JEFFREY'S SQUARE

East out of St. Mary Axe (O.S. 1894-6). In Aldgate Ward.

First mention:Strype, 1720.

At the time Strype wrote, the site had been lately occupied by the fair house of Alderman Sir Jeffrey Jeffryes, "which was now taken down with others and good houses being built in their place with gardens, designed for a Square" (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 82).

Square named after Sir Jeffrey Jeffryes.

Site now occupied by the Baltic Exchange and Chambers.

SeeExchange Chambers.