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HOLBORN AND
THE INNS OF COURT

This area was traditionally home to the These include the Old Curiosity Shop, the
legal and journalistic professions, but superb façade of Staple Inn and the interior
while the law is still practised here, in the of Middle Temple Hall. Two quirky collections
Royal Courts of Justice and the Inns of Court, stand on either side of Lincoln’s Inn Fields:
the national newspapers left Fleet Street in the Hunterian Museum of surgery and
the 1980s. Several buildings here predate Sir John Soane’s Museum, a treasure trove of
the Great Fire of 1666 (see pp26–7). art, antiquities and architectural models.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings, Sights Churches Restaurants see pp301–2
and Streets 6 St Clement Danes 1 The Chancery
2 Lincoln’s Inn w St Bride’s 2 De Palo’s
5 Old Curiosity Shop t St Andrew, Holborn 3 Vanilla Black
7 Royal Courts of Justice u St Etheldreda’s Church 4 The White Swan
8 Law Society Monuments
0 Fleet Street
q Temple 9 Temple Bar Memorial
r Dr Johnson’s House Parks and Gardens
y Holborn Viaduct 3 Lincoln’s Inn Fields
i Hatton Garden Pubs and Bars
o Staple Inn
a Gray’s Inn e Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Museums and Galleries Shops
T H E O B A L D ’ S R O A D T H E O B A L D ’ S R O A D SAFFRON HILL
1 Sir John Soane’s Museum p London Silver Vaults
4 Hunterian Museum
PORTPOOL LANE
ST CROSS ST
G R A
GARDENS
BALDWINS GDNS
KIRBY ST
HATTON GARDEN
L E A T H E R L A N E
RED LION R E D L I O N B E D F O R D R O W JOCKEY’S FIELDS GRAY'S INN Y ' S I N N R O A D BROOKE STREET GREVILLE STREET Farringdon
SQUARE
RAYMOND BUILDINGS
Chancery
FA R R I N G D O N R O A D
CATT ON STREET Lane H O L B O R N
S T R E E T
H I G H H O L B O R N C I HOLBORN
Holborn HOLBORN FURNIVAL ST FETTER LANE R C U S
WHETSTONE PARK
LINCOLN'S CURSITOR ST ST ANDREW ST SHOE LANE FARRINGDON
INN FIELDS NEW
NEW ST
LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS LANE STREET
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I C H A N C E R Y L A N E SQUARE PRINTER SQUARE
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S W STREET STREET FETTER W HARDING ST SHOE LANE ST BRIDGE ST
PO RTUG AL CAREY B E L L YA R D F L E E T S T R E E T LUDGATE
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CIRCUS
S T R A N D BOUVERIE STREET WHITEFRIARS ST COURT SALISBURY N E W B R I D G E S T
KING'S BENCH WALK T U D O R S T R E E T
A L D W YC H
MIDDLE
Street Finder maps 6, 14 TEMPLE INNER TEMPLE AVE CARMELITE ST STREET JOHN CARPENTER Blackfriars
E S S E X S T R E E T
TEMPLE
Temple GARDENS
LANE
0 metres 500 V I C T O R I A E M B A N K M E N T
Blackfriars
0 yards 500 R i v e r T h a m e s Pier
Gothic façade of the Royal Courts of Justice For keys to symbols see back flap
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