Talk:Paternoster Row

Name

It's far more likely the street was named after the religious tracts that were sold there. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 18:33, 10 December 2014 (UTC).

See http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9KPxH48qnZwC&pg=PA37&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions p37]. which unequivocally claims the name is due to makers and sellers of "paternotsters" themselves known as such, citing Riley's Memorials vol XX, and other works.

Amen Corner seems to have been part of Paternoster Row. Thus

• No. 2, Amen-corner, Orr and Co.

But more clarity is needed.

Disambiguation Little PAternoster Row in spitalfields and another Paternoster Row in London.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 18:29, 21 February 2015 (UTC).

Sources

• This is a useful source. Ultimately Kelly's may need to be consulted.
• https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XHNUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA626&dq=Paternoster+row&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yGKXVOOLL8bm7gaG-4DgDg&ved=0CLEBEOgBMBk#v=onepage&q=Paternoster&f=false Report of the Commissioners appointed in pursuance of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the 5th and 6th years of King William the 4th, c.71, intituled, An Act for appointing Commissioners to continue the inquiries concerning charities in England and Wales, until the first day of March [1837]: (dated 30th June 1837). several mentions of properties gifted to charities.
• The Original Picture of London ... Twenty-sixth Edition, Revised and Corrected to the Present Time. (Re-edited by J. Britton.) Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1827 lists many booksellers and publishers.
• The English catalogue of books published from January, 1835, to comprising the contents of the 'London' and the 'British' catalogues, compiled by S. Low [and others]. Published 1864 p 903-905 (Periodicals)
• The picture of London, enlarged and improved, John Feltham 23rd ed 1825 313-315 More publishers, booksellers, etc. NO street numbers
• The London catalogue of periodicals, newspapers and transactions of various societies with a list of metropolitan printing societies and clubs, 1856 Street numbers and journal titles, no publishers given

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 18:19, 21 February 2015 (UTC).

Early-mid eighteenth century

The red Lion https://archive.org/stream/vindicationofgov00mado#page/n3/mode/2up

Pre-house numbering

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 22:29, 26 April 2016 (UTC).

Circular links?

I noticed that there are many circular links, that is, links that when clicked send a reader back to this article, in Paternoster Row § Printers and booksellers based in Paternoster Row. I was going to remove one of them, and then I noticed that there are many of them. I don't see what purpose these links serve. What am I missing? Biogeographist (talk) 16:36, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

The sign of the Crane, E. Brewster

I'm not entirely sure what the numbers mean at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_Row#Crane but if it's date of proprietorship, Edward Brewster operated the Crane at least as early as 1672, per my copy of The Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine, which states it was "printed by S.G. and B.G. for Edward Brewster, and to be sold at the Sign of the Crane in ST. Paul's Church Yard, 1672." Not sure if that counts as original research or not, so I figured I'd leave the information here should someone more knowledgeable of the rules decide to make an edit. 100.16.5.65 (talk) 21:50, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Year

2003 is the year given for "Paternoster Square". This existed already 200 years ago. So it's clearly wrong. 79.106.209.5 (talk) 01:23, 1 January 2023 (UTC)