Cutler Street
Names
- Cutler Street
- Scummer Alley
- Woolpack Alley
- Woolsack Alley
- White Street
- Cutlers Street
Street/Area/District
- Cutler Street
Maps & Views
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Wool Pack Alley
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Woolpack Ally
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Cutlers Street
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Cutler Street
East out of Houndsditch, and south to Harrow Alley and Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward. (P.O. Directory).
Erected c. 1734.
Earliest mention: London Guide, 1758.
Former names: "Scummer Alley." "Woolpack Alley" (O. and M. 1677–Boyle, 1799). "Woolsack Alley" (Strype, 1720–Rev. of Lond. 1728).
But from about the middle of the 18th century this name is only given to the eastern end of the street, the western end being named: "Cutlers Street" (Rocque, 1746).
The portion running south to Harrow Alley and Gravel Lane was known as "White Street" from 1746 (Rocque) to July, 1906, when the name was abolished and the whole called Cutler Street.
Arms of the Cutlers' Company on a house in the street facing Houndsditch.
The Company probably owned the street or a great portion of it, hence the name.
Named after the Cutlers' Company. East out of Houndsditch, and south to Harrow Alley and Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward. (P.O. Directory).
Erected c. 1734.
Earliest mention: London Guide, 1758.
Former names: "Scummer Alley." "Woolpack Alley" (O. and M. 1677–Boyle, 1799). "Woolsack Alley" (Strype, 1720–Rev. of Lond. 1728).
But from about the middle of the 18th century this name is only given to the eastern end of the street, the western end being named: "Cutlers Street" (Rocque, 1746).
The portion running south to Harrow Alley and Gravel Lane was known as "White Street" from 1746 (Rocque) to July, 1906, when the name was abolished and the whole called Cutler Street.
Arms of the Cutlers' Company on a house in the street facing Houndsditch.
The Company probably owned the street or a great portion of it, hence the name.
Named after the Cutlers' Company.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Wool pack alley, on the NE. side of Hounsditch, near the middle, a passage to Petty coat lane.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Woolsack Alley leads into Gravel Lane, a large Place, with pretty good Buildings, and contains several Places, as Crab Court, where there is a large Brewhouse; and over against this Place is Pine Apple Court, which hath a Free Stone Pavement, and contains four pretty good Brick Houses.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Woolpack alley, Houndsditch. ✽