References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
1660
1664
- Mar
1666
- Nov
Chancery Lane
Map
The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from Wenceslaus Hollar’s maps:
- Built-up London – London before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – London after the Fire
Open location in Google Maps: 51.515887, -0.112040
Chancery Lane runs along the east side of Lincoln's Inn, one of the four Inns of Court, and continues down to Fleet Street and the Temple. Lincoln's Inn: http://www.online-law.co.uk/bar/lincolns/
Chancery Lane, a long lane, running northwards from Fleet Street into Holborn; called originally New Street . ---London, Past and Present. H.B. Wheatley, 1891.
On the Rocque map Chancery Lane runs down and off the lower right side of this segment. http://www.motco.com/map/81002/SeriesSearchPlatesFullb.asp?mode=query&artist=384&other=291&x=11&y=11
The street had the name before the court of Chancery had any prominence. It was "Chancellor's Lane," and the office of the Chancery was at "The Rolls," the former "Domus Conversorum" or "House of [Jewish] Converts." The site is now the library of King's College, formerly the Public Record Office. Lincoln's Inn is across the street, where it moved about 1420 from Holborn.