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Click here for details and booking.</a></p> <p>As with my Roupell Street post a couple of weeks ago, for this week’s post, a mid 1980s hairdressers is the reason why I am revisiting Carter Lane in the City of London. Initially to find the location of the Gentlemen’s Hairdressing Salon and Nichola’s Hair Designs of St Paul’s, but then to explore a very historic street, alleys, and two houses that have their origins back in the 17th century.</p> <p>But first, here is the hairdressers on the corner of Carter Lane and St Andrews Hill, photographed in 1986:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-1-scaled.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="684" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-1-1024x684.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14932" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-1-768x513.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-1-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-1-2048x1369.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-1-624x417.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>The same place in July 2021:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-2-scaled.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-2-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14933" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-2-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-2-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-2-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-2-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>The hairdressers are no more, and the latest occupier of the site, L’Express City, part of the L’Express chain of restaurants / coffee shops, has since closed. Possibly one of the casualties of the lack of customers in the City since the start of the pandemic.</p> <p>The above two photos are on the corner of Carter Lane and St Andrews Hill. Carter Lane is an old street, but today is much longer than in previous centuries. </p> <p>In the following map, St Paul’s Cathedral is the large building in the upper centre. Saint Paul’s Church Yard is the street immediately to the south of the cathedral. Keep going south, and the next street you will come to is Carter Lane  (Map <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">© OpenStreetMap contributors)</a>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-3.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="622" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-3-1024x622.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14934" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-3-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-3-300x182.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-3-768x467.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-3-624x379.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-3.jpg 1325w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>As can be seen in the above map, Carter Lane is a relatively long street. It has a central section in white, and the two outer sections are in grey. As we walk along the street, the relevance of the different colouring of the street will become clear.</p> <p>In the above map, the eastern section to the right has green space between Carter Lane and the cathedral. This space is today the location of the City of London Visitor Centre, and an expanse of gardens, however this was once a densely built area.</p> <p>The following map is from the 1940 edition of Bartholomew’s Reference Atlas of Greater London. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-4.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="637" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-4-1024x637.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14935" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-4-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-4-300x187.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-4-768x478.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-4-1536x955.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-4-624x388.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-4.jpg 1820w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>Here we can see Carter Lane running from Blackfriars Lane in the west, to Old Change in the east. The area above the right section of the street, above the word “Lane”, now the site of gardens and visitor centre was then built up, with Black Swan Court running between Carter Lane and St Paul’s Church Yard.</p> <p>There are a couple of key buildings highlighted in dark red in the above map, which I will come to later in the post.</p> <p>The Carter Lane of the above two maps, was not the original Carter Lane. To see the original Carter Lane, and many of the side streets and alleys that we can still find today, we need to look at Rocque’s map of 1746:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-5-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="806" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-5-1024x806.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14936" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-5-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-5-300x236.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-5-768x605.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-5-1536x1209.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-5-2048x1613.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-5-624x491.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>In the above map, running where Carter Lane is today, we find three named streets. From left to right: Shoe Makers Row, Great Carter Lane (underneath the circled number 15), and Little Carter Lane.</p> <p>Harben’s “Dictionary of London” gives the first mention of the street as Carterstrete in 1295, with Great and Little Carter Lane’s appearing prior to 1677.</p> <p>Great and Little Carter Lane, along with Shoe Makers Row were abolished in 1866 when the whole street became simply Carter Lane.</p> <p>Many references on the Internet refer to the name of the lane being associated with carts, however Harben attributes the name: <em>“the early forms of the name suggest that it was intended to commemorate a former owner of property there”</em>. Many streets were named after either owners of the land, property on the street, or an original builder, so whilst is is impossible to be sure of the source of a centuries old name, Harben’s does sound the most probable.</p> <p>Time for a walk along Carter Lane. In the following photo, I am standing at the junction of Carter Lane and Godliman Street, looking east.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-6-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-6-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14937" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-6-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-6-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-6-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-6-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-6-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-6-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>This is the section that was Little Carter Lane in Rocque’s map. </p> <p>Today, only one side is built, and the lane is a pedestrian walkway with gardens to the north. The area was badly damaged by fire during bombing on the night of the 29th December 1940 and the northern side of Carter Lane was not rebuilt after the war. It is now gardens, with the building on left being the City of London Visitor Centre.</p> <p>Looking in the opposite direction, and the following photo shows the section that was Great Carter Lane in Rocque’s map of 1746:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-7-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-7-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14938" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-7-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-7-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-7-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-7-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-7-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-7-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>Walking along the street, and the building on the right is the old home of the St Paul’s Cathedral (Choir) School. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-8-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-8-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14939" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-8-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-8-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-8-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-8-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-8-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-8-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>Purpose built for the school in 1874, the school moved to a new building in New Change during the 1960s, when Carter Lane was threatened with a road widening scheme which thankfully was not carried out. The building is now one of the hostels of the Youth Hostels Association.</p> <p>There is some rather ornate decoration on the walls of the old St Paul’s Cathedral School:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-37-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="629" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-37-1024x629.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14976" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-37-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-37-300x184.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-37-768x472.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-37-1536x943.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-37-2048x1258.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-37-624x383.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>To the left of where I was standing to take the above photo, there is a modern building. Look carefully on the pillar to the right and there is a plaque:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-10-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-10-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14940" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-10-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-10-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-10-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-10-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-10-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-10-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>The plaque records that the Bell originally stood on the site, and it was in the Bell that Richard Quiney wrote to William Shakespeare, and his letter is the only letter addressed to Shakespeare known to remain.