Chancery Lane, City/Camden/Westminster A focal thoroughfare for the London legal profession, running between Fleet Street and High Holborn.
Chancery Lane is a one-way street situated in the ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London. It has formed the western boundary of the City since 1994, having previously been divided between the City of Westminster and the London Borough of Camden. The route originated as a 'new lane' created by the Knights Templar from their original 'old Temple' on the site of the present Southampton Buildings on Holborn, in order to access to their newly acquired property to the south of Fleet Street (the present Temple) sometime before 1161.[1]
Chancery Lane, numbered the B400 in the British road numbering scheme, connects Fleet Street at its southern origin with High Holborn. It gives its name to Chancery Lane Underground station which lies at the junction of Holborn and Gray's Inn Road, a short distance from Chancery Lane's northern end.
Historically, the street was associated with the legal profession, an association which continues to the present day; however, consulting firms, ancillary businesses and the Maughan Library also occupy the street. Lincoln's Inn occupies most of the western side north of Carey Street.
Soon after the middle of the 12th century the Knights Templar created New Street as a route between their old headquarters in Holborn and their ‘New Temple’.
In 1232 Henry III founded the Domus Conversorum on New Street, which occupies a bleak place in the history of Jewish persecution. It was England’s principal house of indoctrination, where Jews who had been coerced into renouncing their faith were interned away from their community and instructed in the Christian religion.
Henry also closed the schools of law in the City, an act which led to the foundation of Inns of Chancery (a contraction of ‘Chancellery’), where legal students served apprenticeships.
In 1377 Edward III gifted the former Domus Conversorum to the Keeper (later Master) of the Rolls of the Court of Chancery and by the early 15th century New Street was becoming known as Chancery Lane.
The Inns of Chancery ceased to serve an educational role after the Civil War and thereafter functioned as professional clubs.
Chancery Lane - looking up at Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln’s Inn chambers on the west side of Chancery Lane, opposite Southampton Buildings
By the 1770s the lane had taken on a decidedly urban character and it retains many Georgian buildings, which form part of the Chancery Lane conservation area. With the steady rise of the legal profession, solicitors took premises here, as did suppliers such as wig makers, strongbox makers, law stationers and booksellers.
The Inns of Chancery closed one by one and some of their buildings were replaced by public institutions with legal connections.
The Public Record Office was built in stages during the second half of the 19th century. After the office moved to Kew, its building was skilfully adapted to house King’s College’s Maughan Library.
The Patent Office was established in 1852 and based in Southampton Buildings, where it shared accommodation with the Secretaries of Bankrupts and Lunatics. The office expanded to fill several neighbouring buildings and remained on Chancery Lane until the late 1990s.
The Law Society of England and Wales is headquartered at 113 Chancery Lane. Chancery Lane is also home to the Official Solicitor and Public Trustee.
Chancery Lane is a conservation area and little redevelopment is allowed here but a recent scheme at 40 Chancery Lane has replaced a series of 1950s and 60s buildings with a tasteful set of linked office blocks that have been let to Publicis Groupe, the French marketing consortium that owns the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising agency.
Also, the passageway called Chichester Rents was revamped in 2014–15 with new retail units at ground floor level (mainly for food purveyors) and additional office space above, as shown in the photo at the top.*
The London Silver Vaults are an underground storehouse for antique and modern silverware. They are open to the public and 30 silver specialists sell their wares here.
Maughan Library
Maughan Library of King's College, London, 1851
The Maughan Library is the main university research library of King's College London, forming part of the Strand Campus. A 19th-century neo-Gothic building located on Chancery Lane in the City of London, it was formerly the home to the headquarters of the Public Record Office, known as the "strong-box of the Empire",[4] and was acquired by the university in 2001. Following a £35m renovation designed by Gaunt Francis Architects, the Maughan is the largest new university library in the United Kingdom since World War II.[5]
Designed by Sir James Pennethorne and constructed in 1851, with further extensions made between 1868 and 1900, it is a Grade II* listed building. Inside the library is a dodecagonal reading room, inspired by that of the British Museum, and a former medieval chapel, now an exhibition space showcasing the special collections of the library. The library was named in honour of Sir Deryck Maughan, an alumnus of the university.
Round reading room at the Maughan Library, King's College, London
Early history
The library building seen today was built in 1851, however, its roots date back to the 13th century.
Holdings
The Maughan holds more than 750,000 items including books, journals, CDs, records, DVDs, theses and exam papers. These items cover four of the College's academic schools of study: Arts and Humanities, Law, Natural & Mathematical Sciences and Social Science & Public Policy. This includes the Chartered Institute of Taxation's Tony Arnold Library and the post-1850 collection of Sion College. The library also holds more than 150,000 78rpm records donated by the BBC in 2001 which span a wide range of genres.In addition to the main catalogue the library holds special collections, and archives which contain around 5 million documents in total.
