382).

HAND ALLEY (Ward 5) pp. 198, 199. Leading east from Bishopsgate Street and the site of the Presbyterian Meeting House where Defoe’s friend, the Nonconformist clergyman Daniel Williams, was minister from 1688 until his death in 1716. His will provided for the Williams Theological Library. For the connection with Defoe’s old enemy Sir Robert Clayton, see note to p. 232.

HARROW ALLEY pp. 56, 147, 152. Running south from the Aldgate end of Whitechapel and one of four alleys bearing the name, but Schonhorn finds no evidence of its existence before 1676.

HERMITAGE pp. 108, 110. East of the Tower on the north bank of the Thames and including Hermitage Stairs and Dock.

HIGHGATE p. 115. Famed as a health resort and from 1622 site of a Congregational chapel, banned within five miles of the City.

HOLBORN pp. 4, 74. The chief western thoroughfare in and out of the City, named after a tributary of the Fleet River, the Holebourne.

HOLLOWAY p. 115. North part of Islington and named after its sunken, treacherous highway.

HOLLOWAY LANE p. 198. See Black Ditch.

HORNSEY p. 115. Four miles north-west of London and still a small village in 1722.

HOUNDSDITCH pp. 43, 53, 55, 56, 73, 88. Street running between Aldgate and Bishopsgate and a relic of the moat that ran round the eastern city wall (formerly used for kennels and disposing of dead dogs); at the corner with Whitechapel stood St Botolph’s, the Defoe family church.

HUMMERTON p. 112. See Hackney.

ISLINGTON pp. 33, 62, 63, 70, 114, 115, 122. In 1665 a rural suburb, gateway to the north and leisure resort. Its distance from the City also made it a popular place for duels and for non-juring clergymen. See also Newington.

LEADEN HALL (Ward 2) p. 80. Market for the sale of food and fabrics, burnt down in 1666 and swiftly rebuilt.

LEADEN HALL STREET (Ward 2) pp.