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-9-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-9-1024x680.jpg" alt="The Bell tavern" class="wp-image-14941" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-9-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-9-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-9-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-9-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-9-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-9-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>A photo of the letter can be seen on the site of the <a href="https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/blogs/quiney-letter-25th-october-1598/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Shakespeare Birthplace Trust here</a>.</p> <p>The Bell was a very old pub. The earliest written reference I could find to the pub dates from a report in the Kentish Gazette on the 12th October 1776, when it was reported that on the previous Sunday, Mr Milward, master of the Bell inn, Carter-lane, Doctors Commons had died.</p> <p>The address of the Bell inn in the above report included “Doctors Commons”. Doctors Commons was the general name used for an area between Carter Lane and what is now Queen Victoria Street that included the College of Advocates and Doctors of Law, along with Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts. </p> <p>The buildings were demolished in 1867 after the functions of the College and Courts had been consolidated into other roles, or been abolished. </p> <p>In David Copperfield, Charles Dickens had Steerforth describing Doctors Commons as:</p> <p><em>“It’s a little out of the way place, where they administer what is called ecclesiastical law, and play all kinds of tricks with obsolete old monsters of acts of Parliament, which three-fourths of the world know nothing about, and the other fourth supposes to have been dug up, in a fossil state, in the days of the Edwards. It’s a place that has an ancient monopoly in suits about people’s wills and people’s marriages, and disputes among ships and boats”.</em></p> <p>The Bell was demolished at the end of the 19th century to make way for the Post Office Savings Bank building referenced in the plaque by the mention of the Post Master General. Prior to demolition, the Bell seems to have been a thriving establishment, as can be seen from this advert in the Morning Advertiser on the 24th February 1869 when the Bell was for sale due to the ill-health of the current proprietor:</p> <p>“<em>BELL TAVERN AND WINE-VAULTS occupying a most commanding corner position in one of the busiest and most improving parts of the City of London, close to St. Paul’s in a much frequented thoroughfare, and surrounded by many vast mercantile Establishments, affording an almost unlimited variety of sources of the best class of trade. The billiard-tables alone realise sufficient to pay the rent, and the extremely profitable nature of the business generally in the City is universally admitted”</em>.</p> <p>A shame that after the above sale, this centuries old pub would have less than thirty years left.</p> <p>The Bell inn was on the corner of Carter Lane and Bell Yard which can be seen in the Rocque map. Bell Yard sort of still exists as New Bell Yard, an alley between two modern buildings:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-11-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-11-1024x680.jpg" alt="New Bell Yard" class="wp-image-14942" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-11-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-11-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-11-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-11-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-11-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-11-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>As we walk further along Carter Lane, we come to the part that survived the fires that surrounded St Paul’s Cathedral during the 1940s. Epic Pies on the corner of Carter Lane and Addle Hill:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-12-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-12-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14943" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-12-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-12-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-12-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-12-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-12-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-12-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>Addle Hill is worth a quick walk down, to see a survival from the late 19th century Post Office building, which can be seen half way down the building on the left:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-13-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-13-1024x680.jpg" alt="Addle Hill" class="wp-image-14944" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-13-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-13-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-13-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-13-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-13-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-13-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>Go back to the 1940 map, and on the block occupied by the building on the left of the above photo was a building called Faraday Building. This was part of the complex of Post Office buildings in the area that formed one of the London hubs of the growing telephone network. </p> <p>The original late 19th century door surround to the Post Office building has been retained:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-14-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-14-680x1024.jpg" alt="Faraday Building" class="wp-image-14945" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-14-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-14-199x300.jpg 199w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-14-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-14-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-14-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-14-624x940.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-14-scaled.jpg 1700w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></a></figure> <p>The plaque records that this was the <em>“Former site of Faraday Building North, City, Central, Long Distance and International Telephone Exchanges, 1902 to 1982”</em>.</p> <p>For much of the life of the Faraday Building, long distance and international telephone calls would need to be connected by an operator, and hundreds of operators worked in the building, sitting at desks labelled with the country that was connected to their desk. the operator would manually plug in patch cables to connect a caller to the destination’s telephone network.</p> <p>An example of a small part of the operator positions in the Faraday Building is shown in the following photo (with Addle Hill labelled as the emergency exit above the Montreal position – from the booklet “<a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-books/it-can-now-be-revealed/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Post Office Went To War</a>“):</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-38-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="675" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-38-1024x675.jpg" alt="Telephone Operators Faraday Building" class="wp-image-14977" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-38-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-38-300x198.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-38-768x506.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-38-1536x1012.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-38-2048x1349.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-38-624x411.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>Continuing down Carter Lane, and we can see the building that was the hairdresser in the photo at the top of the post, along with the Rising Sun pub:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-15-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-15-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14946" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-15-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-15-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-15-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-15-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-15-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-15-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>But before we come to the home of the hairdressers, we pass the entrance to Wardrobe Place.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-16-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="666" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-16-1024x666.jpg" alt="Wardrobe Place" class="wp-image-14947" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-16-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-16-300x195.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-16-768x500.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-16-1536x999.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-16-2048x1332.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-16-624x406.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>Wardrobe Place was so named as up until the Great Fire of 1666, it was the site of the King’s Wardrobe (the storage, administration and expenditure office for the King). The Wardrobe was moved here from the Tower in the 1360s into the mansion owned by Sir John Beauchampe. From Stow’s Survey of London:</p> <p><em>“Then is the kings greate Wardrobe, Sir John Beauchampe, knight of the Garter, Constable of Dover, Warden of the Sinke Portes builded this house, was lodged there, deceased in the yeare 1359.  His Executors sold the house to King Edware the third”.</em></p> <p>We then come to the site of the 1980s hairdressers at number 59a Carter Lane. which was on the corner of Carter Lane and St Andrew’s Hill:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-17-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-17-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14948" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-17-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-17-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-17-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-17-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-17-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-17-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>In between the hairdressers and becoming a food / coffee take-away and cafe, the site was home to KK Newsagents in the 1990s.</p> <p>Although the café / takeaway has now closed, there are still a number of these in Carter Lane. We perhaps think that the vast number of such establishments on London’s streets is a recent phenomena, however there has always been a need to provide food and drink for those who lived and worked in the City. </p> <p>In the 1895 Post Office directory, there were five listed:</p> <ul><li>Number 29: Florence Jones-Albrt, Dining Rooms</li><li>Number 55; Miss Sarah Ann Ash, Coffee Rooms</li><li>Number 66; Miss Eliza Louise Catchpole, St Ann’s Coffee House</li><li>Number 75; William Clemenace, Dining Rooms</li><li>Number 79; Charles Batchelor, Dining Rooms</li></ul> <p>I suspect the number of such establishments can be used as a measure of the number of people working in the City, and similar to number 59a, many of these have closed over the last year. </p> <p>St Andrew’s Hill leads down to Queen Victoria Street, opposite where Puddle Dock was originally located and according to George Cunningham in his 1927 Survey of London, was originally called Puddledock Hill (although I have been unable to find any other reference that confirms this, however it could well have been an earlier or alternative name as the street leads up from both Puddle Dock and the church of St. Andrew’s by the Wardrobe.)