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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)

The Cock Lane ghost became a focus of controversy between the [[Methodist]] and [[Anglican church]]es and is referenced frequently in contemporary literature.  [[Charles Dickens]] 
and Herman Melville are twois one of several Victorian authors whose work alluded to the story, and the pictorial [[satirist]] [[William Hogarth]] referenced the ghost in two of his prints.

==Background==
In about 1756–57 William Kent, a [[usurer]] from [[Norfolk]],<ref>{{Harvnb|Benedict|2002|p=171}}</ref> married Elizabeth Lynes, the daughter of a [[grocer]] from [[Lyneham, Wiltshire|Lyneham]].  They moved to [[Stoke Ferry]] where Kent kept an [[Public_house#Inns|inn]], and later the local [[post office]].  They were apparently very much in love, but their marriage was short-lived as wi(contracted; show full)[[Category:History of the City of London]]
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[[fr:Fantôme de Cock Lane]]
[[ja:コック・レーンの幽霊]]