Racquet Court

Racquet Court
   North end of Fleet Street at No. 114 (P.O. Directory). East of Shoe Lane. In Farringdon Ward Without.
   First mention: Horwood, 1799.
   Other forms : " Racket Court" (Strype, ed. 1720-55). Raquet Court" (O.S.1875 and 1880).

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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