The Early History of Piccadilly, Leicester Square, Soho and Their Neighborhood: Based on a Plan Drawn in 1585 and Published by the London Topographical Society in 1925 |
Contents
THE LAND BEFORE THE HOUSES Section 1 Introductory | 1 |
The Abingdon Lands | 2 |
The Burton Lazar Lands | 5 |
The Mercers Lands | 7 |
St Martins Field | 12 |
The Lands in the possession of the Crown | 15 |
The Lawsuit about Geldings Close | 17 |
The Parties and Witnesses to the Suit | 21 |
St Martins Church and Town | 41 |
St Martins Lane | 46 |
The Mews and its Precincts | 49 |
Leicester Square and Castle Street | 52 |
The Military Garden and Newport House | 57 |
St Giless Field and Soho | 63 |
The Original Piccadilly | 71 |
The Seventeenth Century Gaming House | 79 |
The heirs of Golightly and Robert Baker | 24 |
The Description of the Plan of 1585 | 27 |
THE BUILDING OF THE STREETS 1 St Giless Church and Town | 32 |
Marshland Close and Seven Dials | 36 |
Long Acre | 38 |
Covent Garden | 40 |
Suffolk Buildings and James Street | 86 |
The Haymarket | 92 |
St Jamess Square and its Neighbourhood | 94 |
The Later Piccadilly | 97 |
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