Gun Square

Names

  • Gun Square
  • Gun Yard

Street/Area/District

  • Gun Square

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Descriptions

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

Gun Square

East out of Houndsditch, at 150 and 151. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).

Former name: "Gun Yard" (O. and M. 1677–Strype, 1755).

from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)

Gun yard, on the NE side of Hounsditch, near Aldgate.

from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)

Gun Yard, a very handsome square Court, with good large Houses, very well inhabited, with an Entrance wide enough for Coach or Cart.

from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)

Gun yard, Houndsditch.

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

Gun-Square, Houndsditch,—at 150, seven doors on the R. from Aldgate-church, and two doors from Gravel-lane.

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

Gun-Sq., Houndsditch, is about seven houses on the right hand going from Aldgate church.