Goodman's Yard
Names
- Goodman's Yard
Street/Area/District
- Goodman's Yard
Maps & Views
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Goodmans Yard
- 1720 London (Strype): Goodman's Yard
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Goodman's Yard
East out of Minories, at No. 60, to Mansell Street. Partly in Portsoken Ward and partly in the parish of St. Mary White chapel (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention: "Goodman's Yard" in the Minorites, 1639 (L. and P. Ch. I Dom. S. XXIII. p. 614).
Name derived from a former owner named Goodman.
See Goodman's Fields.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Goodmans yard, on the E. side, and toward the S. end of the Minories, leading to Prescot str. in Goodmans fields.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Goodmans Yard, very large, and leads into Goodmans Fields, almost over against Peasecod Street hath pretty good Buildings, and indifferently well inhabited.