</p> <p>One of the Bollards outside number 59a. This is different to the 1980s photo, and I am not sure of the age of either the bollard, or the City of London name panel which appears to slot over the bollard.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-18-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-18-680x1024.jpg" alt="City of London" class="wp-image-14949" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-18-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-18-199x300.jpg 199w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-18-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-18-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-18-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-18-624x940.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-18-scaled.jpg 1700w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></a></figure> <p>On the St Andrews Hill side of number 59a is a boundary marker on the right:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-19-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-19-1024x680.jpg" alt="At Andrews Hill" class="wp-image-14950" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-19-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-19-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-19-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-19-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-19-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-19-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>And an FP plate on the left. According to a document on the Essex Fire Brigade web site, FP stands for Fire Plug. Apparently in the early days of the fire service, and when many underground water pipes were made out of wood, firemen would dig down to the water main and bore a small, circular hole in the pipe to obtain a supply of water to fight the fire.</p> <p>When finished, they would put a wooden plug into the hole, and leave an FP plate on a nearby wall to alert future firefighters that a water main with a plug already existed. </p> <p>When wooden pipes were replaced by cast iron pipes in the 19th century, workmen would often bore a small hole in the pipe and fit with a wooden plug when they saw an FP plate. </p> <p>This would later be replaced with the Fire Hydrant method, which would be identified by a large H.</p> <p>Just after number 59a, we come to the part of Carter Lane, that on Rocque’s map was in 1746 called Shoe Makers Row:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-20-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-20-680x1024.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14951" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-20-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-20-199x300.jpg 199w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-20-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-20-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-20-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-20-624x940.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-20-scaled.jpg 1700w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></a></figure> <p>It is still a distinctive section of the overall street, as at the end of what was Great Carter Lane, the street narrows considerably into Shoe Makers Row.</p> <p>However, before continuing further, there are a number of interesting buildings and streets at this junction of streets.</p> <p>The building in the middle of the following photo once had a ground floor with symmetrical doors on either side, and possibly a much grander entrance or windows in the centre. It has now been modified somewhat by an entrance cut into the face, possibly as access to a goods loading bay or car parking. It is often how buildings survive over time in the City if not completely demolished, by being modified for different use. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-21-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-21-680x1024.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14952" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-21-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-21-199x300.jpg 199w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-21-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-21-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-21-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-21-624x940.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-21-scaled.jpg 1700w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></a></figure> <p>On the corner of Carter Lane and Burgon Street is the Rising Sun, a Grade II listed, early / mid 19th century building, the Rising Sun is a typical City pub.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-22-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-22-1024x680.jpg" alt="Rising Sun pub" class="wp-image-14953" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-22-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-22-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-22-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-22-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-22-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-22-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>And to the right of the above photo, leading north from Carter Lane, is Creed Lane, another old City street that is currently blocked off as part of a building site:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-23-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-23-1024x680.jpg" alt="Creed Lane" class="wp-image-14954" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-23-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-23-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-23-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-23-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-23-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-23-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>Continuing on down Carter Lane, and although the previous section of the street was not that wide, the section that was Shoe Makers Row is a much narrower street. There are very few written references to the street, and I suspect that the original name of the street refers to the trade that was carried out here.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-24-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-24-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14955" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-24-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-24-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-24-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-24-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-24-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-24-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>This section of the street feels older than the rest of Carter Lane, and leading off from the street are a number of alleys.</p> <p>In the following photo is Cobb’s Court:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-25-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-25-680x1024.jpg" alt="Cobb's Court" class="wp-image-14956" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-25-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-25-199x300.jpg 199w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-25-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-25-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-25-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-25-624x940.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-25-scaled.jpg 1700w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></a></figure> <p>According to Harben, Cobb’s Court was first mentioned in 1677, and the name originally referred to a central court, with the passage leading down to Carter Lane (the section shown in the above photo) called Postboy Passage. We can see this original name in the extract from Rocque’s 1746 map at the start of the post.</p> <p>Standing in Cobb’s Court, we can look across Carter Lane to another alley, this time leading south:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-26-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-26-680x1024.jpg" alt="Cobb's Court" class="wp-image-14957" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-26-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-26-199x300.jpg 199w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-26-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-26-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-26-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-26-624x940.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-26-scaled.jpg 1700w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></a></figure> <p>This alley has the rather unusual name of Church Entry:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-27-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-27-680x1024.jpg" alt="Church Entry" class="wp-image-14958" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-27-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-27-199x300.jpg 199w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-27-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-27-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-27-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-27-624x940.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-27-scaled.jpg 1700w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></a></figure> <p>Harben records that the name was first mentioned in 1677, and in 1559 was called Church Lane.</p> <p>A short distance along Church Entry, there is a raised garden:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-28-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-28-1024x680.jpg" alt="Church Entry" class="wp-image-14959" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-28-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-28-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-28-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-28-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-28-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-28-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>A plaque mounted on the railings providing some background as to the name of the alley, the garden, and the location being part of the church of the Dominican priory at Blackfriars.