Gun Square
Names
- Gun Square
- Gun Yard
Street/Area/District
- Gun Square
Maps & Views
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Gun Yard
- 1720 London (Strype): Gun Yard
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Gun Yard
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.