CURSITOR STREET

   East out of Chancery Lane at No. 38. Only a small portion lies in Farringdon Ward Without, the rest is in the borough of Holborn and the city of Westminster (P.O. Directory).

   First mention: Horwood, 1799.

   Former name : "Cursitors Alley," 1671 (L. and P. Chas. II. XI. p. 483).

   Named from the Cursitor's Office kept there.