Woodmongers' Hall

Woodmongers' Hall:    1) In Duke's Place, Aldgate, called the Duke's Hall (Wheatley)

   No other reference.

   2) On the east side of Paul's wharf hill (i.e. Bennet's Hill), in Castle Baynard Ward, between Paul's Wharf west and Ball Alley east (Leake, 1666).

   First mention: A capital house called Woodmongers Hall at the west end of "Poore widowes alley" adjoining the College of Harrolds on the north, opening to Paul's wharf hill on the west with ingress and egress to St. Peter's Hill, 1587 (Lond. I p.m. III. 1o8).

   Not rebuilt after the Fire (Maitland, 1775, 11.879).

   Site occupied by No.14 St. Bennet's Hill (End. Ch. Rep.).

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(St.) James' Duke's Place — On the east side of Mitre Square (Duke s Place). In Aldgate Ward (O.S.). First mention: About 1572 there was a church standing in Duke s Place, called Trinity or Duke s Place Church, being the parish church, not meddling with St. Catherine… … Dictionary of London
Darby House — Next adjoining Woodmongers Hall is Darby House, sometime belonging to the Stanleys. Thomas Stanley, first Earl of Derby, built it (S. 369). Queen Mary gave it to the Heralds, 1555 (ib. and 370). See College of Arms … Dictionary of London
Embroiderers' Almshouses — On the west side of St. Peter s Hill, between that street and Bennet Hill, south of the College of Arms (Strype, 1720 and 1755). First mention: Six new built tenements erected by David Smithe and bequeathed by him to the Mayor and… … Dictionary of London

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