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-29-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-29-1024x680.jpg" alt="Church Entry" class="wp-image-14960" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-29-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-29-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-29-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-29-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-29-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-29-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>After the dissolution, the land and buildings were sold, and it appears that Church Entry may have been formed when new, or perhaps a division of the existing buildings, allowed the alley to be formed. </p> <p>The earlier religious nature of the area changed considerably over the following years, and we can get an impression of the street in the middle of the 18th century from the following report from Pope’s Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette on the 9th June 1763:</p> <p><em>“Yesterday morning, about Three o’Clock, two young men, one a Peruke-maker, the other a Watch-maker, went into a House of ill Fame in Church Entry, Black-friars, when a Dispute arose about paying the Reckoning; on which the old Bawd gave the Barber a violent blow on the Head with a Poker, and called a soldier, who was then in the House, to her Assistance, who fell upon them with the aforesaid Weapon; the Watch-maker, in his Defence, drew a Knife and cut the Soldier cross the Belly, who was carried to St Batholomew’s Hospital, where he lies dangerously ill. The Barber has received a most dreadful Blow on his Head, several inches in length, quite to his Brain; and, with the Mistress of the House and one of the prostitutes, is committed to Clerkenwell Bridewell; and the Watch-maker, who is charged with wounding the Soldier, is committed to New Prison, Clerkenwell”</em>.</p> <p>It is fascinating to think about these events when standing in the alley, and the amount of individual stories that could be told about every London street and alley is one of the overwhelming things about researching the city.</p> <p>There is one rather unqiue building remaining in Church Entry:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-30-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="657" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-30-657x1024.jpg" alt="Church Entry" class="wp-image-14961" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-30-657x1024.jpg 657w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-30-192x300.jpg 192w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-30-768x1197.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-30-985x1536.jpg 985w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-30-1314x2048.jpg 1314w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-30-624x973.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-30-scaled.jpg 1642w" sizes="(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px" /></a></figure> <p>This is the Vestry Hall of St Ann’s Church. </p> <p>Although the church of St Ann’s was not rebuilt after the Great Fire in 1666, the vestry hall seems to have continued. The building we see now is much later than the original church, having been built in 1905 and is now Grade II listed.</p> <p>St Ann’s Vestry Hall is now home to the Ancient Monuments Society and the Friends of Friendless Churches.</p> <p>Walking back up to Carter Lane, and a little further along are two rather special buildings. Both of these buildings, although considerably changed over the years, date back to the late 17th century. On the left is 79 Carter Lane, and part of number 81 is on the right.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-31-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-31-680x1024.jpg" alt="17th Century houses" class="wp-image-14962" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-31-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-31-199x300.jpg 199w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-31-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-31-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-31-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-31-624x940.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-31-scaled.jpg 1700w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></a></figure> <p>They are both Grade II listed, and the <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359137" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Historic England listing for number 79 reads</a>:</p> <p><em>“Possibly late C17, stuccoed in C19. 3 storeys plus continuous dormer. 2 windows. Shop. Corniced 1st floor windows. Crowning cornice and parapet.”</em></p> <p><a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1191945" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">And for number 81:</a></p> <p><em>“Late C17, stuccoed and altered. 3 storeys plus continuous dormer in roof. 3 windows. Shop and passageway. Storey-bands. Parapet.”</em></p> <p>Remarkable to think that there could be buildings that at their core date back to the late 17th century in the heart of the City. </p> <p>I started the post with a hairdresser / barber, and I am almost finishing the post with another one, as at ground level at number 79 is the closed Carter Lane Barbershop. </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-32-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-32-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Court" class="wp-image-14963" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-32-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-32-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-32-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-32-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-32-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-32-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>Under number 81, and between numbers 79 and 81 is another alley, Carter Court:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-33-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-33-680x1024.jpg" alt="Carter Court" class="wp-image-14964" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-33-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-33-199x300.jpg 199w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-33-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-33-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-33-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-33-624x940.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-33-scaled.jpg 1700w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></a></figure> <p>Referring back to the Rocque map, and in 1746, Carter Court was called Flower de Lis Court. I double checked this with Richard Horwood’s map of 1799, and the same name appears to cover the court.</p> <p>There were a number of alleys and courts in London with variations on the Flower de Lis name, and no clear source for the name, with a number of possible origins including the name of a wharf, a tenement, or a tavern. </p> <p>Walking down what is now Carter Court, and looking at the wall of number 81 we can get a sense of the age of the building and the construction methods and materials used as the building has been repaired and modified over the centuries. It is extremely rare to see this exposed form of construction.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-34-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="680" height="1024" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-34-680x1024.jpg" alt="17th century houses" class="wp-image-14965" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-34-680x1024.jpg 680w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-34-199x300.jpg 199w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-34-768x1156.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-34-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-34-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-34-624x940.jpg 624w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-34-scaled.jpg 1700w" sizes="(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px" /></a></figure> <p>Further down the court, there is more evidence of the early date of construction, and at the end, a small window opening into the court.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-35-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-35-1024x680.jpg" alt="17th century houses" class="wp-image-14966" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-35-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-35-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-35-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-35-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-35-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-35-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>I have now reached the end of Carter Lane, the point where the street meets Ludgate Broadway and Black Friars Lane. Looking back up the street, to what was Shoe Makers Row, with the oldest buildings on the street, numbers 79 and 81, on the right.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-36-scaled.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="680" src="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-36-1024x680.jpg" alt="Carter Lane" class="wp-image-14967" srcset="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-36-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-36-300x199.jpg 300w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-36-768x510.jpg 768w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-36-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-36-2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Carter-Lane-36-624x414.jpg 624w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p>With the exception of the part of the street that was Little Carter Lane, and the western end of Great Carter Lane, the rest of the street was not destroyed by wartime bombing. Victorian building along the street was relatively modest, and much of this 19th century and early 20th century building occupied the original plots of land.</p> <p>Carter Lane is today part of the St. Paul’s Cathedral Conservation Area which should give the street some protection.</p> <p>A street that is well worth a walk, and where a sense of the historic City of London can still be found.