).
St. Peter upon Cornhill stood at the highest point of the city in the south east of Cornhill Ward. According to a tablet preserved within the church, St. Peter upon Cornhill was founded by not by what authority
(Stow 1:194) the tablet was written.
St. Peter’s College Rents were located on the west side of St. Paul’s Cathedral, next to the Atrium and northwest of the Stationers’ Hall. The building was, as Carlin and Belcher note, founded by
(Carlin and Belcher 92).
St. Saviour (Southwark) dates back at least
to S. Mary Owber
.
St. Thomas Hospital was a hospital and parish church dedicated to
Staining Lane ran north-south, starting at Maiden Lane (Wood Street) in the south and turning into Oat Lane in the north. It is drawn correctly on the Agas map and is labelled as Stayning la
. It served as a boundary between Cripplegate and Aldersgate wards.
Stangate Stairs provided river access to the Thames from its east bank, directly opposite Westminster Hall.
One of the Inns of Chancery.
Stationers’ Hall (Ave Maria Lane) was located at the north end of Ave Maria Lane near
Ludgate (Harben).
Formerly Pembroke’s Inn, the site functioned as the headquarters of the
Stationers’ Hall (Milk Street) was the original hall of the
Beginning in [A] good deal of money was spent to make [the building] suitable for its new functions,
but the move gave the
in the very centre of the area which for so long
was associated with the buying and selling of books
(Blagden 19).
Now known as Churchyard Alley, Stephen’s Lane was most likely named for
(Ekwall 131). With regard to the toponomical history of the site, Eilert Ekwall notes that the former name, Chirchhaw Lane, stems from an old word for
(Ekwall 131). Stephen’s Lane ran north-to-south from Stockfishmonger Row, slightly to the east of the Fishmongers’ Hall.
A lane in Queenhithe, which
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
The Stocks Market was a significant market for fish and flesh
in early modern London, located south of Poultry, north of Bucklersbury, and west of Walbrook Street in Cornhill Ward (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 879). The building of the Stocks Market was commissioned by
the only fixed pair of stocks in the city(Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 879). It was destroyed in the Great Fire, rebuilt, and then replaced in
a stone House, called Stoda de Winton, juxta Stodum bridge which in that Lane was over Walbrooke water
(Stow 1633, sig. Z2v).
a stone House, called Stoda de Winton, juxta Stodum bridge which in that Lane was over Walbrooke water
(Stow 1633, sig. Z2v).
According to Sugden, Strand Bridge was A bdge. that crossed the brookrunning from St. Clements Well across from the S. and down S. Lane, Lond.
(Sugden 489). pulled downe, and made leuell ground, in the yeare
One of the Inns of Chancery.
Strand Lane was a narrow and rather winding thoroughfare leading to the Embankment a few yards to the east of Somerset House
(Thornbury).
Suffolk House was located on the west side of Blackman Street near St. George Southwark and was just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Walford).
According to
We are awaiting further confirmation of this street’s position.
Sugarloaf Alley ran north-south from Leadenhall Street to Fenchurch
Street, on the west side of Bricklayers’ Hall. Sprinckle allie
but had been renamed Sugarloaf Alley after a
shop sign.
The Sun Tavern was a victualing house on the east side of New Fish Street, just north of London Bridge between lower Thames Street and Little Eastcheap.
According to
There were a number of alleys named
Swan Alley was a north-south alley that bordered Cornhill Ward’s north side and Broad Street Ward’s south end. It opened into Cornhill Ward and therefore was included within Cornhill Ward’s limits.
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
A church used by both Middle and Inner Temples.
Thames Street was the longest street in early modern London, running east-west from the ditch around the Tower of London in the east to St. Andrew’s Hill and Puddle Wharf in the west, almost the complete span of the city within the walls.
The Antelope was a victualling house located where Holborn meets Chancery Lane.
The Barge was a tenement building located in Cheap Ward. The structure was the remains of a medieval manor house.
The Bishop was a hospice located near the south end of Gray’s Inn Road.
For information about the Boar’s Head, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
The Bolt and Tun was an old stage-coach inn which derived its name from
(Harben 89).
The Castle was a large stone house in Cornhill ward, located on the north side of Cornhill at the western side of the Royal Exchange. Part of it was removed for the expansion of the Royal Exchange in
According to Elijah Williams, The Cock and Key was a tenement building on the east of the Boreshede, belonging to the Prior of Royston,
the name of which was in use by the reign of
The Cockpit, also known as the Phoenix, was an indoor commercial playhouse planned and built by the theatre entrepreneur and actor in Drury Lane
, but G. E. Bentley offers a more precise description:
(Bentley vi 49). Herbert Berry adds that the playhouse was three-eights of a mile west of the western boundary of the City of London at Temple Bar
(Berry 624), and Frances Teague notes that it was on the east side of Drury Lane
and that [t]he site was long preserved by the name of Cockpit Alley, afterwards Pitt Court
(Teague 243).
