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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
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PLACE OUTSIDE OF LONDON. While this location exists within the boundaries of modern-day Greater London, it lies outside of the early-modern City of London and is beyond MoEML’s current scope.
Located in Bishopsgate Ward without the Wall, the Half Moon housed
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).
According to
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
Founded in the Priory of St. John the Baptist, Holywell
.
The history of Hampton Court illustrates, in many ways, the history of England itself. Hampton Court was originally owned by
Arundel House (c.
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).
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).
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
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,
This lane near All Hallows the Great is marked on the Agas map as Church Lane
and called Church Lane by
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
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
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).
Crutched Friars was a street that ran east-west from Poor Jewry Lane to the east end of Hart
Street above Seething Lane. When
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
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.
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).
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
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
The Fleet, known as
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
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.
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.
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.
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
Westminster Abbey was and continues to be a historically significant church. One of its many notable features is
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
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
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.
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).
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
Previously known as Horshew Bridge Street.
Horse Ferry, according to early accounts, was established specifically to carry clergymen from their residence at Lambeth Palace to Westminster Palace across the river.
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.
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
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.
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).
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.
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).
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
St. Katherine’s Hospital was a religious hospital
founded in was not much inferior to
that of [St.] Paules [Cathedral]
(Stow).
According to
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
According to
St. John’s of Jerusalem provided housing and care
for pilgrims and crusading knights. It was held by the
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
The hall of the
Bridewell was a prison and hospital. The site was originally a royal palace (Bridewell Palace) but was transferred to the
Bride Well
.
Located in Farringdon Within Ward, Christ’s Hospital was a opened in
Charterhouse was a hospital, school, and pensioners’ home opened in
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
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.
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. Thomas Hospital was a hospital and parish church dedicated to
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
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
.
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
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
One of the smallest London friaries, Crossed Friars (also known as
Crouched Friars or Crutched Friars) housed the
Located along the Strand in Westminster,
Savoy Manor was initially the residence of
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.
Huggin Lane ran north-south between Thame
Street and Knightrider Street.
Although
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.
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