REED London Place Names Organized by Type

This list is compiled from the indexes for the three Records of Early English Drama print collections: Civic London to 1558, Ecclesiastical London, and Inns of Court; it also includes place names compiled for the prototype REED Online Rose Playhouse collection .

For more information about how REED defines a particular place type, click on that term. For general information about our process, please see "How REED Defines London Places" 

Place Type Place Name

Arena
  • Bear Garden (1)
  • Bear Garden (2)
  • Bear Garden (3)
  • Tiltyard at Whitehall Palace
Bridge
  • London Bridge
Church house
  • Trinity Hall
  • Our Lady's Hall
Church
  • All Hallows Barking
  • All Hallows Bread Street
  • All Hallows Gracechurch
  • All Hallows Honey Lane
  • All Hallows London Wall
  • All Hallows Staining
  • All Hallows the Great
  • All Hallows the Less
  • Christ Church Newgate Street
  • Holy Trinity Minories
  • Holy Trinity the Less
  • Queen's Chapel of the Savoy
  • St Alban Wood Street
  • St Alphage
  • St Andrew by the Wardrobe
  • St Andrew Holborn
  • St Andrew Hubbard
  • St Andrew Undershaft
  • St Ann Blackfriars
  • St Anne and St Agnes
  • St Antholin
  • St Augustine by St Paul’s
  • St Bartholomew by the Exchange
  • St Bartholomew the Great
  • St Bartholomew the Less
  • St Benet Fink
  • St Benet Gracechurch
  • St Benet Paul’s Wharf
  • St Benet Sherehog
  • St Botolph Billingsgate
  • St Botolph without Aldersgate
  • St Botolph Without Aldgate
  • St Botolph without Bishopsgate
  • St Bride Fleet Street
  • St Christopher le Stocks
  • St Clement Danes
  • St Clement Eastcheap
  • St Dionis Backchurch
  • St Dunstan and All Saints
  • St Dunstan in the East
  • St Dunstan in the West
  • St Edmund the King and Martyr
  • St Ethelburga within Bishopsgate
  • St Ewen within Newgate
  • St Faith under St Paul’s
  • St Gabriel Fenchurch
  • St George Eastcheap
  • St George the Martyr
  • St Giles in the Fields
  • St Giles without Cripplegate
  • St Gregory by St Paul’s
  • St Helen
  • St James Clerkenwell
  • St James Duke’s Place
  • St James Garlickhithe
  • St James, Clerkenwell
  • St John the Baptist
  • St John the Baptist's Priory, Holywell
  • St John the Evangelist Friday Street
  • St John Zachary
  • St Katharine Coleman
  • St Katharine Cree
  • St Katherine by the Tower
  • St Lawrence Jewry
  • St Lawrence Pountney
  • St Leonard Eastcheap
  • St Leonard Foster Lane
  • St Leonard, Shoreditch
  • St Magnus the Martyr
  • St Margaret
  • St Margaret Fish Street Hill
  • St Margaret Moses
  • St Margaret Pattens
  • St Martin in the Fields
  • St Martin le Grand
  • St Martin Ludgate
  • St Martin Orgar
  • St Martin Outwich
  • St Martin Pomary
  • St Martin Vintry
  • St Mary Abchurch
  • St Mary Aldermanbury
  • St Mary Aldermary
  • St Mary at Hill
  • St Mary Axe
  • St Mary Bothaw
  • St Mary Colechurch
  • St Mary Lambeth
  • St Mary le Bow
  • St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey
  • St Mary Magdalen in the Fishmarket
  • St Mary Magdalen Milk Street
  • St Mary Mounthaw
  • St Mary Somerset
