Mercer Street

White Lion Street, Seven Dials. From Monmouth Street to Castle Street, crossing Seven Dials midway.

White Lion Street in Strype (1720) and Dodsley (1761); split into Great White Lion Street on the northwest and Little White Lion Street on the southeast in Rocque (1746) and Horwood (1799). Renamed to become an extension of Mercer Street.

White lyon street, see 7 Streets.

[White Lyon Street, Seven Dials.] And on the West side there was a Place with Buildiag [sic.], called Cock and Pye Fields, which was made use of for a Lay Stall for the Soil of the Streets, but of late built into several handsome Streets, and so neatly contrived that every Street in a streight Line fronts the Dyall placed in the midst, which is raised on a high Pedestal and Pillar; These Streets are thus named, Earls street, Queen street, White Lyon Street, and St. Andrews street; and besides these principal Streets there is Tower street, which falleth into Castle street; and this is crossed by another called Lombardstreet; Then on the Part next to Kingstreet and between Queenstreet and St. Andrews street, are some Courts or Alleys designed to be built.

White-Lion-Street, Seven-Dials,—the first on the L. in Monmouth-st. from Broad-st. St. Giles's.

White-Lion-St.—is in Seven Dials.