Great Turnstile

They are named after the turnstiles which were put there in Tudor times to prevent cattle grazing on the fields from escaping into Holborn.

[9] The business went on to become the largest instrument maker in the world so that, in 1914, the American Machinist acclaimed his first shop as a landmark in engineering.

[11] In 1636, George Hutton was at the "Sign of the Sun within the Turning Stile at Holborne" and published works such as Europæ Speculum by Sir Edwin Sandys.

[11] He made two great collections – one of ballads and another of title pages and other parts of books, which was to form a history of printing.

[13] Number 10 has since been redeveloped and is now used by the Mary Ward Centre to provide adult education and legal advice.

The entrance to the Great Turnstile is now next to Penderel's Oak . This pub is named after Richard Penderel who sheltered Charles II in an oak tree and lived at number 17, Great Turnstile in 1668. [ 1 ]
The Little and Great Turnstiles are the paths on either side of the row of houses on the south side of Houlburne in the 1561 woodcut map of London . [ 2 ]
The Tregaskis book shop, "The Caxton Head", on the corner of the New Turnstile and High Holborn
The Ship Tavern is a 16th-century public house on the corner of Little Turnstile and Gate Street.
The Mary Ward Centre at 10, Great Turnstile