  • St Mary Staining
  • St Mary Whitechapel
  • St Mary Woolchurch
  • St Mary Woolnoth
  • St Matthew Friday Street
  • St Michael Bassishaw
  • St Michael Cornhill
  • St Michael Crooked Lane
  • St Michael le Querne
  • St Michael Paternoster Royal
  • St Michael Queenhithe
  • St Michael Wood Street
  • St Mildred Bread Street
  • St Mildred Walbrook
  • St Nicholas Acon
  • St Nicholas Cole Abbey
  • St Nicholas Olave
  • St Nicholas Shambles
  • St Olave
  • St Olave Monkwell Street
  • St Olave Old Jewry
  • St Olave towards the Tower
  • St Pancras
  • St Paul’s Cathedral
  • St Peter Cornhill
  • St Peter Paul’s Wharf Street
  • St Peter the Poor
  • St Peter Westcheap
  • St Saviour’s
  • St Sepulchre without Newgate
  • St Stephen Coleman Street
  • St Stephen Walbrook
  • St Swithin London Stone
  • St Thomas the Apostle
  • St Vedast Foster Lane
  • Temple Church
  • Westminster Abbey
County
  • Middlesex
  • Surrey
Gate
  • Aldgate
  • Bishopsgate
  • Cripplegate
  • Newgate
  • Ludgate
  • Moorgate
  • Temple Bar Gate
  • Aldersgate
Guildhall
  • Bakers' Hall
  • Blacksmiths' Hall
  • Drapers' Hall
  • Grocers' Hall
  • Mercers’ Hall
  • Merchant Taylors’ Hall
  • Porters' Hall
  • St Giles’ Hall
Hospital
  • Bethlehem Hospital
  • Christ’s Hospital
  • Foundling Hospital
  • St Anthony’s Hospital
  • St Bartholomew’s Hospital
  • St Katharine’s Hospital
  • St Mary within Cripplegate Hospital
  • St Mary without Bishopsgate Hospital
  • St Thomas' Hospital
Inn of court
  • Barnard’s Inn
  • Clement’s Inn
  • Clifford’s Inn
  • Furnival’s Inn
  • Gray’s Inn
  • Inner Temple
  • Lincoln’s Inn
  • Lyon’s Inn
  • Middle Temple
  • New Inn
  • Serjeant’s Inn
  • Staple Inn
  • Strand Inn
  • Thavie’s Inn
Manor
  • Paris Garden Manor House
Open area
  • Newgate Market
  • Smithfield
  • Clerkenwell Close
  • Clerkenwell Green
  • Covent Garden
  • Finsbury Fields
  • Lincoln’s Inn Fields
  • Pye Corner
  • St James Park
  • St Paul's Cross
  • Temple Garden
  • Charing Cross
Parish
  • Clerkenwell
  • Shoreditch
  • Stepney
Place of punishment
  • Bridewell
  • Clink
  • Doctors’ Commons
  • Fleet Prison
  • Gatehouse
  • King's Bench Prison
  • Marshalsea Prison
  • Newgate
  • Poultry Compter
  • Tower Hill
  • Tower of London
  • Tyburn
  • White Lyon Prison
  • Wood Street Compter
Playhouse
  • Banqueting House
  • Blackfriars Playhouse
  • Cockpit
  • Cockpit Playhouse (aka Phoenix)
  • Curtain Playhouse
  • Fortune Playhouse
  • Globe Playhouse
  • Hope Playhouse
  • Newington Butts Playhouse
  • Red Bull Playhouse
  • Red Lion Playhouse
  • Rose Playhouse
  • Swan Playhouse
  • Theatre Playhouse
Property
  • West Green
Religious House
  • Ashburnham House
  • Charterhouse
  • Greyfriars
  • Holy Trinity Priory
  • Holywell Priory
  • Salisbury Court
  • Sheen House
  • St Bartholomew’s Priory
  • St Helen’s Priory
  • St Mary Clerkenwell
  • Whitefriars
Residence
  • Bermondsey House
  • Blackwell
  • Bridge House
  • Crosby Place
  • Croydon Palace
  • Denmark House
  • Dorset House
  • Durham Place
  • Ely House
  • Erber
  • Essex House
  • Finsbury
