Fleur de lis Court
Names
- Fleur de lis Court
- Shoemaker Row
- Flower de lis Court
Street/Area/District
- Fleur de lis Court
Maps & Views
- 1720 London (Strype): Fleur de Lis Court
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Flower de Lis Court
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Fleur de lis Court
South out of Carter Lane at No. 79 (P.O. Directory).
Formerly "Shoemaker Row."
In Farringdon Ward Within, within the former precinct of Blackfriars.
First mention: "Flower de lis Court" (O. and M. 1677).
Name derived from the sign of the Fleur de lis. Said to have been taken from the quartering of the French arms with the English, or set up as a compliment to private families who bear this charge in their arms, or as a crest.