Medieval London

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Located at 2 C2 on the 1520 map of London, Gray's Inn can be seen clearly in the district of Holborn.

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The renovated barracks of Gray's Inn seen from the courtyard. The statue is of Sir Francis Bacon, a well known Englishman and Bencher.

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Out of all the windows in the modern great hall of Guildhall, this window is the only one remaining from the original 1411 reconstruction. The glass of this window is glazed, compared to the brightly colored stained glass of the other windows found…

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This 1973 illustration by Terry Ball shows what Guildhall would have looked like just after its reconstruction in the fifteenth century.

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Guildhall is located in the north-central area of London, next to St. Lawrence Jewry on Catteaton Street (now Gresham Street). Location is marked with a red circle.

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Guildhall's southern façade as it can be seen today. The entrance was added on by the architect George Dance the Younger in 1788. Medieval masonry is still visibly intact on the walls either side of the grand entrance.

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The Staple Inn is located in the top right-hand corner of this map, circled in red.

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The Staple Inn itself is located on the south side of High Holborn Street, WC1 and is a Tudor style building. Today, the Staple Inn consists of two buildings that can be seen on the facade, one being the original building (the five bays on the left)…

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This is the 1520 Medieval London map. Starred in red is the location of Lincoln's Inn in 1422.

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This is a picture of the opening brick archway of Lincoln's Inn.
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