</p> <p class="has-text-align-center"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">alondoninheritance.com</a></p> <div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/" data-text="Carter Lane - 17th Century Houses, Hairdressers and Alleys" data-via="VanishedLondon" >Tweet</a></li><li class="share-facebook"><div class="fb-share-button" data-href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/" data-layout="button_count"></div></li><li><a href="#" class="sharing-anchor sd-button share-more"><span>More</span></a></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul><div class="sharing-hidden"><div class="inner" style="display: none;width:150px;"><ul style="background-image:none;"><li class="share-bluesky"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-bluesky-14931" class="share-bluesky sd-button" href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/?share=bluesky" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Bluesky" ><span>Bluesky</span></a></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div> <div id='jp-relatedposts' class='jp-relatedposts' > <h3 class="jp-relatedposts-headline"><em>Related</em></h3> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> This entry was posted in <a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/category/london-streets/" rel="category tag">London Streets</a> and tagged <a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/tag/city-of-london/" rel="tag">City of London</a> on <a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/" title="6:30 am" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2021-07-25T06:30:00+00:00">July 25, 2021</time></a><span class="by-author"> by <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://alondoninheritance.com/author/admin/" title="View all posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span></span>. </footer> </article> <nav class="nav-single"> <h3 class="assistive-text">Post navigation</h3> <span class="nav-previous"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-history/living-in-stepney/" rel="prev"><span class="meta-nav">←</span> Living in Stepney</a></span> <span class="nav-next"><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/cycling-around-britain/the-strange-story-of-the-biddenden-maids/" rel="next">The Strange Story of the Biddenden Maids <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></span> </nav> <div id="comments" class="comments-area"> <h2 class="comments-title"> 33 thoughts on “<span>Carter Lane – 17th Century Houses, Hairdressers and Alleys</span>” </h2> <ol class="commentlist"> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-576405"> <article id="comment-576405" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4fb3c6e924f51227a77e9d260b359b18?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4fb3c6e924f51227a77e9d260b359b18?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Amy</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576405"><time datetime="2021-07-25T07:28:42+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 7:28 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Another enjoyable and fascinating read! thanks you so much.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576405' data-commentid="576405" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576405" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Amy" aria-label='Reply to Amy'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-576406"> <article id="comment-576406" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0e55b92a389c335c3a274f3c70df987b?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0e55b92a389c335c3a274f3c70df987b?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Bruce Fleming</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576406"><time datetime="2021-07-25T07:39:28+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 7:39 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Richard Trench in London Before the Blitz records that on the night of 29 December 1940, the direction of the wind abruptly changed during the firestorm, which stopped Faraday House being engulfed.</p> <p>I once heard that the wooden repairs on the right-hand side of Carter Court survived the Great Fire but that is purely anecdotal at this stage.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576406' data-commentid="576406" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576406" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Bruce Fleming" aria-label='Reply to Bruce Fleming'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="li-comment-576412"> <article id="comment-576412" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3c74ca81bcb8fedc7021a6ca266051e7?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3c74ca81bcb8fedc7021a6ca266051e7?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Amir Khwaja</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576412"><time datetime="2021-07-25T08:36:25+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 8:36 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Really interesting post on a street I regularly walk down these days as it is without doubt one of the most atmospheric streets in the City of London. Next time will look much more carefully at the insights you highlight in your article, thank you.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576412' data-commentid="576412" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576412" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Amir Khwaja" aria-label='Reply to Amir Khwaja'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-576411"> <article id="comment-576411" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9287fa3bee6ea4bcd4e3cfaec37c559c?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9287fa3bee6ea4bcd4e3cfaec37c559c?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Mr Bruce Sandeman-Craik</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576411"><time datetime="2021-07-25T08:27:29+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 8:27 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Well done! I can feel a sense of the history in the whole of this article – fascinating.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576411' data-commentid="576411" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576411" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Mr Bruce Sandeman-Craik" aria-label='Reply to Mr Bruce Sandeman-Craik'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="li-comment-946509"> <article id="comment-946509" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b4c5b10ba992377305dc84e7bd213041?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b4c5b10ba992377305dc84e7bd213041?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">John Edwards</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-946509"><time datetime="2023-11-26T00:10:54+00:00">November 26, 2023 at 12:10 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>I am the owner and resident of 75 Carter Lane, and self-built the conversion of this warehouse building from an office to our home from 2014 to 2018. I dug a sub-basement and found a Tudor cesspit full of artefacts, of which MOLA only took one: an ivory dildo. It is destined for the new museum. Please get in touch if you want to see what else we found, and I will show you how we restored and exposed the 1868 structural elements.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-946509' data-commentid="946509" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-946509" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to John Edwards" aria-label='Reply to John Edwards'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-576413"> <article id="comment-576413" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5bfa2eba8907d25e7b6e22ea77729b1f?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5bfa2eba8907d25e7b6e22ea77729b1f?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Colin Lennon</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576413"><time datetime="2021-07-25T08:37:26+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 8:37 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Thanks for this post in particular, as this is one of my favourite parts of The City. It has been really sad, and somewhat spooky, to see it devoid of people for so long – hence the closed premises that you report. A number of my old haunts, cafes, bars and restaurants are still closed or have gone altogether and I wonder if it will ever be as busy as it used to be. Having said that, the Rising Sun was quite crowded this last Thursday and the general footfall was definitely up – so there is hope!</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576413' data-commentid="576413" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576413" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Colin Lennon" aria-label='Reply to Colin Lennon'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-576415"> <article id="comment-576415" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ff7e61f46a7dd507e32ba2f3c164ad06?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ff7e61f46a7dd507e32ba2f3c164ad06?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Annie Green</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576415"><time datetime="2021-07-25T08:44:48+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 8:44 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>What a wonderful accompaniment to my Sunday morning coffee. I have often walked up and down this street, wondering at the array of different building styles and, indeed, I use the little alleyways as a short cut to avoid the busier, noisier main roads. It is a delight to see a London street that has been allowed to adapt itself over the centuries. Thanks also for explaining fire plugs, which have always puzzled me. Now, this might help you with the bollard question. <a href="http://www.metadyne.co.uk/n-bollards.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.metadyne.co.uk/n-bollards.html</a></p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576415' data-commentid="576415" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576415" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Annie Green" aria-label='Reply to Annie Green'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-576419"> <article id="comment-576419" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/15e20d9e9a5fb30fdede3f908e2015d0?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/15e20d9e9a5fb30fdede3f908e2015d0?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn"><a href="http://Ramrock%20Records" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Jo</a></b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576419"><time datetime="2021-07-25T09:12:25+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 9:12 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Thank you again for a fabulous post. I used to work down St Andrews Hill in the 1970’s for a commodity firm. We used to get free copies of the Observer colour supplement (without the adverts) on a Tuesday from the printers opposite. I used to think this was very glamourous. I used to draw the graphs (by hand) of various stock markets including the Italian Stock Market and every Friday I would walk to Fleet Street to buy a copy of Corriera della Sera for the stock prices. That meant walking across a bomb site near Carter Street and just before Ludgate Hill. I always liked that area and would spend my lunchtimes wandering around.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576419' data-commentid="576419" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576419" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jo" aria-label='Reply to Jo'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-576426"> <article id="comment-576426" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9d1017587c6edd1d4d57ed0b98117d27?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9d1017587c6edd1d4d57ed0b98117d27?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Tim Kettley</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576426"><time datetime="2021-07-25T10:57:29+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 10:57 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>I worked in the Faraday Building in early 1970’s. Knew parts of Carter Lane very well.<br /> A note about the preserved doorway to the Post Office Building, now in Addle Hill. This was originally in Carter Lane opposite what was then AA cafe(on corner of Dean Street)<br /> A reincarnation of ‘The Bell” pub was at the bottom right of Addle Hill.