Map

The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from Wenceslaus Hollar’s maps:

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Second Reading

Terry Foreman  •  Link

Godmanchester is a small town and civil parish within the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, in England. It lies on the south bank of the River Great Ouse, south of the larger town of Huntingdon.

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Sasha Clarkson  •  Link

It it considered that Godmancester, not Manchester in Lancashire, gave its name to the title of the Earls/Dukes of Manchester, as they were local landowners in Huntingdonshire.

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References

Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.

1663