A plan of the Farrington at the end of the 17th century

A detailed plan of Farrington Without (i.e. outside the City walls), engraved by Richard Blome c.1695 but not published until 1720, with his name removed from the title, leaving traces of engraving. A 149-point key lists courts, alleys, inns, yards and other buildings. Features include Fleet Street and Holborn, Chancery Lane, Smithfield, The Temple, Fleet Prison, Bridewell and Lincoln's Inn. The Fleet is shown as Robert Hook's 'New Canal', completed 1680, entering the Thames at Blackfriars Stairs.. In 1695 William III granted Blome a privilege to publish 'A Survey or description of the citties of London and Westminstr'. Although a few of the parish maps with Blome's name exist in the British Library, the series was not published until John's Strype's 'A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster', a continuation of 'Stow's Survey'. This example comes from the first edition.