(a Charrington Pub) now also no more</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576426' data-commentid="576426" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576426" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Tim Kettley" aria-label='Reply to Tim Kettley'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-835371"> <article id="comment-835371" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/412d59d1831c69a950465f7434d2a152?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/412d59d1831c69a950465f7434d2a152?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Lesley Holmes</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-835371"><time datetime="2023-02-01T20:14:00+00:00">February 1, 2023 at 8:14 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>I worked in Faraday 2A from 1972 till it’s closure in 1982.Lunchtimes spent in the Bell, and breakfasts from the AA cafe. Those were the days!!</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-835371' data-commentid="835371" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-835371" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Lesley Holmes" aria-label='Reply to Lesley Holmes'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-576431"> <article id="comment-576431" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6c2cd8a195dbb7046602affbe58600c9?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6c2cd8a195dbb7046602affbe58600c9?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Scott</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576431"><time datetime="2021-07-25T11:48:23+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 11:48 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>The picture taken at the junction to show the modification undertaken at the once grand entrance – the building next to it, with the Latin inscription above. Can you reveal more about its purpose?</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576431' data-commentid="576431" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576431" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Scott" aria-label='Reply to Scott'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-576433"> <article id="comment-576433" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6720d0d2bbcdd4b733ca676b90d0cc2e?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6720d0d2bbcdd4b733ca676b90d0cc2e?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">John Smith</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576433"><time datetime="2021-07-25T12:37:39+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 12:37 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>The inscription is Galatians 6:14. Soon afterward, Amen Court was built in the building’s concurrent initiative. I lived at the bottom of Addle Hill 1941- 1963. Abundant memories of Carter Lane currently being penned.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576433' data-commentid="576433" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576433" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to John Smith" aria-label='Reply to John Smith'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-576437"> <article id="comment-576437" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3fa1dba0262df3be110c7cfc145775a7?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3fa1dba0262df3be110c7cfc145775a7?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Helen Goodship</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576437"><time datetime="2021-07-25T14:01:18+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 2:01 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Did you come across any traces of Carter Lane Presbyterian Chapel? Several well-known preachers were based there, and people used to walk a long way to hear them. It was built in 1734 and the congregation moved in 1860 to Islington.<br /> I do not know whereabouts in Carter Lane it was. Most accounts refer to it being at Carter Lane, Doctors Commons. You might think there would be a drawing or even a photo, but I have not found one.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576437' data-commentid="576437" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576437" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Helen Goodship" aria-label='Reply to Helen Goodship'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-576441"> <article id="comment-576441" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5041df97c7d2b61f5f747386943a7037?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5041df97c7d2b61f5f747386943a7037?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Lori</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576441"><time datetime="2021-07-25T14:06:55+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 2:06 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Thanks so much for taking us on a well guided stroll along Carter St. one of my favourite warrens of London. A really atmospheric and unspoilt part of the City seemingly relatively forgotten .So pleased to see by your photos that it is not yet spoilt by money, money,money modern development. </p> <p>Walter De la Mare was a boarder at the St Pauls Choir School and there is a fascinating description of life there in the late 19th century in Theresa Whistler’s<br /> ” The Life of Walter de la Mare”. De la Mare was much influenced by the air of mystery that haunts these streets and it remained a rich hinterland for many of his later short stories.</p> <p>Hope you rewarded yourself with a pint at the Blackfriars pub at the end.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576441' data-commentid="576441" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576441" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Lori" aria-label='Reply to Lori'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-576448"> <article id="comment-576448" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3093504272c2a9a2ceef4d84622d08a0?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3093504272c2a9a2ceef4d84622d08a0?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">R.L. Moore</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576448"><time datetime="2021-07-25T15:00:05+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 3:00 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>A lovely account, as always. Brought back many memories of similar strolls that I would make through the area back in 1987-1991. One of my favorite sections of the City; I always felt that you got a very good sense of the general appearance and closeness of the City overall by strolling this area. Thank you once again for allowing this Yank to indulge in his memories of London.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576448' data-commentid="576448" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576448" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to R.L. Moore" aria-label='Reply to R.L. Moore'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-576451"> <article id="comment-576451" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3461cfe7654e8fb794b35ecc9615fe38?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3461cfe7654e8fb794b35ecc9615fe38?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Greg</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576451"><time datetime="2021-07-25T15:13:50+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 3:13 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Much as with your post on Roupell Street, this is another blog about a street that I frequented due to my work place, though this time another job. I used to work at 160 Queen Victoria Street, and there was a rear entrance we could use that took us up one of the many alleys to what is the bit of Carter Lane that would have previously been “Shoe Makers Lane.” Frequented many of the takeaways there for lunch, and especially liked L’Express for there take away salads. And after work, a grand selection of pubs in the area, including the Rising Sun. I didn’t know it was listed, but glad to hear it as it’d be a shame to lose it.</p> <p>Interesting to know the story behind Wardrobe Court. I had wondered about what the history of that name was walking past it many times.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576451' data-commentid="576451" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576451" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Greg" aria-label='Reply to Greg'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-576459"> <article id="comment-576459" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/889b56fd631c4fcce842ab375a4796e9?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/889b56fd631c4fcce842ab375a4796e9?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Jacqueline McPherson</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576459"><time datetime="2021-07-25T16:41:06+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 4:41 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>I have sat reading this – Spellbound – oh the joy, the unbridled joy I felt at looking through so many little alleys – thank-you so much for your posting of this and of your weekly postings</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576459' data-commentid="576459" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576459" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jacqueline McPherson" aria-label='Reply to Jacqueline McPherson'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-576464"> <article id="comment-576464" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68431871ad390f061fa864554ccb1167?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/68431871ad390f061fa864554ccb1167?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">john conder</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576464"><time datetime="2021-07-25T18:02:27+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 6:02 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Thank you for this superb posting</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576464' data-commentid="576464" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576464" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to john conder" aria-label='Reply to john conder'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-576500"> <article id="comment-576500" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a841507d8211e96168ddeb6d50bbf167?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a841507d8211e96168ddeb6d50bbf167?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Ruth Richardson</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576500"><time datetime="2021-07-25T21:59:44+00:00">July 25, 2021 at 9:59 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>I am so grateful to hear that there’s some protection for the Shoemaker’s end of Carter Lane. I have loved it ever since I first discovered it, and have been delighted to see confirmed that some of the buildings are REALLY old (though I worry about that building site – what has been destroyed?) You might extend the walk to include Apothecaries’ Hall, where Keats qualified as a doctor, and Playhouse Yard behind it. One thing leads to another! The closeness of the houses in Carter Lane gives such a sense of old London, and the interest of them in their variety is a pleasure to explore, not unlike that little area just to the west of St Martin’s Lane. THANK-YOU!