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Wardrobe Place.-South out of Carter Lane at No.57 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward.
First mention : Lockie, 1810.
Former name: "Wardrobe Court" (Hatton, 1708-Horwood, 1799).
In O. and M. the site is vacant, and on it is written" The King's Wardrobe was here."
Strype says: "The Garden (of the King's Wardrobe) is converted into a large and square Court, with good Houses and called ' Wardrobe Court ' " (ed. 1720, I. iii. 230).
See King's Wardrobe (The).
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