(St.) Sepulchre's Alley

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

North out of Hartrow Street, east of St. Sepulchre's Church, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).


Thrown into the churchyard on the occasion of the widening of Giltspur Street in 1760. In the Act of Parliament the houses taken down are described as Middle Row, and Sepulchre's alley is spoken of as the "paved alley" (Gent. Mag. Lib. XV. 228). Named after the church.

See Middle Row2, Giltspur Street.

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