PAUL'S, FROM THE SOUTH. _After W. Hollar._]
[Illustration: OLD ST. PAUL'S, FROM THE NORTH. _After W. Hollar._]
[Illustration: OLD ST. PAUL'S, FROM THE EAST. _After W. Hollar._]
[Illustration: OLD ST. PAUL'S, FROM THE WEST. _After W. Hollar._]
CHAPTER II.
THE PRECINCTS.
_The Cathedral Wall, its Course and Gates_--_Characteristic
Names_--_The North Cloister_--_The Library_--_Pardon Churchyard_
--_Minor Canons' College_--_Paul's Cross_--_Bishop's House_
--Lollards' Tower_--_Doctors Commons_--_The Cloister and Chapter
House_--_The West Front._
A wall was built round the churchyard in 1109, but was greatly
strengthened in 1285. The churchyard had got such a bad character
for robberies, fornications, even murders, that the Dean and Chapter
requested King Edward I. to allow them to heighten this wall, with
fitting gates and posterns, to be opened every morning and closed at
night. From the north-east corner of Ave Maria Lane, it went east
along Paternoster Row, to the end of Old Change, then south to Carter
Lane, thence northwards to Creed Lane, with Ave Maria Lane on the
other side.
Pages:
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34