Camp’s Almshouse, in Wormwood street, was founded by Mr. Laurence Camp, for the relief of six poor people of the parish of Allhallows London Wall, who had an allowance of 1l. 14s. 8d. a year.
Canary court, Exeter court in the Strand.
Candlewick Ward, took its name from a street called Candlewick, or Candlewright street, remarkable for wax and tallow chandlers, who were anciently called candlewrights, and is bounded on the south by Bridge and Dowgate wards; on the west by Dowgate and Wallbrook wards; on the north by Langborne ward; and on the east by Bridge ward. The principal streets in this ward are, Eastcheap, and a part of Canon street, and St. Martin’s lane. The most remarkable buildings are the parish churches of St. Clement’s Eastcheap, St. Mary Abchurch, and St. Michael’s Crooked lane.
It is governed by an Alderman, his Deputy, and seven other Common Council men; twelve wardmote inquest men, six scavengers, eight constables, and a beadle. The jurymen returned by the wardmote inquest serve on juries in Guildhall in the month of December.
Cane’s wharf, Milford lane.†
Canon alley, St. Paul’s church yard.
Canon row, or Channel row, New Palace yard, Westminster; called Canon row from this row formerly consisting of the houses for the Canons of St. Stephen’s Westminster.
Canon street, 1. In the Mint. 2. Ratcliff Highway. 3. A considerable street extending from Budge row to Eastcheap.
Canonbury, vulgarly called Cambray House, formerly belonged to the Prior and Canons of St. Bartholomew in Smithfield. It is pleasantly situated on a beautiful eminence on the east side of Islington, and commands three delightful prospects to the east, north, and south.
Canons of St. Paul’s. These Canons or Prebendaries, who are 30 in number, with the Bishop of London at their head, compose the Chapter, which has the management of the affairs of this cathedral; these canonries are in the collation of the Bishop, and are as follows. 1. Bromesbury, in the parish of Willesden, Middlesex. 2. Brownswood, in the same parish. 3. Cadington Major, in the manor of Astonbury, Bedfordshire. 4. Cadington Minor, in the parish of Cadington, Bedfordshire. 5. Chamberlain’s-Wood, in the parish of Willesden, Middlesex. 6. Chiswick, in the county of Middlesex. 7. Consumpt. per Mare, a prebend in the parish of Walton, or Waltome, on the coast of Essex, which being overflowed by the sea, before the conquest, the present name serves only to perpetuate the remembrance of that fatal catastrophe. 8. Eald Street, or Old Street, in Shoreditch parish. 9. Ealdland, in the parish of Tillingham, Essex. 10. Holiwell, alias Finsbury, in the parishes of St. Giles Cripplegate, and Shoreditch. 11. Harleston, in the parish of Willesdon, Middlesex. 12. Holborn, in the suburbs of London. 13. Hoxton, in the parish of Shoreditch. 14. Islington, in the county of Middlesex. 15. Kentish-town, in the parish of St. Pancras. 16. Mapelsbury, in the parish of Willesdon. 17. Mora, in the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate. 18. Neasdon, in the parish of Willesdon. 19. Oxgate, in the same parish. 20. St. Pancras, in Middlesex. 21. Portpool, in the parish of St. Andrew Holborn. 22. Reculvarland, in the parish of Tillingham, Essex. 23. Rougemere, in the parish of Pancras. 24. Sneating, in the parish of Kirkeby, Essex. 25. Stoke Newington, Middlesex. 26. Tottenhall or Tottenham Court, in the parish of St. Pancras. 27. Twyford, in the parish of Willesdon, Middlesex. 28. Wenlakesbarn, in the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate. 29. Wildland, in the parish of Tillingham, Essex. 30. Willesdon, in the county of Middlesex. Newc. Repert.