Magpy Alley

Magpy Alley
(Magpy Alley)
   1) West out of Fetter Lane to Castle Yard, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
   "Magpy Yard" in O. and M.
   The Magpy Inn stood on the north side of the Yard.
   On or near the site of Norwich Street (q.v.).
   2) Aldersgate Street.
   See Magpye Court1.
   3) East out of Bishopsgate. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
   "Magpye Yard" (Hatton, 1708).
   The site seems to be partly occupied by the Friends' Meeting House (q.v.) in O.S. 1880.
   Named from the sign.
   4) In Crutched Friars (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799).
   Not named in the maps.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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