BISHOPSGATE CHURCHYARD

   West out of Bishopsgate at No.109 to New Broad Street south of St. Botolph's Church (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.

   First mention: Rocque, 1746.

   It is narrower in this map and looks little more than a footpath.

   Former name : "Churchyard" (O. and M. 1677).

   The land was granted to the parish in 1615 for a cemetery, and the street was formed out of it at the same time (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 93).

   The churchyard is nicely laid out as a garden.