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Fetter Lane is a street in the ward of Farringdon Without in London England. Farringdon Without is a ward in the City of London, England. The ward covers the area east of Chancery Lane including Middle Temple, Inner London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It runs from Fleet Street in the south to Holborn in the north. Fleet Street is a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. Holborn (ˈhoʊbɚn or /ˈhoʊbɝːn/ "ho bun" is an area of Central London, England

The earliest mention of the street is "faitereslane" in 1312^[1]. The name occurs with several spellings until it settles down about 1612. There is no agreement about the origin of the name "Fetter Lane". Theories include: "Feuterer-lane" (feuterer = a keeper of dogs) and Fewtor/ Faitour (a worthless fellow). At the southern end, on Fleet Street, is Clifford's Inn established 1345. Clifford's Inn was an Inn of Chancery, which formerly stood on Clifford's Inn Passage off Fleet Street Near the northern end, facing onto Holborn, is Barnard's Inn. Barnard's Inn is the current home of Gresham College in Holborn, London. They are both Inns of Chancery. The Inns of Chancery were buildings which housed associations of lawyers in London from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century The official address of the old Public Records Office (1856 - 1997) was Chancery Lane, but the back of this building dominates the south part of Fetter Lane. The Public Record Office (PRO of the United Kingdom is one of the three organisations that make up the National Archives (the others are the Historical Manuscripts It is now the library of King's College London. King's College London is a British Higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the federal University of London.

On Fleet street is St Dunstan-in-the-West, and next to it, at 133 - 137 Fetter Lane, is St Dunstan's House. The church of St Dunstan-in-the-West is in Fleet Street in London. In Victorian Times the publishing house Sampson Low was located at St Dunstan's House. Sampson Low, born in London in November 1797 was the son of Sampson Low printer and publisher of Berwick Street Soho. Two plaster-reliefs (1886) by Walter Crane were salvaged from the building when it was destroyed in 1905. Walter Crane (15 August 1845 &ndash 14 March 1915 was an English artist and book illustrator They now stand next door in King's College Library. ^[2] The site then became the main London warehouse of the Cambridge University Press. Cambridge University Press (known colloquially as CUP is a Publisher given a Royal Charter by Henry VIII in 1534 It is now the "Technology and construction court", for litigation related to science and engineering.

In the 1590s there was a gibbet at the junction of Fleet Street and Fetter Lane. Christopher Bales was hung there. The Venerable Christopher Bales, also spelled Christopher Bayles, alias Christopher Evers (1564? - 1590 was an English Catholic Priest It is sometimes alleged that Dryden lived at number 16, but there is no evidence for this. In 1604 John Dowland published "Lachrimae". John Dowland (1563 &ndash buried February 20, 1626) was an English Composer, singer and Lutenist He is best known today for his The preface states "to be solde at the authors House in Fetter-lane neare Fleet-streete". ^[3] In 1651 Thomas Hobbes lived in Fetter Lane. Thomas Hobbes (born 5 April 1588died 4 December 1679 was an English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book Leviathan established the foundation In the opening paragraphs of "Gulliver's Travels" the central character states that lived briefly at Fetter Lane. From 1660 to 1680 Thomas Goodwin preached at the Fetter Lane Independent church. Thomas Goodwin ( Rollesby, Norfolk, October 5 1600 - February 23 1680) known as 'the Elder' was an English ^[4]

At 33, the Moravian Chapel (Fetter Lane Society) was founded in 1738. The Fetter Lane Society was the first flowering of the Moravian church in the UK and an important as a precursor to Methodism. The "Trust Society for the Furtherence of the Gospel" was founded by the Moravian Church in 1741. This page is about the Moravian Church globally For information about the church in a particular geographic area use the links at Organisation below They undertook missionary work and were based at Fetter Lane. The composer Christian Ignatius Latrobe did missionary work for them in South Africa. Christian Ignatius Latrobe ( 12 February 1758 Fulneck near Leeds - 6 May 1836 Liverpool) was an English clergyman The organisation still exists, but is now based in Muswell Hill. ^[5] For 67 years, Birkbeck, University of London, was located at Breams Buildings on Fetter Lane. Birkbeck University of London, sometimes referred to by its former (and still legal name Birkbeck College or by the abbreviation BBK, is a constituent college Both Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb, attended William Bird's Academy in Fetter Lane. Charles Lamb is the name of Charles Lamb (writer (1775-1834 a British essayist Charles Lamb (politician (1891-1965 a Canadian

The Socialist Party of Great Britain was founded in Bartlett's Passage, off Fetter Lane in 1904. The Socialist Party of Great Britain, also known as the SPGB, is a small Marxist political party within the impossibilist tradition ^[6] From 1920 to 1961 the Daily Mirror was located in Geraldine House. The Daily Mirror, often referred to simply as The Mirror, is a British Tabloid daily Newspaper founded in 1903 They then moved to the north end of Fetter Lane, at Holburn Circus, where then remained until 1990. They then moved to the Isle of Dogs. The original site, between "Rolls Buildings" (a street) and "Bream's Buildings" (another street to the north) was called "Rolls House" from 1961 to 2007, when it was demolished. The new site, sometimes called "110 Fetter Lane" rather than "Rolls House", is to become the site of an eleven story building. It will contain 29 courtrooms and other judicial accommodiation, due for completion in 2009. ^[7] A statue of John Wilkes was erected at the junction of Fetter Lane and New Fetter Lane in 1988. John Wilkes ( 17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797) was an English radical, journalist and politician

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