Hanging Sword Alley

Alley in the City of London

A watercolour of the alley, painted by James Lawson Stewart around 1890

The alley was recorded on John Rocque's Map of London, 1746 and is marked here in red.

Hanging Sword Alley is an alley in the Alsatia district of London, running between Whitefriars Street and Salisbury Square, close to Fleet Street.