vicente on 16 Apr 2005  •  Link

Fish Street Westminster, I would have guessed, it would be near the water[Tems], so that it could receive the fish of the day "pisus novus" but with so much real estate growth, it has ended up under the stone masonary. An Assumtion made when looking at the 1749 Map.

Simon on 19 Apr 2005  •  Link

Fish Yard was a very small yard which turned off St Margaret Street, between Old Palace Yard and New Palace Yard, roughly opposite the east end of St Margaret's Chuch. It led into a group of old buildings which had built up around the west side of Westminster Hall and was very close to the tavern called 'Hell'. In present day terms it would be approximately where the statue of Oliver Cromwell stands outside the Houses of Parliament

David Ross McIrvine on 19 Apr 2005  •  Link

Wonderful annotation by Simon, thank you!

BTW, I wonder if it was called "Fish Yard" because the King's Fishmonger had his workplace there? I ask because later, in 1709, the King's Fishmonger was indeed in Fish Yard, according to a report in the House of Lords, pertaining to damage and loss of records of the Court of Wards, which were being stored in the King's Fishmonger's workplace in Fish Yard.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…

Cumgranissalis on 19 Apr 2005  •  Link

Thanks: here is the map, it doth show , "cannae rede sideways"old palace yard and St Margarets Church AND Fish Yard Sideways.
http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…
Now we Know about the state of rotting records, very fishy. [so sorry]