Two Cranes Court
Names
- Two Cranes Court
- Crane Court
- Two Crane Court
Street/Area/District
- Two Cranes Court
Maps & Views
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Two Cranes Court
- 1720 London (Strype): Two Crane Court
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Crane Court
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Two Cranes Court
North out of Fleet Street, east of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677–Strype, 1755).
Afterwards called "Crane Court" (q.v.). Name derived from the sign.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Two Crane Court, a very handsome open Place, with a Freestone Pavement, and graced with good Buildings, well inhabited by Persons of Repute; the front House being larger than the rest, and ascended up by large Stone Steps, late inhabited by Dr. Edward Brown, an eminent Physician. Here is kept the Musæum of the Royal Society.