FERN'S YARD

   East out of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755, and Rocque, 1746).

   A place only for refining of lead (Strype, ed. 1720 I. iii. 93).

   In O. and M. 1677 "White Rose Alley" occupies the site of this yard.

   Site now occupied by Whitbread's Brewery.