Note 5 — Chapter IV · THE WARDS

It is interesting to note the places mentioned in this document. They are the Old Temple (in Holborn, at the N.E. corner of Chancery Lane); Jews’ Street, i.e. the old Jewry; St. Olave’s Jewry; Market Street (Cheapside); Fish Street; St. Margaret’s Church; St. Peter’s, Cornhill; Chepe; the Flete; Aldermanberie; St. Clement’s; and St. Paul’s.

The measurements of the land show that it was divided up for the houses and their gardens very much as suburban land is now parcelled out; the lots are generally 30 feet wide by 100 feet long, which is about the space now occupied by a small suburban house. The rent of such a piece of ground was about 2s.