Whalebone Court

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

1) South out of Moorgate Street Buildings to Telegraph Street and Whalebone Passage, leading into Tokenhouse Yard (L.C.C. List, 1912). In Coleman Street Ward.


First mention: Strype, 1720.

Shown but not named in the later maps.

In Strype's maps it runs north out of Bell Alley (Telegraph Street), but does not extend so far north as the site of Moorgate Street Buildings.

2) In Little Old Bailey (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps.

3) North out of Bell Alley, in Coleman Street Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755).

See Whalebone Court1, Moorgate Street Buildings below.

4) North out of Throgmorton Street. In Broad Street Ward (O. and 1677-Elmes, 1831).

"Whalebond Court" (Strype, 1720 and 1755).

The site is now partly occupied by the London County and Westminster Bank, Head Office (q.v.).

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