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Where the books were written, set, sold, printed and buried: from the Globe to the graves, the bookshops to the presses.
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The Old Hall where Bleak House opens, in the Inn where Donne and Thomas More were students.
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'London. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall.' The Court of Chancery sat in the fifteenth-century Old Hall from 1737 to 1883, so the fog of Bleak House's opening pages gathers here, at the heart of the case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. John Donne was a student and later the Inn's preacher, Thomas More was admitted in 1496, and Dickens knew it as a young lawyer's clerk. The gatehouse of 1521 on Chancery Lane, the chapel and the gardens are open to walk through on weekdays.
| Monday | 08:00 – 19:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 08:00 – 19:00 |
| Wednesday | 08:00 – 19:00 |
| Thursday | 08:00 – 19:00 |
| Friday | 08:00 – 19:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours from the page that lists them, checked 5 September 2026.
The Chancery Lane and Carey Street gates are open to the public on weekdays; the Old Hall and chapel are seen on the Inn's tours.
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Data is compiled from public sources including OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL. Hours change often, so check before making a journey.