Well Street
Names
- Well Street
- Crowder's Well Alley
Street/Area/District
- Well Street
Maps & Views
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Crowder's Well Alley
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Crowders Well Alley
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Crowder's Well Alley
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Well Street
South out of Jewin Street to Nicholl Square (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First mention: "Well Street, formerly Crowders' Well Alley" (Harrison, 1776, p. 469).
Former name: "Crowders Well Alley" (O. and M. 1677–Chamberlain, 1770).
Numerous Roman coins, of date A.D. 68–161, found here just outside the portion of The wall in St. Giles' Cripplegate Churchyard. Urns also found, one containing bones.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Crowders well alley, a long one, on the Sly side of Jewin str. a passage S. and then Wly to Aldersgate str.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Crowder's Well Alley, very long, running into Aldersgate street, through an Inn Yard. It hath pretty good Buildings, which are well inhabited. This Place is of some Note for its Well, which gives Name to the Alley. The Water of this Well is esteemed very good for sore Eyes, to wash them with; and is said to be also very good to drink, for several Distempers: And some say, it is very good for Men in Drink to take of this Water, for it will allay the Fumes, and bring them to be sober.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Crowder's Well alley, Jewin street. †