Angel Alley
Names
- Angel Alley
Street/Area/District
- Angel Alley
Maps & Views
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Angel Alley
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Angel Alley
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Angel Alley
- 1720 London (Strype): Angel Alley
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Angel Alley
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Angel Alley
West out of Bishopsgate in Bishopsgate Ward Without between Nos. 137 and 138 (O. and M. 1677–O.S. 1880). During the 17th and 18th centuries and part of the 19th century the street extended from Long Alley to Bishopsgate Street Without, but in the middle of the 19th century it suffered considerable curtailment owing to railway construction and the formation of Broad Street Station, the eastern end only, formerly called Angel Square (q.v.) being left. This end was swallowed up about 18 years ago in the extension of Liverpool Street Station, so that the alley has ceased to exist. It is suggested that the Angel Inn stood here, where the Parish Clerks had their first Hall (N. and Q. 11th S. III. p. 2 and 3).
Probably most of the courts and alleys, etc., designated by this name derive their names from a sign in the locality.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Angel alley, on the W. side of Bishopsgate str. without, a Passage to Long alley, More Fields, &c.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Angel Alley, long and mean, at the upper end of which is Timber Yard, and on the West side is a small Court, and passing further leads into Angel Court, which is very inconsiderable. In this Alley these Courts, Brown's Court, but small. Balam's Court. Sugar Loaf Yard. Phesant Cock Yard. Three Colts Alley, all four but small and ordinary.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Angel alley, Bishopsgate street. ✽
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Angel-Alley, Angel-Square, Bishopsgate-Without,—at 138, about six doors N. of Sun-st. leading to Long-alley, and by Angel-passage to 42, Skinner-street.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Angel-Alley, Angel-square, Bishopsgate-street Without, is about six doors north of Sun-street, and leads to Long-Alley, and by Angel-passage to Skinner-street, Bishopsgate-street.