- Cuckold's Court
- In Thames Street, near Coldharbour, in parish of All Hallows the Less, in Dowgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Dodsley, 1761).Not named in the maps.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.
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