Step Into History
Walk London in 1390
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Step Into History · City walk
Chaucer's London, 1390
This is late fourteenth‑century London after the Black Death, a dense trading hub within medieval walls where Old St Paul's spire and the Tower of London dominate the skyline. The walk moves from the river approaches, across London Bridge crowded with houses and a chapel, through the markets of Cheapside and the city's wards, and ends high above the city on the cathedral's spire.
38 scenes — 23 streets, squares and views, 15 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of London as it stood in 1390 (“Norman and medieval London”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Southwark River Approach
- 2. Borough Market and Bankside
- ↳ Tabard Inn Common Room · interior
- 3. London Bridge Houses and Chapel
- ↳ Chapel of St Thomas · interior
- 4. Bridgehead by St Magnus
- ↳ St Magnus Parish Church · interior
- 5. Queenhithe Quay
- ↳ Queenhithe Custom-house · interior
- 6. Billingsgate Fishmarket
- ↳ Billingsgate Fish Hall · interior
- 7. Baynard's Castle Shore
- 8. Tower Hill and the Tower
- ↳ St John's Chapel · interior
- 9. Lower Thames Street Quays
- 10. Aldgate and City Wall
- ↳ Aldgate Gate Guardroom · interior
- 11. Bishopsgate Ward
- 12. Leadenhall and Lombard Street
- ↳ Lombard Counting-house · interior
- 13. Cornhill and the Merchants
- ↳ Mercers' Hall · interior
- 14. Guildhall and Civic Quarter
- ↳ Guildhall Great Hall · interior
- 15. Cheapside Market and Cross
- ↳ Cheapside Tavern Room · interior
- 16. Paternoster Row and St Paul's Close
- ↳ Paternoster Scribes' Workshop · interior
- 17. Old St Paul's West Front
- ↳ Cathedral Nave · interior
- ↳ Choir and High Altar · interior
- 18. Ludgate and Western Approach
- 19. Fleet Street and the Scribes
- 20. Temple Church and Inner Temple
- 21. Strand and Savoy Site
- 22. Westminster Hall and Palace
- ↳ Westminster Hall Great Hall · interior
- 23. From St Paul's Spire