Old and New London: Volume 2

Covers the east of the City around the Tower, and areas to the north and east, including Holborn, Islington, Clerkenwell, Stepney and Bethnal Green.

Old and New London.

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Walter Thornbury, Old and New London: Volume 2 (London, 1878), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol2 [accessed 6 May 2025].

Walter Thornbury, Old and New London: Volume 2 (London, 1878), British History Online, accessed May 6, 2025, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol2.

Walter Thornbury. Old and New London: Volume 2 (London, 1878), British History Online. Web. 6 May 2025. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol2.

Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
List of illustrations x-xii
Fishmongers' Hall and Fish Street Hill 1-8
London Bridge 9-17
Upper Thames Street 17-28
Upper Thames Street (continued) 28-41
Lower Thames Street 41-60
The Tower: (part 1 of 2) 60-76
The Tower: (part 2 of 2) 77-95
The neighbourhood of the Tower: Introduction 95-100
The neighbourhood of the Tower: The Mint 100-107
The neighbourhood of the Tower: (part 3 of 3) 107-116
St. Katherine's Docks 117-121
The Tower Subway and London Docks 122-128
The Thames Tunnel, Ratcliff Highway and Wapping 128-137
Stepney 137-142
Whitechapel 142-146
Bethnal Green 146-149
Spitalfields 149-152
Bishopsgate 152-170
Cornhill, Gracechurch Street, and Fenchurch Street 170-183
Leadenhall Street and the Old East India House 183-194
Shoreditch 194-195
Moorfields and Finsbury 196-208
Aldersgate Street and St Martin-le-Grand 208-228
Cripplegate 229-245
Aldgate, the Minories and Crutched Friars 245-250
Islington 251-268
Canonbury 269-273
Highbury, Upper Holloway and King's Cross 273-279
Pentonville 279-289
Sadler's Wells 289-296
Bagnigge Wells 296-298
Coldbath Fields and Spa Fields 298-306
Hockley-in-the-Hole 306-309
Clerkenwell: (part 1 of 2) 309-328
Clerkenwell: (part 2 of 2) 328-338
Smithfield 339-344
Smithfield and Bartholomew Fair 344-351
The churches of Bartholomew-the-Great and Bartholomew-the-Less 351-359
St Bartholomew's Hospital 359-363
Christ's Hospital 364-380
The Charterhouse 380-404
The Fleet Prison 404-416
The Fleet River and Fleet Ditch 416-426
Newgate Street 427-441
Newgate 441-461
The Old Bailey 461-477
St. Sepulchre's and its neighbourhood 477-491
The Metropolitan Meat-Market 491-496
Farringdon Street, Holborn Viaduct and St. Andrew's church 496-513
Ely Place 514-526
Holborn : To Chancery Lane 526-542
Holborn : The northern tributaries 542-552
Holborn: Inns of Court and Chancery 553-576