Parish of St. Giles in the Fields

[Parish of st. Giles in the Fields]

Remarkable Places and Things are Bloomsbury-square, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, a small part of Lincoln's-Inn, and the Terras-walk in the Gardens; part of Lincoln's-Inn Play-house.

Here is a Charity-school, endowed by the late Earl of Southampton.

At end of Monmouth-street are Alms-houses for 20 poor Women, with these Inscriptions, viz.

St. Giles's in the Fields, Anno Dom. 1656.

This Ground was given and granted by Lease unto this Parish by the Right Honourable the Earl of southampton, for the term of 500 Years, for the only and sole use of Alms-houses. Whereon they built these 5 Houses, and enclosed within the bounds of the said Grant. Which Fabrick was erected and built at the Cost and Charge of the said Parish, in the Year above-written,

 

Thomas Blythe, John Seagood,

Church-Wardens.

 

In Memory that Henry Carter of this Parish did give in the hands of the Church-Wardens and other Gentlemen of the Vestry, the sum of 50l. to the Intent that the Interest thereof should be distributed amongst the Poor of this Alms-house in this manner, viz. 5 s. the 1st Sunday in every Month, and 5 s. on Christmas-Day and Good-Friday, in every Year, by the Church-Wardens, from Time to Time for ever. Given the 16th of December, 1674.

 

Henry Hargood, Henry Rogers,

Church-Wardens.

 

I know not how it comes to pass, but some poor old Women are put in here without any of the above-mentioned Allowance, and the most that any of them receive is but 2 s. per Month; tho' 5 s. more is paid monthly for their Use, arifing from a Piece of Ground that was contiguous to these Alms-houfes at the west end of them.

Here is a Work-house in this Parish, erected at the Charge of the Parish to maintain their Poor in it.

This Parish begins at the sign of the Boot and Grid iron in Holborn, extending on the south side thereof to Great Turn-stile, and from thence to Drury-lane-end and farther westward to St. Giles's Pound, and from Great Turn-stile, taking in all Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, the Terras walk in Lincoln's-Inn-Gardens, and the Chambers at the north-end of Searl-square in that Inn, it extends southward 3 shops on the east side of Searl-Street, and 2 shops and one house on the west side of the same street, and takes in also Louche's-buildings to the Black-jack, exclusive.

In Duke-street it extends on the south side to one House, beyond the stable-yard, adjoining to the Popish Chapel, inclusive, and on the north side of that street to Great Wild-street, which it takes in; and also all Princes-street, all the east side of Drury-lane beginning at one House fouthward of the Rummer and Horfefhoe Tavern to St. Giles's-street: And on the west side of Drury-lane beginning at Little Turn-stile-alley, it reaches northward to St. Giles's-street. It takes in also the north sides of Little Turn-stile-alley-and Castle-street, to Cock and Pye-fields, all those Fields, the east sides of West street, and Hog-lane, or Crown-street.

On the north side of St. Giles's-street, it begins at Dyot street, taking in the west side of that street, and extends westward thro' St. Giles's-street and High-street to the end of Tottenham-court-row, together with all Lanes, Streets, Courts, &c. in this Circuit.

This Parish consifts of 5 Divisions, viz. The First Part of the old Town, Part of the second old Town, Part of the old Town, Holborn-end, and Drury-lane.

 

Streets, Lanes, Courts, Alleys, &c.
In the First Part of the old Town.			Lumbard-street
			Tower-street
			Lumbard-court
	Cock and Pye-fields and therein	———	Hog-lane, or Crown-street
	Great St. Andrew-st.		Dudley-court
	Little St. Andrew-st.		Wood-yard
	Great White-lion-st.		Farmer's-court
	Little White-lion-st.		Brown's-gardens and therein
	Great Earl-street		2 Brewers-yard
	Little Earl-str. and Queen's-street		Frying-pan-alley
	Neal's-yard		Steed well-street
	King-street		Vinegar-street
	Orange-court		Stacey-street
Part of	Castle-street		Phænix-street, and
———	West-street		Plough-yard
	Monmouth-street		Banifters-alley
	Monmouth-court		Middle-row
	Lloyd's-court	———	Bowl-yard
	Denmark-street		Rose and Crown-ya.
Part of	St. Giles's-street		Salutation-court
———	High-street		Lamb-alley
			Hanson's-alley
In the second Part of the old Town.		———	Crown-court
		———	Vinegar-yard
			Giles's-court
———	Great Russel-street	———	Dyot-street
	Wyan's-court		Church-lane
	Tottenham-court-r.		Church-street
	Weld's-yard		Fletcher's-court
———	High-street		Ivy-street
———	Lawrence-lane		Farmer's-court
	Maynard-street	———	Buckridge-street
———	St. Giles's-street		Carriers-street
	Phænix-street
———	Duke-street		Holborn-end.
	Bembridge-street
	Fletcher's court	———	Holborn
———	Buckridge-street		Gridiron-court
	Earl's-court		Great Turn-stile
———	High-street		Whetstone's-park
	St. Giles's-street		Titchburn-court
———	Dyot-street		Feather's-court
	New-street		Queen's-court
———	Hart-street		Monmouth-court
	Stable-yard		Gregory's-court
			Little Turn-stile
In the Third Part of the old Town.			New Turn-stile
			Little Princes-street
			Lukener's-street
———	Holborn		Little Queen-street
	Dumb-alley		Stone-cutters-alley
	Smart's-buildings		Lincoln's-inn-fields
———	Coal-yard		Holborn-row
———	St. Giles's-street		Portugal-row
	Eagle and Child-ya.		Arch-row
	Hampshire Hog, or Winckers-yard		Louches-buildings
		———	Searl-street
	Drury-lane.		Lyon-court
			Carter's-rents, or all.
	Drury-lane		Parkhurst's-lane
———	Turn-stile-alley		Hart-court
	Princes-court		St. Thomas's-street
	Calender's-court		Cross-lane, or street
	Bear and Ragged staff-court		Ray's-court
			Star-court
	Short's-gardens		Great Queen-street
———	Crown-court		Bull-head-court
	King head-court		Great Wild-street
	Brownlow-street		Wild-passage
———	Castle-street		Wild-court
	Nottingham-court		Little Wild-str. or Little Lincoln-str.
	Nottingham-passage
	New Belton-street		Golden-ball-court
	Old Belton-street		Cockpit-alley
———	Vinegar yard		Holford's-alley
———	Bowl-yard		Colson's-court
———	Coal-yard		Princes-street
	Lukener's-lane, or Charles-street	———	-Duke-street
			Little Duke-street
	Goldsmiths-alley

 

N^o of Houses upwards of 2000.