Tenter Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

East out of Moor Lane to No.27 Moorfields (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.


First mention: O.S. 1848-51.

Former names : " Tenter Alley " (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1821).

The site was occupied by a "Teynter Yard" in 1565 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 35), hence the name.

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