Clifford's Inn Passage
Names
- Clifford's Inn Passage
- Clifford's Inn Lane
Street/Area/District
- Clifford's Inn Passage
Maps & Views
- 1720 London (Strype): Clifford's Inn Lane
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Clifford's Inn Lane
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Clifford's Inn Passage
North out of Fleet Street at No. 187 on the west side of St. Dunstan's Church (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention: Boyle, 1799.
Former name: "Clifford's Inn Lane" (O. and M. 1677–L. Guide, 1758).
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Clifford's Inn, Fleet-Street,—behind 187, by St. Dunstan's church, leading into Fetter-lane on the R. and to Serjeant's Inn and Chancery-lane on the L.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Clifford's-Inn-Passage, Fleet-street, is by St. Dunstan's church, and leads into Clifford's-inn.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Clifford's Inn lane, hath on the West side Houses, and on the East side St. Dunstane's Church; it leadeth into Clifford's Inn, one of the Inns of Chancery. Which Place, of late Years, is much inlarged in new Buidlings, in the Garden; which is a pretty airy Place, and neatly kept; the Garden being severed in from the other part or passage, with a Pallisado Pail, with Rows of Lime Trees set round the Grass Plats, and Gravel Walks. It hath the Conveniency of two Doors, the one into Serjeants Inn in Chancery lane, and the other into Fetter lane. The Hall yet wants new building.