A Dictionary of London. Originally published by H Jenkins LTD, London, 1918.
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- Ball Alley, St. Katherine's
- Ball Alley, St. Paul's Churchyard
- Ball Alley, Thames Street
- Ball and Shears Court
- Ball Court, Cornhill
- Ball Court, Giltspur Street
- Ball Court, Jewry Street
- Ball Court, Mincing Lane
- Ball Court, Old Bailey
- Ball Court, Petticoat Lane
- Ball Court, St. Katherine's
- Ball Yard
- Ball Yard, Giltspur Street
- Ballardes Lane
- Ballast Office
- Balmoral Buildings
- Baltic (The)
- Baltic Exchange
- Bancor Inn
- Bandy Leg Alley
Ball Alley, St. Katherine's
Out of St. Katherine's Lane, East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Ball Alley, St. Paul's Churchyard
Out of St. Paul's Churchyard.
Named after the " Ball," a house with such a sign standing there 1594-1603. John Newbury, the bookseller, dwelt there (Lond. Topog. Rec. III. 115).
No later mention.
Ball Alley, Thames Street
South out of Thames Street to the Thames, east of Black-boy Alley in Castle Baynard Ward (Leake, 1666).
Not shown in the later maps.
Ball and Shears Court
South-west out of Houndsditch (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). In Portsoken Ward.
Site now occupied by business houses.
Ball Court, Cornhill
South out of Cornhill, at No.38, east of Birchin Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill Ward.
First mention : Boyle, 1799.
It seems to be shown on the maps of the 18th century, etc., as Rocque, 1746, but not named.
Ball Court, Giltspur Street
East out of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Collmgwood, 1907).
First mention : O. and M. 1677.
Called " Bull Court " in Horwood, 1799. " Ball Yard," Rocque, 1746.
Site now occupied by the new Out-Patient Department and other buildings of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Ball Court, Jewry Street
West out of Jewry Street. In Aldgate Ward (L.C.C. List of Streets, 1912) at No. 15 (Lockie, 1810).
Earliest mention : P.C. 1732.
Site rebuilt for offices and business houses.
Ball Court, Mincing Lane
Out of Mincing Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Ball Court, Old Bailey
East out of Old Bailey in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Former name : " Bell Savage Yard " (O. and M. 1677).
Removed for the erection of the Sessions House. See Central Criminal Court.
Ball Court, Petticoat Lane
Out of Petticoat Lane (Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Ball Court, St. Katherine's
East out of St. Katherine's Lane, a few doors from No.50 Upper East Smithfield (Strype, ed. 1755-Lockie, 1816).
Former name : " Ball Alley," P.C. 1732.
Removed for the formation of St. Katherine's Docks, etc.
Ball Yard
In Beech Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Ball Yard, Giltspur Street
See Ball Court.
Ballardes Lane
West out of Chancery Lane.
A messuage in Chancery Lane is described as lying between the messuage in the tenure of the Six Clerks north and Ballard's Lane south and abutting on the highway called Chancellor Lane east and the field called Thicketfield west, 1530 (L. and P. H. VIII. V. p. 22).
The description would seem to indicate that this was the early name of Carey Street (q.v.).
Ballast Office
See Old Trinity House.
Balmoral Buildings
On the south side of Queen Victoria Street at No. 91 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward, between Fye foot lane and Lambeth Hill.
First mention : L.C.C. list, 1901.
Baltic (The)
See South Sea House.
Baltic Exchange
On the east side of St. Mary Axe at Nos. 24-28 (P.O. Directory).
Former name : " Jeffrey's Square " (q.v.).
Commemorates the name of the Baltic (q.v.).
Bancor Inn
See Bangor House.
Bandy Leg Alley
By Fleet Ditch. In Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.