Paul's Alley

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

1) South out of Paternoster Row, at No.50, to St. Paul's Churchyard (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Ward Within.


First mention: O. and M. 1677.

2) West out of Red Cross Street, at No.13, to Australian Avenue (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.

First mention: 1670-1 (Ct. H.W. II. 775).

In Strype, Ed. 1720 (I. iii. 94), it is said to run into Aldersgate Street by the Half Moon Tavern, but in the maps it only extends to the western boundary of Cripplegate Ward.

3) West out of Wood Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, Ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).

The site seems to be occupied by" Coach and Horses Court" (q.v.) in O. and M. 1677. Removed for the widening of Gresham Street West (now Gresham Street), which occupies the site.

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