The Cockpit-in-Court, or The Cockpit-at-Court, was a private Caroline playhouse for members of the royal household, and was located within Whitehall Palace. Its name arose from the fact that it was formerly a cockfighting site at court. It should not be confused with The Cockpit Theatre, which was located near Drury Lane.
Wood Street Counter had been removed there from Bread Street in
(Harben 166). Tracing its history back ever further, Carlin and Belcher note that the prison was initially located in the Broken Seld around
The Cross was a wayside cross or calvary
that Henry Harben describes as being present [i]n Agas’ map at the junction of the Minories and Little Tower Hill
(Harben 417).
The Crown was a tenement off of Philpot Lane so named for its sign (Harben 186). In describing the location, Henry Harben notes that The Crown was [e]ast out of Philpot Lane, in Billingsgate Ward
(Harben 186). More specifically, The Crown seems to have been located midway between Eastcheap and Fenchurch Street.
In
The Deanery at St. Paul’s Cathedral served as the residence for the dean of the cathedral from in
(Schofield 153).
The Dolphin in Temple Bar was in existence at least by
The Elephant was located in the ward of Southwark, south of the Thames and west of the London Bridge. It was part of a row of twelve licensed brothels or stewhouses along Bankside that reopened after for a season
in
Located between Horsepool and the Fleet River, the Elms, as Le elmes
or le two elmys
. By
The Falcon, which is also often referred to as
According to Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay, the Fortune was built for
The George (Fleet Street) was located at the intersection between Fleet Street and Shoe Lane.
The Globe was the open-air, public theatre in which
The Goat was a tavern at Smithfield, in operation from the
The Green Gate was a house on the south side of Leadenhall Street, east of Leadenhall in Lime Street Ward.
Located in Bishopsgate Ward without the Wall, the Half Moon housed
The Herber was a mansion on the east side of Dowgate Street, near to the church of St. Mary Bothaw
(Harben). The derivation of the name is uncertain but Prideaux suggests it is derived from Arbour
while Lappenburg suggests the French erbois
or Grasplatz
which means garden (qtd. in Harben).
For information about the Hope, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
A tavern on the north side of Fleet Street, near the Middle Temple. Also referred to as
The four principal constituents of the Inns of Court were:
Known as the Painted Seld, the Great Seld, and Broad Seld, the market was known as The Key from about
Erected by armour, and habiliments of warre
(Stow 1:126).
A brewhouse in Distaff Lane. Flourished in the
According to Taylor, Maidenhead was a lodging house frequented by various carriers (Taylor A4v, B1r).
Taylor identifies the Maidenhead as being
in Cat-eatonſtreet,
neere the guildhall
(Taylor A4v). Norman
corroborates this account and adds futher specificity by stating that it stands at the corner of
Old Jewry and Gresham street [formerly Cateaton Street]
(Norman 247).
Being from
Edward H. Sugden describes the Maidenhead in Ram Alley as the worst of all dens of infamy in that notorious court
(Sugden 328).
In the
where divers executions of the Law before-time had beene performed(Stow 1633, sig. 2B2r).
was very rui-nous with age, in which there was a Conduit should bee taken downe, and another competent Standard of stone, together with a Coduit in the same, of new, strongly to bee builded(Stow 1633, sig. 2B2r).
The Panier, or The Payner was a functioning brewhouse by about atte panyer yn pater noster rewe
(Ekwall 171).The brewhouse itself is located near and possibly derives its name form Panier Alley.
By a famous coaching inn
that was [o]n the south side of Leadenhall Street
The printshop of Nathaniel Butter (BBTI 11586), at St Austin’s Gate, Cursitors Alley. The
For information about the Red Bull, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
For information about the Red Lion, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the
Built in
The Steelyard was the chief outpost of the
Named for its location on the bank of the Thames, the Strand leads outside the City of London from Temple Bar through what was formerly the Duchy of Lancaster to Charing Cross in what was once the city of Westminster. There were three main phases in the evolution of the Strand in early modern times: occupation by the bishops, occupation by the nobility, and commercial development.
The Swan was the second of the Bankside theatres. It was located at Paris Garden. It was in use from
The first purpose-built playhouse in England, the Theatre, located in Shoreditch, was constructed in
The
The Vintry was located along the Thames between Queenhithe in the west and Broad Lane in the east.
