Historical Dictionary of London

DARK ENTRY

1)East out of Lower East Smithfield, facing Butcher Row (P.C. 1732, to Elmes, 1831).
Called also "Virginia Court" (Strype, ed. 1720 to Boyle, 1799).
Removed for the erection of St. Katherine Docks and the adjacent warehouses in 1827.
2)West out of Foster Lane to St. Martin's le Grand, in Aldersgate Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
The site was afterwards occupied by the old General Post Office, erected 1825-9.