Old and New London: Volume 1

Describes the western part of the City of London, including Cheapside and St Paul's, and areas to the west of the City, including Fleet Street.

Old and New London.

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Walter Thornbury, Old and New London: Volume 1 (London, 1878), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol1 [accessed 16 April 2025].

Walter Thornbury, Old and New London: Volume 1 (London, 1878), British History Online, accessed April 16, 2025, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol1.

Walter Thornbury. Old and New London: Volume 1 (London, 1878), British History Online. Web. 16 April 2025. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol1.

Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
List of illustrations xi-xii
Errata xii
Introduction 1-16
Roman London 16-22
Temple Bar 22-31
Fleet Street: General Introduction 32-53
Fleet Street: Introduction (continued) 53-69
Fleet Street: Northern tributaries - Shoe Lane and Bell Yard 70-75
Fleet Street: Northern tributaries - Chancery Lane 76-92
Fleet Street: Northern tributaries (continued) 92-104
Fleet Street: Tributaries (Crane Court, Johnson's Court, Bolt Court) 104-112
Fleet Street: Tributaries (continued) 112-123
Fleet Street: Tributaries - Shoe Lane 123-135
Fleet Street: Southern tributaries 135-146
The Temple: General Introduction 147-149
The Temple: Church and precinct (part 1 of 3) 149-158
The Temple: Church and precinct (part 2 of 3) 158-171
The Temple: Church and precinct (part 3 of 3) 171-182
Whitefriars 182-199
Blackfriars 200-219
Ludgate Hill 220-233
St Paul's: To the Great Fire 234-248
St Paul's: The new church 249-262
St Paul's: The churchyard 262-274
Paternoster Row 274-281
Baynard's Castle and Doctors' Commons 281-293
Heralds' College 294-304
Cheapside: Introduction 304-315
Cheapside: Shows and pageants 315-332
Cheapside: The central area 332-346
Cheapside: Southern tributaries 346-353
Cheapside: Northern tributaries 353-363
Cheapside: Northern tributaries, Wood Street 364-374
Cheapside: Northern tributaries (continued) 374-383
Guildhall 383-396
The Lord Mayors of London 396-416
The Poultry 416-424
Old Jewry 425-435
The Mansion House 435-447
Saxon London 447-452
The Bank of England 453-473
The Stock Exchange 473-494
The Royal Exchange 494-513
Lothbury 513-515
Throgmorton Street: The Drapers' Company 515-522
Bartholomew Lane and Lombard Street 522-530
Threadneedle Street 531-544
Cannon Street 544-550
Cannon Street tributaries and East Cheap 550-565
The Monument and its neighbourhood 565-574
Chaucer's London 575-576