Jamaica Coffee House

Jamaica Coffee House
   In St. Michael's Alley on the east side, next the Church Tower, 1863.
   Built over the south cloister and part of the churchyard and on the site of the old Quest House, erected 1674 after the Fire (Overall, p. 289, and End. Ch. St. Michael's Cornhill parish, 1903, p. 2).

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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