The ancient heart of London, lying just 2km downstream from the City of Westminster, which London later engulfed. During the 17th C the City experienced the devestating Great Fire of London and subsequently considerable re-building.
This area includes Inner Temple and Middle Temple, All Hallows the Great.
The Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire mentions that one Richard HATTON occupied a house here with 3 hearths in 1662-3. In 1666 a house in Honey Lane, with 3 hearths was occupied by Katharine HATTON, widow, and in 1669, after the Great Fire, an aged Mrs HATTON received compensation.
St Paul's Cathederal
Several of the masons associated with the project had links with the Taynton, Oxon, or Upton, Oxon, both of which are near Burford, on the edge of the Cotswolds.
The TASH family of Burford, Oxon had relatives in London and were probably closely related to Sir John TASH.
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