Nevill's Court

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

East out of Fetter Lane at No.34 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without, leading to Great New Street.


First mention: Horwood, 1799.

Former name: Neville's Alley,"1624 (L. and P. Ed. VI. , etc., XI. 170).

Spelt "Nevil's Court" (Lockie, 1810).

Named after the Neville family, who had a mansion in the neighbourhood (Elmes, 1831); or, as stated in the Lond. Topog. Rec. IX. 34, after Ralph Nevill, Bishop of Chichester, 1222-44, the owner of property in Chancery Lane.

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