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Henry A Harben, 'Three Kings (The) - Three Pigeon Alley, Barbican', in A Dictionary of London( London, 1918), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london/three-kings-three-pigeon-alley-barbican [accessed 6 December 2024].
Henry A Harben, 'Three Kings (The) - Three Pigeon Alley, Barbican', 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/three-kings-three-pigeon-alley-barbican.
Henry A Harben. "Three Kings (The) - Three Pigeon Alley, Barbican". A Dictionary of London. (London, 1918), , British History Online. Web. 6 December 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london/three-kings-three-pigeon-alley-barbican.
In this section
- Three Kings (The)
- Three Kings Alley, Minories
- Three Kings Court
- Three Leg Alley
- Three Leg Alley
- Three Leg Court, Yard
- Three Legges Alley
- Three Legs (The)
- Three Mariner Court
- Three Mariners Court
- Three Needle Street
- Three Nonnes
- Three Nun Court
- Three Nun Inn, Aldgate; Three Nuns Hotel
- Three Nunnes Alley
- Three Nuns Court
- Three Nuns Yard
- Three Pidgeon Court
- Three Pigeon Alley
- Three Pigeon Alley, Barbican
Three Kings (The)
Brewhouse and wharf in East Smithfield, west of the Katherine Wheel and Mille Docke, part of the possessions of the Abbey of St. Mary of Graces, 34 H. VIII. 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. Vol. XVII. p.399).
Qy. =the King's Brewhouse.
Three Kings Alley, Minories
See Three King Court.
Three Kings Court
North out of Fleet Street at No.150, between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O. and M. 1677.
Three Leg Alley
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, near Bethlem Churchyard (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108).
The site is now occupied by Liverpool Street Station and the Great Eastern Railway lines.
Name derived from the sign, which represents the Manx arms, and is also the emblem of Sicily.
Three Leg Alley
East out of Fetter Lane to West Harding Street, and east again, in Farringdon Ward Without, 1641 (L. and P. Chas. I. XXIII. p.633, to Boyle, 1799).
It is also called "Red Lion Passage" from "a paltry Inn there which bears that sign," with a thoroughfare on suffrance through the house of Samuel Francome at the sign of the Horseshoe in West Harding Street (W. Stow, 1722).
See Trinity Church Passage.
Three Leg Court, Yard
East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Site now occupied by the City Greenyard (q.v.).
Three Legges Alley
In parish of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside, or West Chepe 27 H. VIII. 1536 (L. and P. H. VIII. X. p.119).
Mentioned also in 32 H. VIII. 1540 (ib. XVI. p.176), and in 4 Ed. VI. 1550 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 86-7).
Not further identified.
Three Legs (The)
In Cannon Street, 1655 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
Not named in the maps.
Three Mariner Court
North out of Fore Street at No.102, in Cripplegate WardWithout, west of Grub Street (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
"Green Dragon Court" (q.v.) in O.S.
Name derived from the sign.
Three Mariners Court
In Fleet Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Three Needle Street
See Threadneedle Street.
Three Nonnes
Tenement so called in parish of St. James Garlykhith, 22 H. VIII. 1530 (L. and P. H. VIII. Vol. IV. Pt. 3, p.2883).
Not further identified.
Three Nun Court
East out of Aldermanbury at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). In Bassishaw Ward and Cripplegate Ward Within, leading into Church Alley, Basinghall Street (q.v.).
First mention: O.S. 1848-51.
Formerly called "Church Alley," Basinghall Street (q.v.).
Name derived from the sign.
Three Nun Inn, Aldgate; Three Nuns Hotel
See Three Nuns Yard.
Three Nunnes Alley
See Three Nuns Court.
Three Nuns Court
North out of Threadneedle Street, between St. Christopher's Church and Prince's Street In Broad Street Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Former names: "Three Nun Alley" (O. and M. 1677-Hatton, 1708). "Three Nunnys Alley," 15 H. VIII. 1523, in Wardmote inquest of Broad St. Ward (L. and P. H. VIII.- III. Pt. 2, p.1515). " Three Nunnes Alley," 1614 (Ct. H.W. II. 738).
Site is now occupied by the Bank of England.
Three Nuns Yard
North out of Aldgate High Street, east of St. Botolph's Church (Rocque, 1746-O.S. 25 in. 1880).
Former name: 'Three Nun Inn" (Proc. in Chancery, temp. Eliz. Vol.111. p.78, to Horwood, 1799).
The site is occupied by the Three Nuns Hotel, 10-13 Aldgate High Street, rebuilt ,880 (P.O. Directory).
No yard or passage in front of it.
Three Pidgeon Court
North out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
The site is now occupied by the North London Railway lines.
Name derived from the sign.
Three Pigeon Alley
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755)
Site seems occupied by "White Horse and Half Moon Stables" in Rocque.
Three Pigeon Alley, Barbican
See Three Pigeon Court.