The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . ftreet bySt. Swithens Church. In this Lane are thefePlaces: Brites-alley, formerly called Horftooe-alley,is both narrow and fmall, having but one Houfe,with a Pafiage into Sherbom-lane. New-court, a very handfome, large Place, withan open Paffage into it for Coach or Cart. Hereare very good Buildings, with Inhabitants anfwer- able. Salters-hal!, a very good Building, feated in a Salters-o-ood Court, with a Free-ftone Pavement, and hal1-good built Houfes. > Out of this Court is aPaffage into the back Side of St. Swi
The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . ftreet bySt. Swithens Church. In this Lane are thefePlaces: Brites-alley, formerly called Horftooe-alley,is both narrow and fmall, having but one Houfe,with a Pafiage into Sherbom-lane. New-court, a very handfome, large Place, withan open Paffage into it for Coach or Cart. Hereare very good Buildings, with Inhabitants anfwer- able. Salters-hal!, a very good Building, feated in a Salters-o-ood Court, with a Free-ftone Pavement, and hal1-good built Houfes. > Out of this Court is aPaffage into the back Side of St. SwithensChurch, which falls into Canon-ftreet. In thisPaffage is Whiftlers-court, which is pretty large,well built and inhabited, having a Free-ftonePavement. More towards Canon-ftreet is Oxford-court,which is pretty large and open, efpecially theupper End, where are good Houfes : And in thisPlace antiently flood the Houfe of the Prior ofTortington in Sujfex, which afterwards fell to theEarls of Oxford, and in Procefs of Time, from one Beir- binder- lane. St. Swi- :hens-lane. » Book II. The HISTORY of LONDON. 1047 Sherborn- JaiK. Canon-ftreet. St. Swi-then/ Church. LondonStone. Turn-wheel-lane. St. MaryBothaw. Pucklerf-bury. St. JohnBaptift. Budge-row,Cloak-lane, Bufh-lane, Suf-folk-lane, Watch. Jury. Government. Aldermanand Com-mon-Coun-tilmn. Remarka-ble Things Pari/bes and Churches. Manfion-houfe. one to another, at Length it was converted intoBuildings, as now it is, and yet retains the NameofOxford-court. Sherbornlane begins at the Corner of Swi-thens-lane, by the Sign of the Cock againft theback Gate of the Poft-Office, and, with a turn-ing PafTage by St. Mary Abchurch, falls intoCanon-ftreet. Canon-ftreet begins in the Weft by the Cornerof Dowgate-hill on the South, and Walbrook onthe North, and runs Eaftward into Great Eaft-chcap, a Street well built, and inhabited by goodTradefmen, and is a great Thoroughfare; but thePart in this Ward goeth but to Green Lettice-lane,whic
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