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Hanover Court


Long Acre. (WC2) Evidently named in honour of the house of Hanover. Formerly called Phoenix Alley. Here the celebrated John Taylor, the "Water Poet," kept his tavern during the days of the Civil Wars and the Commonwealth. (Reference: Jesse's London, vol. I, p. 372)

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