The Inns of Court

The Inns of Court

On the left is the Old Hall, dating from the reign of Edward VI. (circa 1555), and the scene of the Chancery case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce in Bleak House. Beyond the Hall are the red roofs of Old Square, and in the distance the domes of the Central Criminal Court and St. Pauls, the latter appearing over a portion of the buildings of the Record Office. The features of every ancient City are marked with the wrinkles and the scars of Time. The narrow lanes, the winding streets, the huddled houses, the blind alleys form, as it were, the furrows upon her aged countenance. They contribute enormously to the charm and beauty of her riper years, for they point to a life rich in experience and varied reminiscences. But, like other wrinkles, they have their drawbacks. As the bottle-neck of Bond Street, which blocks the traffic half the season, is the direct topographical result of the river which once flowed thereabouts, so the boundary of the property of the Knights Templars, marked by the Inner and Middle Temple Gateways, imposes the southern limit of Fleet Street, opposite to Streets Gothic pile of Law Courts and to Chancery Lane. Hence the narrowness of that famous street, and{2} the consequent congestion of traffic on the main route to the City. Then come the Beauty Doctors, who smooth out the old wrinkles, and broaden the ancient, narrow lines, which Time has cut so deeply on the face of the Town. The old landmarks are removed, and Wrens gateways and buildings must disappear in order that broad, straight paths be driven right to the sanctuary of Business. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 55062
Author: Headlam, Cecil
Release Date: Jul 6, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Home, Gordon, 1878-1969