Sprinckle Alley

Sprinckle Alley:    South out of Leadenhall Street. In Aldgate Ward. In Stow's time-called" Sugarloafe Court" (q.v.) (S. 1598 ed. p.102).

   First mention: Cottages in" Mason's Alley," alias" Duties Alley," alias " Sprinckell Alley " in parish of St. Katherine Crichurche within Algate, parcel of possessions of Holy Trinity Priory, 1563, and 18 Eliz. 1576 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 207).

   Derivation of name: Stow says it was so called of an holy water sprinckle hanging there (p.102).

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Duties Alley — See Sprinckle Alley … Dictionary of London
Masons' Alley — See Masons Avenue and Sprinckle Alley … Dictionary of London
Sugar Loaf Court, Leadenhall Street — South out of Leadenhall Street, at No.49, to Fenchurch Buildings (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward. First mention: Strype, 1720. Former names: Sugar loafe Alley, formerly Sprinckle Alley (q.v.) (Stow, ed 1598, p.102). The southern… … Dictionary of London

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