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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Barnard's Inn, Holburn -- 1620
« on: Thursday 23 September 10 17:19 BST (UK) »
[I am a Gresham College employee, which is how I came across this, but I thought that it would be appreciated if I were to fill out some details and to direct people to a couple of resources about Barnard's Inn online].
Since 1991, Barnard's Inn has been the home of Gresham College, London's oldest higher education institution (dating back to 1597, when we were initially based on Cheapside in London). We hold regular free public lectures and events within the hall.
There is a rather detailed description about the hall on our website, which can be found her:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/form.asp?PageId=40
Here you will find the interesting aside that Charles Dickens uses Barnard's Inn as a setting for parts of 'Great Expectations', which are believed to be accurate descriptions at least of Dickens' feelings about the place (as negative as they are!).
If you are looking for pictures of the Inn, we have some nice picture (inside and out, in sun and snow) on our facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/Gresham-College/14011689941?v=photos#!/album.php?aid=40886&id=14011689941
I hope that this contributes to the discussion. - James
Since 1991, Barnard's Inn has been the home of Gresham College, London's oldest higher education institution (dating back to 1597, when we were initially based on Cheapside in London). We hold regular free public lectures and events within the hall.
There is a rather detailed description about the hall on our website, which can be found her:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/form.asp?PageId=40
Here you will find the interesting aside that Charles Dickens uses Barnard's Inn as a setting for parts of 'Great Expectations', which are believed to be accurate descriptions at least of Dickens' feelings about the place (as negative as they are!).
If you are looking for pictures of the Inn, we have some nice picture (inside and out, in sun and snow) on our facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/Gresham-College/14011689941?v=photos#!/album.php?aid=40886&id=14011689941
I hope that this contributes to the discussion. - James