Church Passage

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

1) North out of Gresham Street at No. 79, at the west end of St. Lawrence Church, and extending to the north side of the church, into Guildhall Yard (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward and Cripplegate Ward Within, on the boundary of the wards.


First mention: O.S. 1875.

Former name : "St. Lawrence Alley" (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 90-Boyle, 1799).

2) North out of Upper Thames Street at 218, west of St. Bennet's Hill (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).

Shown as a passage on the west side of St. Benet's Church in Horwood, 1799, but not named.

3) See Church Entry, Playhouse Yard.

4) West out of St. Mary at Hill to Love Lane, south of the Church (L.C.C. List, 1912). In Billingsgate Ward.

First mention: O.S. 1848-51.

Former name : "Church Alley" (Strype, 1720-Boyle, 1799).

In 1720 there were houses on the south side only, the north side lying open to the churchyard (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 173).

5) South out of Duke Street to the Great Synagogue and Mitre Square (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.

First mention: O.S. 1875.

Former name : "Dark Entry" (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831). "Church Court" (P.C. 1732).

6) West out of Gracechurch Street at No. 17 on the North side of All Hallows Lombard Street Church (L.C.C. List, 1912). In P.O. Directory, "Way to All Hallows Church."

7) On the south side of Cloth Fair, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).

Probably identical with the entrance to St. Bartholomew's Church mentioned in the P.O. Directory at No. 8 Cloth Fair.

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