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The Foundling Hospital and neighbourhood

Old and New London

… how in the opening scene of "No Thoroughfare," the postern gate of the Foundling Hospital opens, and Sally steps …

The French Chronicle of London: Edward III

Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London

… King, Philip de Valoys, and sent him by night out of a postern privily. And when he had proceeded fully two miles …

The history of All Hallows Church: To c.1548

Survey of London

… Gremet. At the hour of Vespers they were outside the Tower Postern on the river bank, when John drew a long knife and …

The later middle ages: Courts, jurisdiction, City Council and Parliament

A History of the County of York

… heard complaints of encroachments on the highway outside Fishergate Bar and at 'Crabtreelees', of a man who inclosed …

The later middle ages: Economy and industrial prosperity

A History of the County of York

… and in a street called 'Mousecotes' outside Skeldergate Postern. 77 The 15th century, by contrast, was an unhappy …

The later middle ages: Richard of Gloucester and Henry VII

A History of the County of York

… hand, was able to effect an entry in the course of which Fishergate Bar was burnt; and on 17 May the council advised …

The later middle ages: Scottish and French Wars

A History of the County of York

… and executed at once in a field outside Skeldergate Postern by a prisoner from the castle gaol. Henry went on …

The later middle ages: The city's franchise and officers

A History of the County of York

… Ouse and Foss, for Micklegate, and for Walmgate and Fishergate. If they performed their duty individually, …

The London lay subsidy of 1332: II, Size, wealth and occupations of population

Finance and trade under Edward III

… assessed at sixteen pence, leased a tenement with shops, a postern and a garden in 1339 2 There is evidence, also, that …

The lowy of Tunbridge: Tunbridge

The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent

… in the park and lands inclosed, called North fryth, the Postern, and the Cage, parcel of the rectory. He passed it … the late possessor of them. Hilden, by Matthew Smith, esq. Postern, by Mr. James Eldridge; Town, by Sir John Honywood, …