  • Fulham Palace
  • Greenwich
  • Hampton Court
  • Hattan House
  • John Cholmley's house
  • Lambeth Palace
  • Lord Cobham's residence
  • Montagu House
  • Richmond Palace
  • Savoy Palace
  • Somerset House
  • Southampton House
  • St James’ Palace
  • Suffolk Place
  • Syon House
  • Waverley Place
  • Westminster
  • Westminster Hall
  • Whitehall Palace
  • Winchester House
  • Winchester Palace
  • York Place
School
  • St Paul’s School
  • Westminster Grammar School
  • Whittington’s College
Street
  • Aldersgate Street
  • Bankside
  • Bermondsey Street
  • Bishopsgate Street
  • Borough High Street
  • Brad Street
  • Bread Street
  • Bucklersbury
  • Chancery Lane
  • Cheapside
  • Drury Lane
  • East Smithfield
  • Fenchurch Street
  • Fish Street
  • Fleet Street
  • Foster Lane
  • Golden Lane
  • Golding Lane
  • Gracechurch Street
  • Grub Street
  • Holborn
  • Holywell Lane
  • Houndsditch
  • Ivy Lane
  • Kent Street
  • Knightrider Street
  • Lambeth Marsh
  • Little Carter Lane
  • Little Eastcheap
  • Lombard Street
  • Long Lane
  • Love Lane
  • Maid Lane
  • Milk Street
  • Newgate Street
  • Old Fish Street
  • Old Jewry
  • Paternoster Row
  • Paul’s Alley
  • Paul’s Churchyard
  • Pope Lane
  • Ram Alley
  • Ratcliffe Highway
  • Red Cross Street
  • Rose Alley
  • Salisbury House
  • Sermon Lane
  • Shaft Alley and Gate
  • The Shambles
  • Shoe Lane
  • Silver Street
  • St Paul’s Churchyard
  • Staining Lane
  • The Strand
  • Tower Street
  • Trinity Alley
  • Trinity Lane
  • Water Lane
  • Watling Street
  • White Cross Street
  • Whitechapel Street
  • Whitecross Street
Victualling house
  • Antelope Inn
  • Barge Inn
  • Bear Inn
  • Bell and Cock Inn
  • Bell Inn
  • Bell Inn (near the Clink)
  • Bell Inn (near Borough High Street)
  • Bell Savage Inn
  • Boar's Head Inn (Whitechapel High Street)
  • Boar's Head Inn (Bankside)
  • Bull Inn
  • Cardinal's Hat
  • Castle Inn
  • Christopher Inn
  • Crane Inn
  • Cross Keys Inn (Bishopsgate Street)
  • Cross Keys Inn (Borough High Street)
  • Cross Keys Inn (Gracechurch Street)
  • Crown Tavern
  • Dog Yard Inn
  • Dolphin
  • Elephant Inn
  • The Falcon on the Hoop
  • Flower de Luce Inn (Bankside)
  • Flower de Luce Inn (by London Bridge)
  • George Inn
  • Goat Inn
  • Green Dragon Inn
  • Gun Inn
  • Hart Inn
  • Hartshorn Inn
  • Hole
  • Horn Tavern
  • Horsehead Inn
  • Horseshoe Inn
  • Katherine Wheel Inn
  • King's Head Inn
  • King’s Head Tavern
  • Lion Inn
  • Mermaid Inn
  • Queen's Head Yard Inn
  • Ram Inn
  • Red Lion Inn
  • Rose Inn
  • Saracen's Head Inn
  • Ship Inn
  • Spur Inn
  • The Sun
  • Swan Inn (Bankside)
  • Swan Inn (Borough High Street)
  • Tabard/Talbot Inn
  • Three Crane Inn
  • Three Crowns Inn
  • Three Tuns Inn
  • Unicorn Inn
  • Vine Inn
  • Walnut Tree Inn
  • White Hart Inn
  • White Horse
  • Woolsack
Ward
  • Cornhill
  • Billingsgate Ward
  • Bridge Ward
  • Castle Baynard Ward
  • Cheap Ward
  • Lime Street Ward
  • Portsoken Ward
  • Tower Ward
Water feature
  • Fleet River
  • Gracechurch Street Conduit
  • Great Conduit
  • Skinner’s Well
  • Thames River