Junction of Snow Hill and Cock Lane
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Junction of Snow Hill and Cock Lane
Image: © Basher Eyre Taken: 14 Sep 2008
Here in 1762 an infamous fraud was perpetrated in the presence of Samuel Johnson and the Duke of York. At No. 20 Cock Lane seances were held at which a young girl, Elizabeth Parsons, made contact with a dead spirit. Needless to say, it was a hoax and her father, who had organised the stunt, was literally pilloried! Long, D. (2021). London’s Secret Square Mile. 2nd ed. Cheltenham: The History Press.
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51.517428
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