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
The dwelling house of
The Wrestlers was a house in Bishopsgate Ward located on the north side of Camomile Street, near the Wall and Bishopsgate (Stow). The house predates the Wrestlers Court located on the opposite (south) side of Camomile Street.
Originally known as Trivet Lane, Trinet Lane, or Trinity Lane, Thieves’ Lane was located near St. Thomas Hospital and was just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Parsons 56; Stow 1633, sig. 2Q6v). While very little information about this location remains, some scholars suggest that Thieves’ Lane later became a section of the modern St. Thomas Street (Parsons 56). If this is the case, Thieves’ Lane can be found on
Threadneedle Street ran east-west from Bishopsgate Street to Cornhill and the Stocks Market. It
passed the north end of the Royal Exchange and was
entirely in Broad Street Ward. Threadneedle Street, also called
Three Cranes Stairs provided access to the Thames from Three Cranes Lane.
Three Cranes Tavern was a popular tavern in early modern London, located on Three Cranes Lane.
The Three Cups Inn was located in Bread Street Ward at the southwest intersection of Bread Street and Watling Street. The Inn provided food, drink, and shelter for employees, guests, carriers and their horses. It was a hub for public transportation and shipping into and out of the capital and was a home to the inn holder, servants, and their families. It provided employment and a community meeting place. It acted as a landmark in the city for at least four hundred years.
Throgmorton Street was in Broad Street Ward and ran east-west from Broad Street to Lothbury and Bartholomew Lane. Throgmorton Street appears unlabelled on the Agas map running west
from Broad Street, under the Drapers’ Hall.
Timberhithe was located along the Thames between Broken Wharf Mansion in the west and Queenhithe in the east.
Just above The Thames, Timberhithe Street ran west from Dark Lane to near Broken Wharf Mansion.
The Tower Ditch, or Tower
Moat, was part of the Tower of London’s
medieval defences. It was built by the Bishop of Ely
Tower Hill was a large area of open ground north and
west of the Tower of London. It is most famous as a place of execution;
there was a permanent scaffold and gallows on the hill for the execution of
such Traytors or Transgressors, as are deliuered out of the Tower, or otherwise to the Shiriffes of
London
(Stow).
Tower Street ran east-west from Tower Hill in the east to St. Andrew Hubbard. It was the principal street of Tower Street Ward. That the ward is named after the street indicates the cultural significance of Tower Street, which was a key part of the processional route through London and home to many wealthy merchants who traded in the goods that were unloaded at the docks and quays immediately south of Tower Street (for example, Billingsgate, Wool Key, and Galley Key).
Tower Street Ward is east of Billingsgate Ward and west of the Tower of London.
Henry Harben describes the location of Tower Wharf in noting that it is [s]outh out of and fronting the Tower
(Harben 588). The antiquated spelling of the name is
A ditch to the north of Christ’s Hospital, filled in by
THis antient and famous City of London, was firſt founded by
NEW Troy my name: when firſt my fame begun /
By Trajon
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.
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
Trinity Lane ran north-south between
Old Fish Street (Knightrider Street) and Thames Street, between Garlick Hill and Huggin Lane, entirely in the ward of Queenhithe. On the Agas map, it is
labelled Trinitie lane
.
Tyburn is best known as the location of the principal gallows where public executions were carried out from the late twelfth century until the eighteenth (Drouillard, Wikipedia). It was a village to the west of the city, near the present-day location of Marble Arch (beyond the boundary of the Agas Map). Its name derives from a stream, and its significance to In the yeare
Vintry Ward is west of Dowgate Ward. The ward is named after the a part of the banks of the Riuer of Thames
within Vintry Ward used by the merchants of Bordeaux for the transporting and selling of their wines (Stow 1603).
Walbrook Ward is west of Candlewick Street Ward. The ward is named after the Walbrook, a river that ran through the heart of London from north to south. The river was filled in and paved over so that it was hardly discernable by
Standing along Nightingale Lane at the middle of a Foord
that served as the boundary between the Parish of St. Mary Whitechapel
and the Parish of St. Botolph (Aldgate) (Stow 1633, sig. M2v), Wapping Mill is not featured on the
Agas map.
Warwick Lane or Eldenese Lane ran north-south from Newgate Street to Paternoster Row. Its name is derived from Warwick’s Inn, a structure built by one of the Earls of Warwick about the
Warwick Inn was located on Warwick Lane in Farringdon Within Ward. It was built by an Earl of Warwick about the
Watling Street ran east-west between St. Sythes Lane in Cordwainer Street Ward and Old Change in Bread Street Ward. It is visible on the Agas map under the label Watlinge ſtreat
.
