The panorama is captured in front of the Old Hall at Lincoln’s Inn Fields ‘Inns of Court’. The ‘Inns of Court’ were founded in the beginning of the fourteenth century and Lincoln’s Field is one of four in London.

According to ancient custom anyone training to be a barrister in Britain must join one of the Inns of Court and dine there 24 times, as well as passing their examinations, before being officially qualified.

Of note are the alumni of Lincoln’s Inn which include Oliver Cromwell, John Donne of whom you can find out more in our Lincoln’s Inn Chapel Post and William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.

View the Quicktime panorama of the Inns of Court (3.1mb).

The Chapel in Lincoln’s Inn Fields dates back to 1623. The Chapel bell pre dates the Chapel at 1596 and is the source of the quote from John Donne of ‘for whom the bell tolls’.

Donne noted this as it was the custom to toll the bell between 12.30 and 1.00 p.m, when news of the death of a bencher was received.

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The Chapel in Lincoln’s Inn Fields dates back to 1623. The Chapel bell pre dates the Chapel at 1596 and is the source of the quote from John Donne of ‘for whom the bell tolls’.

Donne noted this as it was the custom to toll the bell between 12.30 and 1.00 p.m, when news of the death of a bencher was received.

View the Quicktime panorama of Lincolns Inn Fields Chapel (3.1mb).

Lincoln’s Inn Fields is the largest square in London and was once a place of public execution. Executions took place during the Tudor and Stuart periods with many religious martyrs, and those suspected of treachery to the Crown, meeting their end.

Thanks to a decree dating from the 1640s, the green area was preserved for generations of Londoners.

The panorama is taken from the BandStand in Lincoln’s Inn Fields park.

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