(St.) Peter's Alley

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

West out of Gracechurch Street at No.2 and north to Cornhill at No.52 (P.O. Directory). On the south and west sides of the church of St. Peter Cornhill. In Cornhill and Bishopsgate Within Wards.


First mention: O. and M. 1677.

Called also: " Church Alley" (Strype, Ed. 1720, I. ii. 107). Peter Alley " (W. Stow, 1722).

Named after the church.

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