Whitefriars
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The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from:
- Built-up London – Hollar's 1666 map before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – Hollar's 1666 map after the Fire
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Phil Link to this
[An annotation of vincent's, re-posted from the Whitefriars Stairs page]
A little history of White friars.
http://www.whitefriars.org/a2-information/histo...
Phil Link to this
[An annotation of wisteria53's, re-posted from the Whitefriars Stairs page]
More on the history of the Whitefriars area (the law firm now on this site refers to their main building fronting Fleet Street as
wisteria53 Link to this
There is a decorative tiled wall on what was once Whitefriars Street ("White Fryers" on the map below - near the circled number 1), with an overview of printing/press local history. This is still a public right of way between two joined up modern buildings (which front onto Fleet Street and Temple Street) and worth having a look at if you're in the area.
http://www.motco.com/map/81002/SeriesSearchPlat...
wisteria53 Link to this
The tiled alleyway mentioned above runs off Bouverie Street, which isn't on the old map:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=...