Well Yard

Well Yard
   1) South out of Peter's Court, east of the Royal Mint (Rocque, 1746-O.S. 25 in. 1880).
   Removed for the erection of the Artizans' Dwellings in Cartwright St., commenced 1884.
   2) North-west out of Little Britain on the east side of St. Bartholomew's Hospital (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
   "Well Close " in Strype.
   Site now covered by St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
   3) South out of Fleet Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
   Site now covered by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway lines.
   4) Within the precincts of the Bank of England, in Coleman Street Ward.
   Shown in O.S. 1880.
   In the older maps of the 17th and 18th centuries the site is partly occupied by Thapers' Court (q.v.).

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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