DUKE STREET, ALDGATE

   West from Aldgate to Bevis Marks (P.O. Directory). The south side is in Aldgate Ward, the northern in Portsoken Ward.

   First mention: Horwood, 1799.

   Former names : "Duke's Place" (S. ed. 1598, p. 106 ; O. and M. 1677-L. Guide, 1758). "Shoemaker's Row" (Rocque, 1746 ; and Maitland, 1775).

   Named after the house of the Duke of Norfolk, which had been built by Sir T. Audley after he pulled down the priory of Holy Trinity, and which, coming to the Duke of Norfolk by marriage with Sir T. Audley's daughter, was called Duke's place (S. 144).