Shovel Court

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

West out of Wood Street at No.123, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Elmes, 1831).


First mention: Strype, ed. 1720.

Former name: "Shovel Alley" (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).

Mentioned in will of Thomas Foreby, 1506, as devised by him to the Goldsmiths' Company (End. Charities Report, 1829, p.387).

Site now occupied by warehouses and offices.

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