- Hanging Sword Court
- South out of Fleet Street and west to Hanging Sword Alley, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-L. Guide, 1758).Site now occupied by Crown Court (q.v.).
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.
Hanging Sword Court
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