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In the late twelfth century, the Archbishop of Canterbury chose a site on the south bank of London, removed from Canterbury, where he intended to found a college of secular clerks. The land Archbishop Baldwin chose is located across from Westminster…

A map with a red star indicating the location of All Hallows Church, Lombard Street - where the set of cuenca seca tiles were found. It is at the intersection of Lombard and Gracechurch Street in the City of London, north of the present-day Monument…

A map marking the location of the Carthusian monastery at Charterhouse in 1520. This provides a visual understanding of how Charterhouse's location tied in perfectly with its mission. Laying just outside of Cripplegate in the open moor fields to the…

This map, charted in 1746 as part of a larger map containing London, Westminster, and Southwark, marks the location of Tyburn gallows. The site is marked with a red dot at the top left corner of the map, at the edge of Hyde Park. Because it is…

Winchester Palace was constructed on the relatively undeveloped southern bank of the Thames, otherwise known as the Borough of Southwark. Its medieval remains now serve as a popular tourist site in a now well-developed area at the foot of the London…

This is a picture of St. Bartholomew's Hospital located on a London map, c. 1520, marked with a red circle. St. Bartholomew's Hospital remains today in its original location in Smithfield, London.

This is a section of the 1520 map of London. The red box indicates where the cemetery is located. To the east of The Tower, above East Smithfield street, and next to St. Mary Graces, is where the cemetery was built. However, in 1520 it was no…

St. Bartholomew the Great Church is located in West Smithfield (located on the left top-hand side of the map). It is marked with a red circle.

St. Giles' Cripplegate is located on Fore Street. This parish is seen as the central structure of the Barbican Estate. Today it is just a few blocks from the Museum of London. The exact location of St. Giles' Cripplegate is seen within the blue oval.

This is a 1520 map upon which I marked, with a red star, Fenchurch Street, since that is where this alembic was excavated.