Editing Clerkenwell (section)

===Clerks' Well===
Clerkenwell took its name from the Clerks' Well in Farringdon Lane (''clerken'' was the [[Middle English#Nouns|Middle English]] genitive plural of ''clerk'', a variant of  ''[[wikt:clerc#Middle English|clerc]]'', meaning literate person or clergyman). The first surviving reference to the name is from 1100.<ref>{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of Place names –|first=Eilert |last=Ekwall (Fourth edition reprinted 1990) |year=1960 |publisher=Clarendon Press |isbn=0-19-869103-3}}</ref> In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[Parish Clerks Company|London Parish clerks]] performed annual [[mystery play]]s there, based on biblical themes. Part of the well remains visible, incorporated into a 1980s building called Well Court. It is visible through a window of that building on Farringdon Lane. Access to the well is managed by [[Islington Local History Centre]] and visits can be arranged by appointment.