Historical Dictionary of London

JACKANAPE'S ROW

North out of St. Paul's Churchyard to Blow Bladder Street, in Farringdon Ward Within, at the western end of Cheapside (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Removed to widen the thoroughfare.
Named after a tavern which stood there 1652 (Lond. Top. Rec. IV. 47).