Ball Alley, Aldersgate Street.-East out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without, near the Gate (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).

The site is now occupied by Falcon Street (q.v.).

Name derived from the sign.

Ball Alley, Cannon Street.-Out of Cannon Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).

Not named in the maps.

Ball Alley, Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate.-Out of Half Moon Alley, Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Boyle, 1799-Elmes, 1831).

Not named in the maps.

Ball Alley, Lime Street.-East out of Lime Street, near the middle (Hatton, 1708-Elmes, 1831).

The site is now occupied by Fenchurch Avenue (q.v.).

Ball Alley, Lombard Street.-North out of Lombard Street at No. 54 on the west side of All Hallows Church (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward.

First mention : O. and M. 1677.

Alluded to apparently though not by name in will of Robert Wright 1548 (End. Ch. All Hallows, Lombard Street, etc., 1902, p. 1).

Ball Alley, London Wall.-South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).

First mention : In Wardmote Inquest of Broad Street Ward in All Hallows Parish, 15 H. VIII. 1523 (L. and P. H. VIII. Dom. S. III. Pt. 2, p. 1515).

Site now occupied by warehouses, etc.

Ball Alley, St. Katherine's.-Out of St. Katherine's Lane, East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).

Not named in the maps.

Ball Alley, St. Paul's Churchyard.-Out of St. Paul's Churchyard.

Named after the " Ball," a house with such a sign standing there 1594-1603. John Newbury, the bookseller, dwelt there (Lond. Topog. Rec. III. 115).

No later mention.

Ball Alley, Sherbourne Lane.-At. No. 5 Sherbourne Lane, opposite the Post Office Yard.

A dark passage leading into St. Swithin's Lane (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).

First mention : 23 Chas. II. 1671 (L.C.C. Deeds, Harben bequest, 1600-1700, No. 59).

Site now occupied by offices and business houses.

Ball Alley, Thames Street.-South out of Thames Street to the Thames, east of Black-boy Alley in Castle Baynard Ward (Leake, 1666).

Not shown in the later maps.