Cock Alley

Cock Alley
   1) On the north side of Ludgate Street, a passage to Amen Corner and other places (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
   2) North out of Redcross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708).
   Not named in the maps.
   3) South out of Wormwood Street, in Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720).
   "Cock Yard" in Strype.
   First mention: Messuage called the Cock near London Wall in parish of All Hallows in the Wall 1561 and 1594 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p. 178-9).
   The site seems to have been rebuilt in the 18th century; in Strype's maps it appears to have been built over.
   See Cokkes Renttes. Qy. the same.
   4) East out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
   The site is now covered by Moorgate Street Station and the Metropolitan Railway lines.
   Named after a house called the Sign of the Cock in Moor Lane, given for the Poor of the Parish.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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