Great Cock Alley
Names
- Great Cock Alley
- Cock Alley
- Cock Yard
- New Court
Street/Area/District
- Great Cock Alley
Maps & Views
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Great Cock Alley
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, and east to White Cross Street (Rocque, 1746–Strype, ed. 1755).
Called "Cock Alley," "Cock Yard" (O. and M. 1677, and Boyle, 1799). "New Court" in Horwood.
Site now occupied by Midland Railway goods' station and offices.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Cock Alley, on the Nly side of Red Cross str. just without Cripplegate, and Cock Yard at the same place.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Great Cock Alley or Yard, a good large Place, indifferent Building, and hath a passage into Whitecross street.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Great Cock alley, 1. Fore street, Cripplegate. ✽ 2. Redcross street. ✽