Modern locations are given using the traditional postal codes.
| Location |
Example |
Gloss |
| Bedlam |
2H6 V.i.131 |
Bethlehem Hospital for the insane, near Bishopsgate
|
| Bridge, the |
R3 III.ii.70 |
London Bridge, over the River Thames |
| Bucklersbury |
MW III.iii.68 |
East End street with aromatic herb shops; near Mansion House, EC4 |
| Cheapside |
2H6 IV.ii.64 |
East End street, a main market area; near St Paul’s, EC2 |
| Clement’s Inn |
2H4 III.ii.13 |
Inn of Chancery, which trained students for the law; near the Strand, WC2 |
| Counter-gate |
MW III.iii.74 |
gate of the Counter [Compter], debtor’s prisons in London, such as the one near Cheapside and the one in Southwark |
| Eastcheap |
2H4 II.ii.141 |
East End street; near Monument, EC3 |
| Fleet |
2H4 V.v.94 |
debtor’s prison; near Fleet Street, EC4 |
| Gray’s Inn |
2H4 III.ii.31 |
Inn of Chancery, which trained students for the law; near Holborn, WC1 |
| Limehouse |
H8 V.iv.61 |
riverside area named after the lime-kilns there which processed chalk from Kent; now E14 |
| London Stone |
2H6 IV.vi.2 |
ancient stone, possibly Roman, once a city landmark in Cannon Street; now EC4 |
| Lud’s town |
Cym III.i.33 |
old name for London |
| Lumbert Street |
2H4 II.i.27 |
Lombard Street, a trading street for merchants; near Monument, EC3 |
| Marshalsea |
H8 V.iv.85 |
debtor’s prison in Southwark; near Borough, SE1 |
| Mile-end |
AW IV.iii.262 |
area in the East End where the citizen militia drilled; Mile End Park; now E3 |
| Moorditch |
1H4 I.ii.78 |
filthy channel between Bishopsgate and Cripplegate; now EC2 |
| Moorfields |
H8 V.iv.33 |
site once used for training militia; later a popular park; near Moorgate, EC2 |
| Newgate |
1H4 III.iii.89 |
main prison of the City of London; near Cheapside, EC2 |
| Paul’s |
R3 III.vi.3 |
St Paul’s Cathedral; now EC4 |
| Pie Corner |
2H4 II.i.25 |
at the corner of Smithfield, noted for its cook shops; now EC1 |
| Saint George’s Field |
2H4 III.ii.191 |
in Southwark, well known for its brothels; now SE1 |
| Strachy |
TN II.v.39 |
[unknown meaning] possibly a local house or institution |
| Strand |
H8 V.iv.52 |
street of fashionable merchants; also, of apprentices; now WC2 |
| Tower Hill |
H8 V.iv.61 |
site of the Tower scaffold, where executions drew crowds of spectators; now EC3 |
| Turnbull Street |
2H4 III.ii.295 |
disreputable East End street, peopled by thieves and prostitutes; now Turnmill Street, near Farringdon, EC1 |