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.
Great Turnstile, Little Turnstile and New Turnstile are alleys between High Holborn and Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. They originally had turnstiles to prevent cattle from straying. They later became busy lanes and were built up with shops and housing. Numerous businesses were established there including booksellers, publishers and makers of scientific instruments.