Shaft's Court

Shaft's Court
   North out of Leadenhall Street at No.133 (P.O. Directory). In LimShaft's Court Street Ward, opposite East India Avenue.
   Earliest mention: Rocque, 1746.
   Former names: " Shaft Alley " (S. ed. 1598, p.123). " Sharp's Alley" (Tradesman's Tokens, 1657, Burn, 165-Strype, 1755).
   Derivation of name: From the great shaft or Maypole, which was laid under pentises of one row of houses and the Alley gate, called of the shaft " shaft alley" (S. 145).
   "The Schafft in Cornhill" is mentioned in a deed of the 15th century in H. MSS Com. 9th Rep. 285.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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