One of the two Inns attached to Lincoln's Inn, the other being Thavie's Inn (which has a street and building just south of Holborn Circus). At Staple Inn we share with you our meagre understanding of what Inns are, or were.
During the 1820s the medieval building was completely replaced and it was in this new structure that Dickens had rooms. In 1897 that building also went, to be replaced with the magnificent red-brick Prudential Building that we have today.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Furnival's Inn
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Furnival's Inn
Site of Furnival's Inn, demolished 1897. The Corporation of the City of London
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Herman Wallace
In 1972 a prison guard was murdered in Angola Prison, Louisiana, USA, where Herman Wallace, Robert King, and Albert Woodfox were prisoners. Wallace and Woodfox were convicted of the murder; King w...
Person, Law, Race Issues, Tragedy, USA
4 memorials
Tyburn tree
The first recorded execution here was the hanging of the champion of London's poor, William Fitz Osbern in 1196. Back then there may have been a real tree but in 1571 the 'Tyburn Tree' was erected....
5 memorials
Doctor's Commons
Also called the College of Civilians, this was a society of lawyers practising civil (as opposed to common) law. The buildings where the court proceedings took place also had a big library and room...
1 memorial
Lieutenant Felix Ernest Jones, MC
Felix Ernest Jones was born on 27 May 1888, a son of William Jones (1855-1925) and Madeline Mary Jones née Weiss (1857-1914). His birth was registered in the Edmonton registration district, Middles...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Battersea Society
As so often happens, this group was formed to campaign against the proposed demolition of something, in this case Albert Bridge. Thankfully their campaign was successful and they have gone on to si...
4 memorials
East Ham war memorial
E6, High Street South, East Ham Central Park
This is a substantial monument, often described, understandably, as a cenotaph. Designed by the architect/local politician Banks-Martin. ...
War dead | WW1
1,844 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
1,844 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Deptford Trinity Almshouses
Not to be confused with the splendid Trinity Green Almshouses which were more almshouses also run by Trinity House. The almshouses were built on land given by Sir Richard Browne, Master of the Cor...
1 memorial
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
402 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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