- 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.5) See Bear Alley, London Wall.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.