St. James' Place
Names
- St. James' Place
- Duke's Place
- Duke's Place Court
- Broad Court
- Broad Place
Street/Area/District
- St. James' Place
Maps & Views
- 1553-59 London (Strype, 1720): Dukes Place
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - British Library): Duke's Place
- 1600 Civitas Londini - prospect (Norden): Duckes place
- 1720 London (Strype): Duke's Place Court
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Duke's Place
- 1799 London (Horwood): Dukes Place
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
St. James' Place
South-east out of Duke Street at No. 33 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: O.S. 1848–51.
Former names: "Duke's Place" (Leake, 1666–Elmes, 1831). "Duke's Place Court" (O. and M. 1677, and Strype). "Broad Court" (Rocque, 1746–Maitland, 1775).
Named after the Church of St. James', Duke's Place. It was called Duke's Place after the Duke of Norfolk, who held the property by marriage with the daughter of Thomas Audley.
Duke's Place Court, or Broad Place, as Maitland calls it, led out of Duke's Place under an arch. The Dutch Jew's Synagogue stood at the south-eastern corner (Maitland, 1775).
Duke's Place occupied the site of the Great Court of Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate. Plans of the site, etc., are mentioned in H. MSS. Com. 7th Rep. 192, as in existence in that Collection.