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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) officiating [[clerk (choral)|clerk]]<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-stor
ey house was in a respectable but declining area, and comprised a single room on each floor, connected by a winding staircase.<ref>{{Harvnb|Grant|1965|pp=4–6}}</ref> Shortly after Mr and Mrs Kent (as they called themselves) moved in, Kent loaned Parsons 12&nbsp;[[guinea (British coin)|guineas]], to be repaid at a rate of a guinea per month.<ref>{{Harvnb|Grant|1965|p=10}}</ref>  

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