CATHERINE WHEEL ALLEY

   East out of Bishopsgate at No. 192, extending east to Middlesex Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.

   Messuages in Catherine Wheel Alley given in 1637 for the poor of the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate (End. Ch. 1901, p. 3).

   Near Widegate Street, a passage to Pettycoat lane (Hatton, 1708).

   "Cat and Wheel Alley," in W. Stow, 1722.

   Sometimes spelt Katherine Wheel Alley.

   Named from the Catherine Wheel Inn (q.v.).