Mill Alley (Coleman Street)
The location previously referred to as Mill Alley is now known as Great Bell Alley. Eilert Ekwall contends that the name
Mill Alleysimply comes from a nearby mill while Henry Harben contends that the location was named
after Wm. Mills, who lived there in the 16th century(Harben 270). Former names include
Bell Alley,
Gough Alley,
Goughes Alley,
Myll Alley,and
Myll Aley.In describing the location, Harben writes,
Great Bell Alley extended from Coleman Street across Moorgate to Little Bell Alley and beyond to the eastern boundary of the ward(Harben 270).
References
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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:
