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Henry A Harben, 'Hall's Rents, St. Katherine's - Hand Alley', in A Dictionary of London( London, 1918), British History Online, accessed October 31, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london/halls-rents-st-katherines-hand-alley.
Henry A Harben. "Hall's Rents, St. Katherine's - Hand Alley". A Dictionary of London. (London, 1918), , British History Online. Web. 31 October 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london/halls-rents-st-katherines-hand-alley.
In this section
- Hall's Rents, St. Katherine's
- Haman's Alley
- Hambro' Synagogue
- Hambro' Wharf
- Hamersmith Alley, Minories
- Hames Alley
- Hamilton House
- Hammer Court
- Hammet Street
- Hammond Court
- Hammond's Almshouse
- Hammond's Quay
- Hamond's Alley, Yard
- Hamond's Key
- Hamond's Lane
- Hamsdon's Gaines
- Hamsell Street
- Hand (The) and Still
- Hand Alley
- Hand Alley
- Hand Alley
Hall's Rents, St. Katherine's
See Hall's Court.
Haman's Alley
See Hamond's Alley, Yard.
Hambro' Synagogue
,-On the east side of Church Row, south of St. Katherine Colman Church (Bacon, 1912).
First mention : "Jew's Synagogue" (Rocque, 1746).
Hambro' Wharf
On the Thames, at 68 Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward.
First mention : Lockie, 1810.
Lockie says it was west of Three Cranes Wharf.
Named after the owner.
Hamersmith Alley, Minories
See Hammer Court.
Hames Alley
See Tristrams Alley.
Hamilton House
On the west side of Bishopsgate Street at No. 155 (P.O. Directory).
In L.C.C. List, 1901.
A large block of offices, etc.
Hammer Court
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Former name : "Hamersmith Alley" (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 28).
Site covered by Great Eastern Railway depots, etc.
Hammet Street
West out of Minories, at No. 102, leading through Vine Street into the Circus. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Spelt "Hamet Street" in Horwood, 1799.
Named after Sir Benjamin Hammett, Alderman of Portsoken Ward, 1785-98. Partner in the banking firm of Esdaile, Hammett and Esdaile, d. 1800 (Beavan II. pp. 138 and 202).
In Rocque's map 1746, Red Cross Court (q.v.) occupies the site, or some portion of it.
Hammond Court
East out of Mincing Lane at No. 23 (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
Site now occupied by offices and business houses.
Hammond's Almshouse
In Almshouse Yard, Snow Hill.
Founded by Edmund Hammond, 1651, for poor Haberdashers (Dodsley, 1761-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
Hammond's Quay
On the south side of Lower Thames Street at No. 6 (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward, adjoining Cox's quay west.
First mention : 1559, Act of Parlt.
Also spelt : "Hamonds Key" (O. and M. 1677).
One of the Legal Quays established 1559 by Act of Parliament for landing of goods.
Named after the owner.
Hamond's Alley, Yard
West out of Bishopsgate Street in Bishopsgate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108).
First mention : "Hammond's alley" in deed 1588 (End. Ch. Rep. 1903-4). "Hamondes Alley, parish of St. Martin Outwich," 40 Eliz. (1598) (Lond. I. p.m. III. p. 258).
Other name : "Hamans Alley" (O. and M. 1677).
Two houses in the Alley formed part of the Parochial Charities of St. Martin's (Strype, ib.).
In O. and M. and the early maps, the ward and parochial boundaries here are treated as identical, but in the O.S. the parochial boundary of St. Martin Outwich is placed further north, allowing for the inclusion of the alley in that parish.
Nine tenements in Hammond's Alley, with other messuages adjoining, devised in 1588 for the use of the parish of St. Clement Eastcheap. These premises were identified in 1830 as 112 Bishopsgate Street Within, adjoining the South Sea House east, on the site now occupied by the National Priovncial Bank of England (q.v.).
Hamond's Key
Three messuages and le key late Dodmer's and now Robert Hamondes in parish of St. Andrew next Baynardes Castell, 1547, 38 H. VIII. (L. and P. H. VIII., XXI. (2) 415).
Hamonde also had a brewhouse there.
Not identified.
Hamond's Lane
See Stew Lane.
Hamsdon's Gaines
See Hangman's Gains.
Hamsell Street
South out of Jewin Street, at No. 20, to Nicholl Square (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate and Cripplegate Wards Without.
First mention : O.S. 1875, Name given April, 1870 (L.C.C. List, 1901).
Former name : "Red Cross Square" (Rocque, 1746-O.S. 1848). "Red Cross Alley" (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Hand (The) and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
Not named in the maps.
Hand Alley
On Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Hand Alley
South out of Wormwood Street, in Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Possibly="Hand Court" or "Sands Court" in P.C. 1732.
Also called "Union Court" (q.v.) in P.C. 1732.
Site rebuilt in the 19th century.
Hand Alley
In Fleet Street, mentioned in will of George Humble, 1638 (End. Char. Rep. 1829, p. 97).
Not further identified.