- Swan Alley, Court
- West out of Old Change to St. Paul's Churchyard (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).Named after the Publick House there, called the Swan.Site rebuilt for business purposes.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.
Swan Alley, Court
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