Moneyboxes, a jug and a candleholder from Holywell The name of Holywell Lane is the only clue today of the former existence of Holywell Priory that stood between Shoreditch High St and Curtain Rd from the eleventh century until it was seized by the crown in 1539. Thomas Manners, a favourite of Henry VIII, acquired … Continue reading Seventeenth Century Finds From Shoreditch