Lancaster Court. Strand.
Some notes -
Post under construction.
Lancaster Court was built on the site of the King's Head.
The whole area south of St Martin in the Fields Church was cleared to make way for the improvements including Trafalgar Square to the west end of the Strand in 1830.
Although published in 1755 this map is based on an earlier map.
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The Courts running North from Charing Cross and the West End of the Strand and east from the lower end of St Martin's Lane..
35, Hunts Court. Off St Martins Lane.
36,Woodstock Court. Off Charing Cross
37, The Checker Inn. Off Charing Cross
38, Starr Inn.
39. Kings Head Inn (later Lancaster Court).
40 St Martin's Court.
41, Hewets Court.
42, Church Lane.
43, Robin Hood Court.
44, New Round Court.
45, Round Court.
Map from Stow's Survey of 1755.
It is substantially the same as - the map from John Strype's edition of John Stow's, 'Survey of the cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark' of the 1720 edition).
This in turn was based on a 1687 map by Richard Blome.
So not entirely to be trusted.
It is very useful for the detail of the courts running northward from the Strand.
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Horwood's Map of London.1799.
Depicting Hunts Court, Hudsons Court and Lancaster Court.
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Survey of the Lower end of St Martin's Lane.
Made just prior to the demolitions and clearance.
Showing Hudsons Court the first court East of St Martins Lane off the Strand
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The Rainbow Coffee House, Lancaster Court, between Strand and St Martin's Lane.
A few notes -
Active c. 1702 - 55.
Not to be confused with several other similarly named Coffee Houses.
(to be expanded on in due course).
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/94590
The Rainbow was described as an "informal talking shop" for French speaking intellectuals in Chapter 9, The Religious Culture of the Huguenots, 1660-1750 edited by Anne Dunan-Page.
Voltaire visited in 1727.
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For The Rainbow, Dr John Misaubin and early Freemasonry see
https://www.thesquaremagazine.com/mag/article/202108the-much-maligned-dr-john-misaubin/
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Margaret Moffatt at the Golden Key and Star, Lancaster Court
c.1769.
Wellcome Collection.
Also available at - https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_margaret-moffat-at-the-_moffat-margaret_1769
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A catalogue of music,
printed for William Napier (1740 - 1812), no. 474, at the corner of Lancaster Court, Strand, London, circa 1781. He must have been on the opposite corner to Francis Barron.
Copy in the Wellcome Collection.
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/mc6pkpmm
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Staunton and Sons, Corner of Lancaster Court and the Strand.1829.
W. Pocknell's
fishmonger's shop, at no 473, next to the shop on the east corner of Lancaster Court; with
figures inside, including a customer near the doorway, no 474, the shop premises of
Staunton & Son, stationers, seen beyond at left, and adjoined at right
Stretton's.
Graphite drawing.
1829.
George Scharf.
British Museum.
View looking North East from the rear window at George Scharf's home at 3 St Martin's Lane.
The drawing annotated "back of houses in Lancaster Court.
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Francis Barron and the Barron Family.
Ironmongers.
475/476 The Strand, Westminster.
Receipt dated 16 March 1756 for a quart Turkey Coffee Pot
Signed James Hawkes.
Hawkes lived at the premises on the corner of Surrey Street and the Strand.
Francis Barron was his father in law.
In 1756 433. (M.) James Polk , otherwise Pollock , was indicted for stealing two locks, value 8 s. three iron keys, value 3 s. five pair of steel snuffers, value 5 s. two brass cocks, value 2 s. one iron padlock, one frame saw, four pair of tongs, four iron fire-shovels, four iron pokers, eighteen iron screws, one pair of pincers, and one hand-vice , the goods of of Francis Barrow and James Hawkes , September 27 1756
He lodged with Charles Smith at Bowl Yard St Giles with his wife and three children.
Sentenced to be whipped.
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/17561020
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There is a record of a court case of John Cardell who was working as a journeyman at a age of £20/annum for Philip Nind in 1743.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/petitions/westminster/1740s
Everything for the fireplace and kitchen.
The interior of Francis Barron's shop on the corner of Lancaster Court and the north side of the Strand, Westminster. c.1830.
Drawing by George Scharf.
British Museum.
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William Humphrey (1745 - 1810). Engraver at Lancaster Court - 1786.
Brother of Hannah Humphrey.
1765: near New
Street, St. Martin's Lane (CS p. 715),
Nov 1771- 15 June, 1774: The Shell Warehouse, opposite Cecil Court, St Martin's Lane
June 1774-October, 1778: Gerrard Street, Soho,
1776-88: 227, Strand
(often in combination with 18 New Bond Street),
April 1777- March, 1778: 70 St Martin's Lane.
September 1780-1785:
near Temple Bar, Strand (occasional variant on 227 Strand).
1786: Lancaster Court
(occasional).
1801: 4 Rupert Street. Soho.
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R. Theed. Sword Cutler, Lancaster Court.
c. 1800.
https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-15460
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Harrisons, Printers, 6 Lancaster Court. c 1801 - 29.
moved to Orchard Street, and subsequently to 45, St Martin's Lane.
James Harrison -
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Note to self - Residents and Occupations St Martin's Parish, 1818.
The Poll Book, for
Electing Two Representatives in Parliament for the City, 1818.
Very useful publication giving the residences and occupations of St Martin's parish and other Westminster Parishes.
Available on line
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The location of Lancaster Court between St Martin's Church Yard and the Strand.
From Horwoods Revised Map of 1819.
showing the projected "improvements"
An eminent
instrument-maker, Banks was Optician to the Prince of Wales, later George IV.
Robert Banks traded from 440 Strand from
1795 - 1804 then later from 441 between 1805 and 1830.
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Sixth Report of the Commissioners of Woods Forests and Land Revenue.
Vol 270, 1830.
Dated 5 June 1829.
Available on line.
Most of the properties were leasehold but a few were freehold.
This report gives the names and addresses and occupations of the owners or leaseholders who were bought out for the demolitions and improvements to the West end of the north side of the Strand, at the time when George Scharf was living above the shop at no 3 St Martins Lane.
The freeholders of 3 St Martins Lane.
Scharf moved to 14 Francis Street in 1830.
3 St. Martin's Lane, 1817-30; 14 Francis Street, Tottenham Court Road, 1830-1848;
1
Torrington Square, 1848-1856.
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