Noble Street
(Stow 1598, sig. O4v). This should not lead to confusion with Noble Street in Aldersgate Ward. There is an etymological explanation for this crossover of names. According to Ekwall, the name Watling
ultimately derives from an Old English word meaning king’s son
(Ekwall 81-82). Watling Street remains distinct from the Noble Street in Aldersgate Ward.
Weigh House was a building on the north side of Cornhill Ward that was used for weighing imported merchandise. While the house is not labelled on the Agas map, Mary Lobel and W. H. Johns suggest that it appears below the Merchant Taylor’s Hall (Lobel and Johns).
The Well in Cripplegate was [a]n open pool
as of arched over with stone
by
Ekwall notes that [a]nother name-form [for Old Fish Street] is
;
or
meaning the Fish-Market
and the West-
affix being a distinction from the fish-market [on] [the London Bridge]
(Ekwall 74). Carlin and Belcher suggest that Old Fish Street may have been called, in the west fish market
(Carlin and Belcher 82).
The West Gate of the Tower was located on the western side of the Tower of London at or near the joining of Tower Street and two unnamed roadways: one leading to Lion Tower and the other to Tower Wharf (
Westminster Abbey was and continues to be a historically significant church. One of its many notable features is
Westminster Hall is the only surviving part of the original Palace of Westminster
(Weinreb and Hibbert 1011) and is located on the west side of the Thames. It is located on the bottom left-hand corner of the Agas map, and is labelled as Weſtmynſter hall
. Originally built as an extension to
Westminster Stairs was an important site in early modern London that provided access to the Thames from Westminster Abbey. Used during royal processions and by rivermen throughout daily life, Westminster Stairs was known as being a place of bustling activity.
One of the five prisons in Southwark.
Whitechapel was a street running east-west to the
Aldgate Bars from the east. fully
replenished with buildings outward, & also pestered with diuerse Allyes,
on eyther side
(Stow).
This page points to the district known as Whitefriars. For the theatre, see Whitefriars Theatre.
According to
Whitefrairs Stairs is located [a]t the south end of Waterman’s Lane on the Thames, west of Whitefriars Dock
(Harben 626). The site became known as such by site [is] now covered by the Victoria Embankment
(Harben 626).
One of the lesser known halls or private playhouses of Renaissance London, the Whitefriars, was home to two different boy playing companies, each of which operated under several different names. Whitefriars produced many famous boy actors, some of whom later went on to greater fame in adult companies. At the Whitefriars playhouse in 1607–1608, the Children of the King’s Revels catered to a homogenous audience with a particular taste for homoerotic puns and situations, which resulted in a small but significant body of plays that are markedly different from those written for the amphitheatres and even for other hall playhouses.
Whitehall Palace, the Palace of Whitehall or simply Whitehall, was one of the most complex and sizeable locations in the entirety of early modern Europe. As the primary place of residence for monarchs from [i]t lay on the left bank of the Thames, and extended from nearly the point where Westminster Bdge. now crosses the river to Scotland Yard, and from the river back to St. James’s Park
(Sugden 564-565).
Whitehall Stairs was an important location in early modern London. Providing a point of access to the Thames from Whitehall, the stairs were used by both the public and members of the royal family. Although the stairs are rarely alluded to in early modern literature, they appear in a number of texts about daily life in London during the time period.
According to
Located directly to the west of St. Saviour (Southwark) on the southern bank of the Thames, Winchester House, also known as Winchester Palace, was the London residence for the Bishops of Winchester from the twelfth century until
Wood Street ran north-south, connecting at its southernmost end with Cheapside Street and continuing northward to Little Wood Street, which led directly into Cripplegate. It crossed over Huggin Lane, Lad Lane, Maiden Lane (Wood Street), Love Lane, Addle Lane, and Silver Street, and ran parallel to Milk Street in the east and Gutter Lane in the west. Wood Street lay within Cripplegate Ward. It is labelled as Wood Streat
on the Agas map and is drawn in the correct position.
Woodroffe Lane ran north-south from Crutched Friars south to Tower Hill. The lane was
in Aldgate Ward and was named after the Woodruffe family
(Harben). proper almes houses
built from brick and
wood in Woodruffe Lane and the tenants haue their
dewllinges rent free, and ii.s. iiii.d. the peece: the first day of euery moneth for euer
(Stow).
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
Wormwood Street ran west-east along the Wall between Broad Street and Bishopsgate Street.
Wringwren Lane ran north-south between Little St. Thomas Apostles to Great St. Thomas Apostles. It was located to the west of College Hill and to the east of Bow Lane.
Located on the northern bank of the Thames, York House was just west of Durham House, on the south side of the Strand. Records of York House date back to the thirteenth century, when the location was owned by the Bishops of Norwich and was referred to as Norwich Place (Gater and Wheeler). In
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