Cross Keys Alley

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

,Cross Keys Inn, Cross Keys Yard


East out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).

First mention: "le Crosskeyes," 1601 (Lond. I. p.m. III. 299).

The site has been rebuilt and is now occupied by offices and warehouses, etc.

Name derived from the sign.

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