Until the time of James I, St. Martin's Lane was a country lane linking the churches of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and St. Giles-in-the-Fields; as such it was probably in existence at the beginning of the 13th century. St. Martin's Lane is now a street in Covent Garden in Central London which still runs from the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, after which it is named, near Trafalgar Square northwards to Long Acre. At its northern end, it becomes Monmouth Street In the late 17th and first half of the 18th century the residential part of the lane seems to have become a fashionable situation for doctors and artists. In the 18th century St. Martin's Lane was noted for the Academy founded by William Hogarth and later for premises of cabinet-makers and "upholsterers" such as Thomas Chippendale, who moved to better premises there in 1753. This tune may originally have been a theatre tune by Henry Purcell. It was used in John Gay's Beggar's Opera. It was recorded on The English Country Dancing Master, vol. 2 by The Telemann Society and Country Capers by The New York Renaissance Band.