Peahen Court

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

West out of Bishopsgate at No.77 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.


First mention: O.S.1875.

Former name : " Sutton's Court " (Strype, 1720-Elmes, 1831).

Strype mentions it as newly built at that time (Ed. 1720, I. ii. 107) with steps down into " Helmet Court " (ib. 132).

Rev. T. Hugo in his itinerary of the Ward of Bishopsgate refers to a fine doorway temp. Jas. II. at the end of the Court (L. and M. Arch. Soc. Trans. I. p.168).

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