The plan of the book is simplicity itself; it follows the lines of groups of streets, taken as dictated by common sense and not by the somewhat arbitrary boundaries of wards. The outlines of these groups are clearly indicated on the large map which will be found at the end of the volume. CONTENTS THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY GROUP I PAGE STREETS NORTH AND SOUTH OF CHEAPSIDE AND THE POULTRY 1 GROUP II STREETS NORTH OF GRESHAM STREET AND WEST OF MOORGATE STREET 63 GROUP III STREETS BETWEEN MOORGATE AND BISHOPSGATE STREETS 91 GROUP IV STREETS BETWEEN FENCHURCH AND BISHOPSGATE STREETS 146 GROUP V THAMES STREET AND THE STREETS NORTH AND SOUTH OF IT 190 THE TOWER OF LONDON 288 GROUP VI NEWGATE STREET AND THE STREETS NORTH AND SOUTH OF IT 300 ST. PAUL’S 327 GROUP VII FLEET STREET AND THE ADJACENT COURTS (INCLUDING THE TEMPLE AND THE ROLLS) 362 THE TEMPLE 370 THE ANCIENT SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF LONDON 385 APPENDICES 1. THE CITY COMPANIES 433 2. MAYORS AND LORD MAYORS OF LONDON FROM 1189 TO 1900 455 3. A CALENDAR OF THE MAYORS AND SHERIFFS OF LONDON FROM 1189 TO 1900 461 INDEX 483 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Interior of Royal Exchange _Frontispiece_ Cheapside Cross (as it appeared on its erection in 1606) 5 St. Mildred, Poultry 18 Inside the Poultry Compter 19 St. Lawrence, Jewry 26 SS. Anne and Agnes 27 Blackwell Hall, 1819 31 Mercers’ Hall: Interior _Facing_ 32 Mercers’ Hall 35 City of London School, Milk Street 39