JOINERS' HALL BUILDINGS

South out of Upper Thames Street, at No. 78, to Greenwich Street, between Bell Wharf Lane and Friars Alley (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward.

First mention:Horwood, 1799.

Former names : "Joyners Hall Alley" (L. Guide, 1758, to Boyle, 1799). "Joyners Alley" (Rocque, 1746). "Joiners Hall lane" (P.C. 1732). "Tennis Court Lane" (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720), or "Fryars Lane" in Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 13.

Named first from a Tennis Court there, and afterwards from the Joiners' Hall.