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Jacob's Well Passage — South out of Barbican, at No. 20, to Paul s Alley, crossing the Metropolitan Railway lines (P.O. Directory). First mention: Jacobs Well, (Horwood, 1799). Jacob s Well s Court (Lockie, 1810 Elmes, 1831). In Rocque, 1746, it is called… … Dictionary of London
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