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Henry A Harben, 'Sun Alley, Court - Sun Street Passage', in A Dictionary of London( London, 1918), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london/sun-alley-court-sun-street-passage [accessed 6 December 2024].
Henry A Harben, 'Sun Alley, Court - Sun Street Passage', in A Dictionary of London( London, 1918), British History Online, accessed December 6, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london/sun-alley-court-sun-street-passage.
Henry A Harben. "Sun Alley, Court - Sun Street Passage". A Dictionary of London. (London, 1918), , British History Online. Web. 6 December 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london/sun-alley-court-sun-street-passage.
In this section
- Sun Alley, Court
- Sun Alley, King Street
- Sun and Trumpet Alley, Aldgate High Street
- Sun Court
- Sun Court
- Sun Court
- Sun Court
- Sun Court
- Sun Court
- Sun Court
- Sun Court
- Sun Court
- Sun Court, Birchin Lane
- Sun Court, Cornhill
- Sun Court, Upper East Smithfield
- Sun Fire Office
- Sun Passage
- Sun Square
- Sun Street
- Sun Street Passage
Sun Alley, Court
North-west out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-L. Guide, 1758).
Site now covered by Charterhouse Street.
Sun Alley, King Street
See Prudent Passage.
Sun and Trumpet Alley, Aldgate High Street
See Sun Court.
Sun Court
, Aldgate High Street.-North out of Aldgate High Street at No. 20. In Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Collingridge, 1908).
Former name: "Sun and Trumpe~ Alley" (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Not in existence now.
Sun Court
North out of Little Swan Alley. In Coleman Street Ward (Horwood, I79~O.S. 1848-51).
Rebuilt about the middle of the 19th century.
Sun Court
East out of Ivy Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Site has been rebuilt.
Sun Court
In Bow Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Sun Court
In Cloth Fair, West Smithfield (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
Sun Court
East out of Golden Lane at No. 14, in Cripplegate Ward Without, adjoining the City Mortuary (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O. and M. 1677.
Perhaps Sun Alley.
Sun Court
East out of Milton Street, at No.83, to Ropemaker Street (P.O. Directory). On the northern boundary of Cripplegate Ward Without.
First mention: "Sun Alley" (O. and M. 1677).
Sun Court
West out of Wood Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now covered by warehouses and offices.
Sun Court
North out of Threadneedle Street at No.62. In Broad Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
The site seems to be occupied by the Sun Insurance Office
Sun Court, Birchin Lane
See Bengal Court.
Sun Court, Cornhill
North out of Cornhill at No.67, in Cornhill Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention : W. Stow, 1722.
Former name: "Weigh House Yard" (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720).
Sun Court, Upper East Smithfield
North out of Upper East Smithfield at No.20 (Lockie, 1810-Bacon's map, 1912).
Other names: "Sun Yard" (Rev. of London, 1728, and P.C. 1732). "Sun Alley" (Rocque, 1746-Horwood, 1799). " Dibbles Buildings" (Lockie, 1810).
Lockie gives both names.\
Sun Fire Office
See Bank Buildings, Cornhill.
Sun Passage
In Milk Street.
Or Mitre Court Passage (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
Sun Square
North out of Sun Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
Site now occupied by Liverpool Street Station and the railway lines.
Sun Street
West out of Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-O.S. 1880).
The site seems to have been formerly occupied by Bell Alley. mentioned in Lond. I. p.m. 1557, as having gardens and a fountain or well (II. p. 31 and ib. 148). Bell Alley is shown in O. and M. 1677, and Strype, 1720.
The site is now occupied by the railway lines of the Great Eastern and North London Railways, and Sun Street is entirely outside the City boundary in the boroughs of Finsbury and Shoreditch,
Part of the street existed at the back of No.144 Bishopsgate Jan., 1911, and the name of the street is said to be derived from the Sun Tavern there (N. and Q. 11th S. III. p. 3).
Sun Street Passage
South out of Pindar Street to Broad Street Buildings, in Bishops-gate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901.
A long narrow passage by the railway lines and Liverpool Street Station.