Fleur de lis Court

Names

  • Fleur de lis Court
  • Flower de luce Court
  • Flower de lis Court
  • Snuff Yard
  • Flower de luce alley

Street/Area/District

  • Fleur de lis Court

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Descriptions

from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)

Fleur de lis Court

East out of Houndsditch at 110 (P.O. Directory). In Portsoken Ward.

Former names: "Flower de luce Court" (O. and M. 1677). "Flower de lis Court (Strype, 1720). "Snuff Yard" (Rocque, 1746). "Flower de luce alley" (Boyle, 1799).

Probably derived its name from the sign.

from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)

Flower de lis Court, a Square Place, with old decayed Buildings, ill inhabited.

from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)

Flower de Luce court, Houndsditch. ✽