Wellclose Square

Wellclose Square
   At Nos. 71 and 72 St. George Street, in the Borough of Stepney, outside the City boundary (P.O. Directory).
   Earliest mention: P.C. 1732.
   Former names: "Weld Close," 1667 (L. and P. Chas. II. 1667-8, p.143). "Well Close," 1686 (Tomlinson's Hist. of the Minories, p.182). "Well Close," now known as "Marine Square," 1694 (L. and P. Wm. III. Dom. S. V.p. 91, and P.C. 1732).
   The name of the close is thus perpetuated in the name of the Square at the present day.

A Dictionary of London. . 1918.

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