Pitcher's Court

Pitcher's Court
   At the eastern end of Moorgate Street Buildings, with a passage into Little Bell Alley. In Coleman Street Ward (O.S. 1880).
   First mention: Strype, 1720.
   Other name: "Pitches Court" (Horwood, 1799).
   Removed for the formation of Copthall Avenue, etc.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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