North out of the Poultry at No. 30 (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward.
First mention: Elmes, 1831.
Former names : "Counter Alley," 1477 (Ct. H.W. II. 575-Boyle, 1799). "Compter Court" (Lockie, 1810 and 1816).
Formerly the entrance to the Poultry Compter, and after the removal of the Compter in 1815, to the Poultry Chapel for Congregationalists, erected in 1819 on part of the site of the Compter. The street took its present name from this chapel.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.