Sources: http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/chancery-lane/
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/index.aspx
Chancery Lane, City/Camden/Westminster A focal thoroughfare for the London legal profession, running between Fleet Street and High Holborn.
Chancery Lane is a one-way street situated in the ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London. It has formed the western boundary of the City since 1994, having previously been divided between the City of Westminster and the London Borough of Camden. The route originated as a 'new lane' created by the Knights Templar from their original 'old Temple' on the site of the present Southampton Buildings on Holborn, in order to access to their newly acquired property to the south of Fleet Street (the present Temple) sometime before 1161.[1]
Chancery Lane, numbered the B400 in the British road numbering scheme, connects Fleet Street at its southern origin with High Holborn. It gives its name to Chancery Lane Underground station which lies at the junction of Holborn and Gray's Inn Road, a short distance from Chancery Lane's northern end.
Historically, the street was associated with the legal profession, an association which continues to the present day; however, consulting firms, ancillary businesses and the Maughan Library also occupy the street. Lincoln's Inn occupies most of the western side north of Carey Street.
Soon after the middle of the 12th century the Knights Templar created New Street as a route between their old headquarters in Holborn and their ‘New Temple’.
In 1232 Henry III founded the Domus Conversorum on New Street, which occupies a bleak place in the history of Jewish persecution. It was England’s principal house of indoctrination, where Jews who had been coerced into renouncing their faith were interned away from their community and instructed in the Christian religion.
Henry also closed the schools of law in the City, an act which led to the foundation of Inns of Chancery (a contraction of ‘Chancellery’), where legal students served apprenticeships.
In 1377 Edward III gifted the former Domus Conversorum to the Keeper (later Master) of the Rolls of the Court of Chancery and by the early 15th century New Street was becoming known as Chancery Lane.
The Inns of Chancery ceased to serve an educational role after the Civil War and thereafter functioned as professional clubs.
Chancery Lane - looking up at Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln’s Inn chambers on the west side of Chancery Lane, opposite Southampton Buildings
By the 1770s the lane had taken on a decidedly urban character and it retains many Georgian buildings, which form part of the Chancery Lane conservation area. With the steady rise of the legal profession, solicitors took premises here, as did suppliers such as wig makers, strongbox makers, law stationers and booksellers.
The Inns of Chancery closed one by one and some of their buildings were replaced by public institutions with legal connections.
The Public Record Office was built in stages during the second half of the 19th century. After the office moved to Kew, its building was skilfully adapted to house King’s College’s Maughan Library.
The Patent Office was established in 1852 and based in Southampton Buildings, where it shared accommodation with the Secretaries of Bankrupts and Lunatics. The office expanded to fill several neighbouring buildings and remained on Chancery Lane until the late 1990s.
The Law Society of England and Wales is headquartered at 113 Chancery Lane. Chancery Lane is also home to the Official Solicitor and Public Trustee.
Chancery Lane is a conservation area and little redevelopment is allowed here but a recent scheme at 40 Chancery Lane has replaced a series of 1950s and 60s buildings with a tasteful set of linked office blocks that have been let to Publicis Groupe, the French marketing consortium that owns the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising agency.
Also, the passageway called Chichester Rents was revamped in 2014–15 with new retail units at ground floor level (mainly for food purveyors) and additional office space above, as shown in the photo at the top.*
The London Silver Vaults are an underground storehouse for antique and modern silverware. They are open to the public and 30 silver specialists sell their wares here.
Maughan Library
Maughan Library of King's College, London, 1851
The Maughan Library is the main university research library of King's College London, forming part of the Strand Campus. A 19th-century neo-Gothic building located on Chancery Lane in the City of London, it was formerly the home to the headquarters of the Public Record Office, known as the "strong-box of the Empire",[4] and was acquired by the university in 2001. Following a £35m renovation designed by Gaunt Francis Architects, the Maughan is the largest new university library in the United Kingdom since World War II.[5]
Designed by Sir James Pennethorne and constructed in 1851, with further extensions made between 1868 and 1900, it is a Grade II* listed building. Inside the library is a dodecagonal reading room, inspired by that of the British Museum, and a former medieval chapel, now an exhibition space showcasing the special collections of the library. The library was named in honour of Sir Deryck Maughan, an alumnus of the university.
Round reading room at the Maughan Library, King's College, London
Early history
The library building seen today was built in 1851, however, its roots date back to the 13th century.
Holdings
The Maughan holds more than 750,000 items including books, journals, CDs, records, DVDs, theses and exam papers. These items cover four of the College's academic schools of study: Arts and Humanities, Law, Natural & Mathematical Sciences and Social Science & Public Policy. This includes the Chartered Institute of Taxation's Tony Arnold Library and the post-1850 collection of Sion College. The library also holds more than 150,000 78rpm records donated by the BBC in 2001 which span a wide range of genres.In addition to the main catalogue the library holds special collections, and archives which contain around 5 million documents in total.
Sources: http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/chancery-lane/
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/index.aspx
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