</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576500' data-commentid="576500" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576500" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Ruth Richardson" aria-label='Reply to Ruth Richardson'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-576901"> <article id="comment-576901" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/00ceb06357efd02b8f821417557103d5?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/00ceb06357efd02b8f821417557103d5?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Malcolm</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576901"><time datetime="2021-07-26T23:10:31+00:00">July 26, 2021 at 11:10 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Ruth,</p> <p>You wonder what has been destroyed by the building site on Creed Lane. The archive facility in Google Street View shows the building in 2018: <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/TmpjvQBDVmVkxtuj7" rel="nofollow ugc">https://goo.gl/maps/TmpjvQBDVmVkxtuj7</a> but appearances are deceptive. The building was not Victorian but was built in the 1980s as a pastiche of a Victorian building. A detailed report on the historic aspects of the buildings being redeveloped was prepared in 2014 as part of the planning application and can be found as a pdf on the City of London’s website at <a href="https://bit.ly/2TDiPz1" rel="nofollow ugc">https://bit.ly/2TDiPz1</a>.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576901' data-commentid="576901" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576901" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Malcolm" aria-label='Reply to Malcolm'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-576546"> <article id="comment-576546" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/87c3c1ca058a6f252547879078a5d789?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/87c3c1ca058a6f252547879078a5d789?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">John Smith</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-576546"><time datetime="2021-07-26T07:56:30+00:00">July 26, 2021 at 7:56 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Ludgate Sq. Site: a bootmender in Creed lane in the 40s/50s had a little sign which read, “God helps those who help themselves, but God help those who I catch helping themselves “.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-576546' data-commentid="576546" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-576546" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to John Smith" aria-label='Reply to John Smith'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-579149"> <article id="comment-579149" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/41433333c31f0b31ae01c1af1d44378b?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/41433333c31f0b31ae01c1af1d44378b?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Peter Browning</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-579149"><time datetime="2021-08-01T11:29:04+00:00">August 1, 2021 at 11:29 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>As Always as absorbing read -very atmospheric just looking at the picture .</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-579149' data-commentid="579149" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-579149" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Peter Browning" aria-label='Reply to Peter Browning'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-579548"> <article id="comment-579548" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7b1ede3f6aef094b8b24c56042a35db4?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7b1ede3f6aef094b8b24c56042a35db4?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Geoff Lavers</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-579548"><time datetime="2021-08-03T17:36:59+00:00">August 3, 2021 at 5:36 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Wardrobe Place is worth a peek; lovely Georgian houses in a completely enclosed courtyard. A unique experience in the heart of the city.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-579548' data-commentid="579548" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-579548" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Geoff Lavers" aria-label='Reply to Geoff Lavers'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-821780"> <article id="comment-821780" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6ace44786b8b4d37f9bf4401259ad9b9?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6ace44786b8b4d37f9bf4401259ad9b9?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn"><a href="http://none" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Heather Fenton</a></b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-821780"><time datetime="2022-11-17T19:10:22+00:00">November 17, 2022 at 7:10 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Why nothing about Routledge & Kegan Paul, the academic book publishers that occupied numbers 68 – 74 Carter Lane on the north side of the west end of the lane.)? I worked as their publicity designer and print buyer / Production Assistant there from 1967 – 71. The building was formerly occupied by the publishing firm George Routledge, and upon entering the double doors from the street there was a large ornate mirror on the wall with ‘George Routledge, Publishes’ on it. The building, which survived the blitz unblemished, had several floors, First the offices, reception and telephone operator and the despatch area, the ‘binding room’, paper purchasing and book production departments. The Board Room, known as ‘the Basket’ , was on the first floor plus a room specimen copies of their publications, and some editorial offices. The top two floors held the warehouse and the archives were in the basement. It was a great place if rather dark because al the buildings in Carter Lane are very close together. At 5pm I would have to crick my neck to peer up at the tiny arch of sky I could see, to discover whether it was raining outside!<br /> I loved it there, was pleased with my salary of £600 (yes, six hundred) – and the promise of £1000 a year by the time I was 21 (an adult) plus 2/6d (12.5pence in new money Luncheon Vouchers for a free lunch each day!!</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-821780' data-commentid="821780" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-821780" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Heather Fenton" aria-label='Reply to Heather Fenton'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment even depth-2" id="li-comment-849146"> <article id="comment-849146" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/21c4b46a18e8ca5eb247141b1869bfea?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/21c4b46a18e8ca5eb247141b1869bfea?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn"><a href="http://A%20London%20Inheritance" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Don Pedley</a></b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-849146"><time datetime="2023-04-12T15:27:22+00:00">April 12, 2023 at 3:27 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Interesting to hear you worked at Routledge Publishing as 68-74 as you may know is now totally residential, converted 1n 1999. My apartment is on the first floor. There are 15 leaseholders, with share of the freehold. Budding authors still sometimes write letters to the address. After Routledge moved Reuters News occupied the building followed by Finsbury Data Services. Opposite is also now residential converted into one very large house. It used to be a commodity broker. Many of the properties at the old “shoe maker” end of Carter Lane are now residential, some with restaurants at street level.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-849146' data-commentid="849146" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-849146" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Don Pedley" aria-label='Reply to Don Pedley'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment odd alt depth-3" id="li-comment-891670"> <article id="comment-891670" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6ace44786b8b4d37f9bf4401259ad9b9?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6ace44786b8b4d37f9bf4401259ad9b9?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Heather Fenon</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-891670"><time datetime="2023-08-21T13:01:16+00:00">August 21, 2023 at 1:01 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Hi Don!<br /> I have just discovered this -yes I did know it is now residential although I think some appears to be short term lets. On the first floor ‘The Basket’ was near the top of the stairs on the right hand side of the building when you are looking at it from the street. I have no idea why it was called that, but it roughly translated as ‘the Board Room’: the centre of management! It has no windows and I don’t think had any people working day to day in it-probably why it was chosen for meetings! The Editorial Department (Commissioning Editing) was near there too – the subediting too place there and I think the contracts with authors originated there too. The floor above was all warehouse. The first floor at the west end of the building on that floor looked over to Blackfriars Bridge, which you could see as the bomb site there was still not cleared (in 1967 !). There was actually lovely by then, and fairly mature tree, growing there. Nothing else had changed when I left around 1971 -a long time after the war! Next to me there there was the office of the Deputy Chair, Brian Southam, his Secretary, and also my very small room but with the best of views looking down across the bomb site to the railway bridge and beyond it to Ludgate Circus! At 19 I was probably the youngest member of staff but I had the best view! Under that room, on the ground floor was a larger room which was the Binding Department. After a crisis in that department the Chair, Norman Franklin, decided to make me in charge of that too – so I had to learn fast…! Binding is really quite complicated, but draw me away from being a typographer into being a Production Manger later for various well known publishers including Butterworths. The floor above all this west facing end held the publicity department to which officially I belonged. I later became a professional editor myself -as well as bring a vicar!! So quite a varied career that began on the first floor of that building! I remember that building with affection all these years on, but I see the view has gone. My initial salary was £600 a year with a daily ‘Luncheon Voucher’ worth 2s 6d – (12.2 pence in todays currency), with which one could get two courses and a coffee! Yes a different time altogether.!!!</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-891670' data-commentid="891670" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-891670" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Heather Fenon" aria-label='Reply to Heather Fenon'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-879799"> <article id="comment-879799" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c93e9bdf4d5df08114425dfdd1983f27?