Cannon Alley
Names
- Cannon Alley
- Petty Cannons
- Petty Canons
- Petty Canons' Alley
- Canon Alley
- Petecannons
Street/Area/District
- Cannon Alley
Maps & Views
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - British Library): Petecannons
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - Folger): Petecannons
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Petty Cannons
- 1720 London (Strype): Canon Alley
- 1720 London (Strype): Canon Alley
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Canon Alley
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Canon Alley
- 1799 London (Horwood): Canon Alley
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Cannon Alley
North out of St. Paul's Churchyard, at No. 64, to Paternoster Row (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: P.C. 1732.
Former names: "Petty Cannons, Petty Canons" (O. and M. 1677 and Strype) "Petty canons alley" (Hatton, 1708).
Some of the canons' houses occupied the site of this street, hence the name.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Petty canons alley, on the N. side of St. Paul's Church yard, a passage to Pater noster row.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Petty Canons Alley … is a good open Place, with a Free-stone Pavement leading into Pater noster Row.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Petty Canons alley, St. Paul's Church yard.