Tenter Street
Names
- Tenter Street
- Tenter Alley
- Teynter Yard
Street/Area/District
- Tenter Street
Maps & Views
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Tenter Alley
- 1720 London (Strype): Tenter Alley
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Tenter Alley
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Tenter Alley
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Tenter Alley
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Tenter Street
East out of Moor Lane to No. 27 Moorfields (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First mention: O.S. 1848–51.
Former names: "Tenter Alley" (O. and M. 1677–Elmes, 1821).
The site was occupied by a "Teynter Yard" in 1565 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 35), hence the name.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Tenter alley, on the W. side of Little Moor fields, a passage to Moor lane.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Tenter alley, Little Moorfields. †