From the Peel statue PATERNOSTER Row still mainly occupied by publishers and booksellers, especially those dealing in Bibles, runs nearly parallel with the north side of St. Paul's Cathedral. Its name is derived from the breviaries and rosaries that used to be sold in it; and the ecclesiastical character of the district is further indicated by such names as Amen Corner, Ave Maria Lane, and Sermon Lane.
In Paternoster Row, at the west corner of Paul's Alley, is the Chapter Coffee House (rebuilt), where Charlotte and Emily Bronte with their father stayed in 1842 on their way to Brussels, and where Charlotte and Anne stayed in 1848 when on their visit to Messrs. Smith, Elder, & Co. in Cornhill to prove their identity.
Near the west end of Paternoster Row, just behind St. Martin's Church, is Stationers� Hall , the guildhouse of the Stationers� Company, the members of which (unlike those of most City Guilds) have usually some actual connection with their nominal trade (bookseller or stationer). The hall was built in 1670, but was stone-faced in 1800, and a wing was added in 1887. The attics retain their original horn-paned windows.
