What is Cock Lane?
[[File:Cock Lane.JPG|right|upright|thumb|Cock Lane, from Pye Corner]] '''Cock Lane''' is a small street in [[Smithfield]], [[London]] which runs east to [[Giltspur Street]] and west to [[Snow Hill, London|Snow Hill]]. It was known as ''Cokkes Lane'' during the [[Middle Ages]] - when the lane was known for its legal [[Brothel|brothels]]. However, it is most well known for the [[ghost]] that is said to be around the area since 1762.<ref>{{cite book | last = Chambers | first = Paul | title = The Cock Lane Ghost: Murder, Sex and Haunting in Dr Johnson's London | year = 2006 | publisher = Sutton | location = Stroud | isbn = 0-7509-3869-2}}</ref> It is also known for being where Christian preacher and writer [[John Bunyan]] died of a fever in 1688. The junction between this lane and Giltspur Street marks an area known as [[Pye Corner]] which serves as a marker for the furthest reach of the [[Great Fire of London]]. A monument, the [[Golden Boy of Pye Corner]], marks this location. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Roads in London]] {{UK-stub}}