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c93e9bdf4d5df08114425dfdd1983f27?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn"><a href="http://Alondoninheritance.com" class="url" rel="ugc">Jeanette</a></b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-879799"><time datetime="2023-07-27T09:06:26+00:00">July 27, 2023 at 9:06 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Thank you for this interesting walk down Carter Lane.. A little bit more history to add, in tge late 1860’s early 1870’s my Great great grandfather John James Knapp was a manager who ran a Tobacco manufactures at No.s 69-73 Carter Lane, which I believe was bombed in 1941. The whole family lived and worked there. My Great Grandfather was born there in 1872and when he older ran a provision shop at No 54 Carter Lane, where my Grandfather was born n 1892 and worked in his youth. How do I know, well luckily my Great grandfather William James Knapp wrote some memoirs, which I typed up and was kindly posted on Spitalfieldslife.com for anyone to have a read, if interested. Thank you</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-879799' data-commentid="879799" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-879799" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Jeanette" aria-label='Reply to Jeanette'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-890070"> <article id="comment-890070" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2e2960aab2cd66d7f23004987c7b9de9?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2e2960aab2cd66d7f23004987c7b9de9?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Penny Pickett</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-890070"><time datetime="2023-08-18T10:55:53+00:00">August 18, 2023 at 10:55 am</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>What an interesting journey down Carters Lane. I am wondering if you can help at all, my gt grandfather had a business as manufacturer at 3 Bell Yard, Carter Lane and I can find nothing about what it was except it was something to do with clothing I believe. He dissolved the partnership with Joseph Spears in 1892. His name was Joseph Hicks and the business was J Hicks & Co. I would love to know more about his business. I wondered if the address was actually his solicitors. I wondered if you had come across any information or could point me in a direction to find out more. Many thanks.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-890070' data-commentid="890070" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-890070" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Penny Pickett" aria-label='Reply to Penny Pickett'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-890152"> <article id="comment-890152" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/21c4b46a18e8ca5eb247141b1869bfea?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/21c4b46a18e8ca5eb247141b1869bfea?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Donald Pedley</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-890152"><time datetime="2023-08-18T13:14:12+00:00">August 18, 2023 at 1:14 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Bell Yard is off The Strand & not off Carter Lane.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-890152' data-commentid="890152" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-890152" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Donald Pedley" aria-label='Reply to Donald Pedley'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> <ol class="children"> <li class="comment byuser comment-author-admin bypostauthor odd alt depth-2" id="li-comment-890159"> <article id="comment-890159" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/447c0a8f7b63be037a45d604663bc7f4?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/447c0a8f7b63be037a45d604663bc7f4?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">admin</b> <span>Post author</span></cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-890159"><time datetime="2023-08-18T13:21:55+00:00">August 18, 2023 at 1:21 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Hi Donald,</p> <p>There was a Bell Yard off Carter Lane. It can be seen in the map extract from Rocque’s 1746 map of London that I have used in the post.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-890159' data-commentid="890159" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-890159" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to admin" aria-label='Reply to admin'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-890164"> <article id="comment-890164" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/21c4b46a18e8ca5eb247141b1869bfea?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/21c4b46a18e8ca5eb247141b1869bfea?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Donald Pedley</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-890164"><time datetime="2023-08-18T13:28:11+00:00">August 18, 2023 at 1:28 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>My apologies. That goes back a long way to when part of the current Carter Lane was Great Carter Lane.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-890164' data-commentid="890164" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-890164" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Donald Pedley" aria-label='Reply to Donald Pedley'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1" id="li-comment-890232"> <article id="comment-890232" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6720d0d2bbcdd4b733ca676b90d0cc2e?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6720d0d2bbcdd4b733ca676b90d0cc2e?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">John Smith</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-890232"><time datetime="2023-08-18T15:29:17+00:00">August 18, 2023 at 3:29 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Now part of the hotel.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-890232' data-commentid="890232" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-890232" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to John Smith" aria-label='Reply to John Smith'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> <li class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1" id="li-comment-1009630"> <article id="comment-1009630" class="comment"> <header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/af9f3842b6925fa3128a02dd17376079?s=44&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/af9f3842b6925fa3128a02dd17376079?s=88&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-44 photo' height='44' width='44' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/><cite><b class="fn">Janet</b> </cite><a href="https://alondoninheritance.com/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#comment-1009630"><time datetime="2024-04-07T12:09:40+00:00">April 7, 2024 at 12:09 pm</time></a> </header> <section class="comment-content comment"> <p>Thank you for writing this article. My 3rd great grandmothers death certificate states she died at 3 pineapple court, carters lane. Her husband was a blacksmith. we love staying in the Leonardo hotel, but didn’t know until recently this is near where my 3rd grandmother died.</p> </section> <div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='#comment-1009630' data-commentid="1009630" data-postid="14931" data-belowelement="comment-1009630" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Janet" aria-label='Reply to Janet'>Reply</a> <span>↓</span> </div> </article> </li> </ol> <div id="respond" class="comment-respond"> <h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">Leave a Reply <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/london-streets/carter-lane-17th-century-houses-hairdressers-alleys/#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3><form action="https://alondoninheritance.com/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form"><p class="comment-notes"><span id="email-notes">Your email address will not be published.</span> <span class="required-field-message">Required fields are marked <span class="required">*</span></span></p><p class="comment-form-comment"><label for="comment">Comment <span class="required">*</span></label> <textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" maxlength="65525" required="required"></textarea></p><p class="comment-form-author"><label for="author">Name <span class="required">*</span></label> <input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="" size="30" maxlength="245" autocomplete="name" required="required" /></p> <p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">Email <span class="required">*</span></label> <input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="" size="30" maxlength="100" aria-describedby="email-notes" autocomplete="email" required="required" /></p> <p class="comment-form-url"><label for="url">Website</label> <input id="url" name="url" type="text" value="" size="30" maxlength="200" autocomplete="url" /></p> <p class="comment-form-cookies-consent"><input id="wp-comment-cookies-consent" name="wp-comment-cookies-consent" type="checkbox" value="yes" /> <label for="wp-comment-cookies-consent">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.</label></p> <p class="comment-subscription-form"><input type="checkbox" name="subscribe_comments" id="subscribe_comments" value="subscribe" style="width: auto; -moz-appearance: checkbox; -webkit-appearance: checkbox;" /> <label class="subscribe-label" id="subscribe-label" for="subscribe_comments">Notify me of follow-up comments by email.</label></p><p class="comment-subscription-form"><input type="checkbox" name="subscribe_blog" id="subscribe_blog" value="subscribe" style="width: auto; -moz-appearance: checkbox; -webkit-appearance: checkbox;" /> <label class="subscribe-label" id="subscribe-blog-label" for="subscribe_blog">Notify me of new posts by email.</label></p><p class="form-submit"><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" class="submit" value="Post Comment" /> <input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='14931' id='comment_post_ID' /> <input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' /> </p><p style="display: none;"><input type="hidden" id="akismet_comment_nonce" name="akismet_comment_nonce" value="2efbeaad4f" /></p><p style="display: none !important;" class="akismet-fields-container" data-prefix="ak_"><label>Δ<textarea name="ak_hp_textarea" cols="45" rows="8" maxlength="100"></textarea></label><input type="hidden" id="ak_js_1" name="ak_js" value="243"/><script>document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );</script></p></form> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="secondary" class="widget-area" role="complementary"> <aside id="blog_subscription-2" class="widget widget_blog_subscription jetpack_subscription_widget"><h3 class="widget-title">Subscribe to Blog via Email</h3> <div class="wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__container"> <form action="#" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" id="subscribe-blog-blog_subscription-2" data-blog="64512453" data-post_access_level="everybody" > <div id="subscribe-text"><p>Join me as I explore London past and present over the coming months. 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