Catherine Wheel Alley

Names

  • Catherine Wheel Alley
  • Cat and Wheel Alley
  • Katherine Wheel Alley

Street/Area/District

  • Catherine Wheel Alley

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Descriptions

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

Catherine Wheel Alley

East out of Bishopsgate at No. 192, extending east to Middlesex Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.

Messuages in Catherine Wheel Alley given in 1637 for the poor of the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate (End. Ch. 1901, p. 3).

Near Widegate Street, a passage to Pettycoat lane (Hatton, 1708).

"Cat and Wheel Alley," in W. Stow, 1722.

Sometimes spelt Katherine Wheel Alley.

Named from the Catherine Wheel Inn (q.v.).

from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)

Catharine Wheel Alley, on the E. side of Bishopsgate str. without, near Widegate str. a Passage to Pettycoat lane. Here also is Catharine Wheel Inn; and near, is Catharine Wheel and George Yards.

from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)

Catherine-Wheel-Alley, Bishopsgate-Without,—op. 73, about 12 doors on the right N. from New-street, leading into Petticoat-lane.

from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)

Catherine-Wheel-Alley, Bishopsgate Without, is about twelve houses on the right hand northward of New-street, and leads into Middlesex-street, formerly Petticoat-lane.