Summary
Pepys lived at the Navy Office on this street from July 1660, and often attended services at St Olave, on the corner with Hart Street.
See here for information on the house itself.
Seething Lane
Map
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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vincent Link to this
For those luckier enough to take ones little brown bag and a cover for your strong water, one can share nostalgia and and questions with the ghosts.
http://www.squaremiletimes2.co.uk/features/sunb... Lane Gardens. - this garden is on the former site of the former Naval Office and official residence of the Clerk of the Acts.
Samuel Pepys resided here from July 1660 and is buried in nearby St Olave’s Church. A sculptured head of Pepys can be seen in the garden.
Grahamt Link to this
A short history of Seething Lane:
Restoration London by Liza Picard has a short history of the Pepys household site in Seething lane from 1303 to 1673.
Pages 21-22 of Pheonix Press paperback edition (2002)
vicente Link to this
from Dudley on Tue 27 Jul 2004, 6:59 pm | Link
"Walk down Seething Lane turn right into Crutched Frairs there is a serise of arches under Fenchurch St station by the name of French Ordinary Court. Just around the corner"
Nook and crannies of London:
michael j gresk Link to this
walking?!?!? in london at night??? how safe is sam wandering the street at that hour ??? just curious..... MJG
dirk Link to this
"how safe is sam wandering the street at that hour"
Maybe his boy is with him - with his new sword...
Terry F Link to this
Peter Easton adds an image of The Navy Office/Seething Lane as Pepys would have known it (from 1714 engraving) http://www.pepysdiary.com/static/img/indepth/20... in his very interesting in-depth article,
in Aqua Scripto Link to this
Here be two maps, 1666 in detail and 1676, Seething Lane in Morgans map 1676
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/lmap.asp?compi...
Seething Lane 1666 after the fire details down to property lines.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/mapimage.aspx?...
In the 1676 Map there be just a blank spot for the Navy Office. I wonder why?
Richard Tames Link to this
Re blank for Navy Office on map of 1676. The blue plaque now marking its site proclaims that it burned down in 1673.