Catherine Wheel Court
Names
- Catherine Wheel Court
- Catherine Wheel Alley
- Katherine Wheel Alley
- Cat and Wheel Alley
Street/Area/District
- Catherine Wheel Court
Maps & Views
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Katherine-Wheel Alley
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Catherine Wheel Alley
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Catherine Wheel Court
South out of Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Horwood, 1799).
Former names: "Catherine Wheel Alley" (Strype, 1720–Rocque, 1746). "Katherine Wheel Alley" (O. and M. 1677). "Cat and Wheel Alley" (W. Stow, 1722).
Named after a tenement called the "Katherine Whele" at Holborn Conduit, mentioned 1580 and 1617 (Ct. H.W. II. 702 and 741).
The site has been rebuilt for the formation of Holborn Viaduct, etc.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Catharine Wheel Alley, on the S. side of Snow Hill by the Conduit.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Katherine Wheel Alley, indifferent good.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Katherine Wheel Alley, indifferent good.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Catharine Wheel alley, Snow hill. ✽