Now known as Cursitor’s Street, it runs east from Chancery Lane. A “cursitor” is either a courier or “an officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs” (Webster’s, 1913).
Cursitor's Alley
Map
The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from Wenceslaus Hollar’s maps:
- Built-up London – London before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – London after the Fire
Open location in Google Maps: 51.516474, -0.111269
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References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
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- Mar
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Terry Foreman • Link
Cursitor's Alley runs east off the SW edge of this segment of Rocque's 1746 map.
http://www.motco.com/map/81002/Se…