London and Its Environs Described, vol. 2 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 2 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
The most remarkable buildings are, St. Paul’s cathedral, St. Vedast
in Foster lane, Christ Church in Newgate street, St. Martin’s
Ludgate, and St. Matthew’s Friday street; the college of Physicians,
Stationers hall, Apothecaries hall, Sadlers hall, Embroiderers hall,
and Scots hall; St. Paul’s school, Christ Church hospital, and
Ludgate.
This ward is governed by an Alderman, his Deputy, twelve Common
Council men, eighteen wardmote inquest men, eighteen scavengers,
seventeen constables and a beadle; and the jury returned by the
inquest for this ward serve in the courts of Guildhall in the month
of September.
FARINGDON WARD _Without_, is the farthest ward to the west of the
city, and is bounded on the north by the Charterhouse, the parish of
St. James Clerkenwell, and part of St. Andrew’s parish without the
freedom; on the west, by High Holborn and St. Clement’s parish in
the Strand; on the south, by the Thames; and on the east, by the
ward of Faringdon within, the precinct of St. Bartholomew near
Smithfield, and the ward of Aldersgate.
The principal places in this ward are, Smithfield, Cloth Fair,
Bartholomew Close, Snow hill, and all Holborn up to the Bars, Hatton
Garden, Leather lane, and Brook street; the Old Bailey, Ludgate
hill, Fleet ditch and market, Shoe lane, Fetter lane, Fleet street,
White Friars, and Salisbury court.
The most remarkable buildings are, the Temple, Serjeants Inn,
Clifford’s, Barnard’s and Thavie’s Inns, Temple Bar, Bridewell
hospital, St. Bartholomew’s hospital, Fleet prison, Surgeon’s hall;
and the parish churches of St. Bartholomew the Great, St.
Bartholomew the Less, St. Sepulchre’s, St. Andrew’s Holborn, St.
Dunstan’s in the west, and St. Bride’s.
This ward being so very extensive is parted into three divisions,
and is governed by an Alderman, and three Deputies, sixteen Common
Council men, forty-four inquest men, fifteen scavengers, and fifteen
constables. The jury returned by the inquest in this ward serve in
the several courts of Guildhall in the month of June.
FARMER’S _alley_, 1. Gardiner’s lane.† 2. Hog lane, St. Giles’s.†
FARMER’S _court_, Ivy street.†
FARMER’S _street_, Shadwell.†
FARR’S _alley_, St. Giles’s.†
FARR’S _rents_, Rotherhith wall.†
FARR’S _yard_, Whitecross street.†
FARRANT’S _yard_, Rotherhith wall.†
FARRIERS, a company incorporated by letters patent granted by King
Charles II. in the year 1673, and governed by a Master, three
Wardens, twenty-four Assistants, and seventy-six Liverymen, each of
whom, upon their admission, pay a fine of 5_l._ but they have no
hall. _Maitland._
FARRIER’S _yard_, 1. In the Minories. 2. Stoney lane.
FARTHING _alley_, 1. East Smithfield. 2. Jacob street, Rotherhith. 3.
In the Maze.
FARTHING _fields_, 1. New Gravel lane.║ 2. Old Gravel lane.║
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