Legges Alley
Agas MapSeveral names were used interchangeably to refer to Legges Alley, a title that conjures
an association with Thomas Leggy, a skinner
whose will was enrolled in 1357(Ekwall 174). In the fourtheenth century, the location was variously known as
Legge’s Aleye,
Leggesaleye,or
Legges aleye,and
Logges Alleycirca 1548 (Ekwall 174). Henry Harben notes that the location was
Identified in Vestry Minute Book of the parish of St. Bartholomew the Litell in entries of the 16th century with(Harben 347).Nagg’s Head Court
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Carlin, Martha, and Victor Belcher.Gazetteer to the c.1270 and c.1520 Maps with Historical Notes.
The British Atlas of Historic Towns. Vol. 3. The City of London From Prehistoric Times to c.1520. Ed. Mary D. Lobel and W.H. Johns. Oxford: Oxford UP in conjunction with The Historic Towns Trust, 1989. Print. [Also available online at British Historic Towns Atlas. Gazetteer part 1. Gazetteer part 2. Gazetteer part 3.]This item is cited in the following documents:
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Ekwall, Eilert. Street-Names of the City of London. Oxford: Clarendon, 1965. Print.This item is cited in the following documents:
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Harben, Henry A. A Dictionary of London. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1918.This item is cited in the following documents:
