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[[File:Cock lane ghost.png|250px|thumb|alt=A monochrome illustration of a narrow street, viewed from a corner, or intersection. A large three-storey building is visible on the right of the image. The ground floor has three windows, the first and second floors have two windows each. The roof appears to contain a row of windows, for a loft space.  The word "KING" is written between the first and second floors, and a sign, "(contracted; show full)ed Kingdom)|RPI]], about&nbsp;£27,400 as of 2010.<ref>{{Citation | last = Officer | first = Lawrence H. | title = Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to Present | url = http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/ | publisher = measuringworth.com | accessdate = 13 January 2010}}</ref><!-- old estimate in case of argument - (about £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|20|1759|r=-2}}|0}} as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK}} -->|group="nb"}}  In response, Kent had him arrested.
    <ref name="Grantpp410">{{Harvnb|Grant|1965|pp=4–10}}</ref>

==Fanny==  
While attending early morning prayers at the church of [[St Sepulchre-without-Newgate]] William Kent and Fanny met Richard Parsons, the officiating [[clerk (choral)|clerk]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Grant|1965|pp=4–10}}</ref name="Grantpp410"/> Although he was generally considered respectable, Parsons was known locally as a drunk and was struggling to provide for his family.  He listened to the couple's plight and was sympathetic, offering them the use of lodgings in his home at what (in 1965) was 20&nbsp;Cock Lane, to the north of St Sepulchre's.  Located along a narrow, winding thoroughfare similar to most of central London's streets, the three-storey house was in a respectable but declining area, and comprised a single r(contracted; show full)[[Category:Hoaxes in the United Kingdom]]
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[[fr:Fantôme de Cock Lane]]
[[ja:コック・レーンの幽霊]]