Angel Street

Names

  • Angel Street
  • Angel Alley

Street/Area/District

  • Angel Street

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Descriptions

from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)

Angel Street

East out of King Edward Street at No. 9 to St. Martin's le Grand (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon Ward Within.

A tradesman's token in this street was issued 1649–72 (Burn, p. 12).

Former name: "Angel Alley" within the site of the College of St. Martin's le Grand in Parishes of St. Anne and St. Leonard Foster Lane, 34 H. VIII. 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 396).

Perhaps named after the Angel Inn, which stood on the north side of the street.

from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)

Angel-Street, St. Martin's-le-Grand, at 15, the first on the L. from 66, Newgate-st. leading to the Angel-inn and Butcher-hall-lane.

from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)

Angel-St., St. Martin's-le-Grand, is the first turning on the left from Newgate-street, and leads to the Angel-inn and Butcher-hall-lane.