Harrow Alley

Names

  • Harrow Alley
  • My Lady's Yard
  • Cart Yard

Street/Area/District

  • Harrow Alley

Maps & Views

Descriptions

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

Harrow Alley

South out of Aldgate High Street at No. 60. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).

Earliest mention: O. and M. 1677.

At that time and for some years later it contained two large courts and a long alley leading into Goodman's Fields.

In Rocque's map, 1746, these courts are called "My Lady's Yard," and "Cart Yard," but in the other maps they seem to form part of Harrow Alley.

Altered and rebuilt in the 18th century, and again in the 19th for the formation of Somerset Street.

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

Harrow alley, on the SWly side of Aldgate high str. near the middle.

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

Harrow Alley, containing two large Courts, and a long Alley that leads into Goodman's Fields; and at the upper End of this Alley is a Place called the Blue Gate; all but indifferent built and inhabited.

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

Harrow alley, Whitechapel. ✽

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

Harrow-Alley, Aldgate-High-Street,—about eighteen doors on the R. below the Minories, it leads to Little Somerset-st. and Mansel-st. Goodman's fields.

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

Harrow-Alley, Aldgate High-street, is about eighteen houses on the right hand below the Minories.