Chancery Lane [SEP] named after
street. Lincoln's Inn occupies most of the western side north of Carey Street.
History.
Chancery Lane takes its name from the historic High Court of Chancery, which started its association with the area when Robert de Chesney, the Bishop of Lincoln acquired the 'old Temple' in 1161.
In later centuries the Court convened in Lincoln's Inn Old Hall and other buildings there for the Court's purposes, such as the important Six Clerks office. On the eastern side of the street, below Bream's
Baynard Street – after Castle Baynard which formerly stood here
- Castle Court – after a former inn of this name
- Catherine Wheel Alley – after a former inn of this name, which was named for the Catherine wheel on the coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Turners
- Cavendish Court – after the Cavendish family, Dukes of Devonshire, who owed a house near here in the 1600s
- Chancery Lane – the former site of Edward III's office of the Master of the Rolls of Chancery
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