East out of Great New Street, at No. 12, to Gunpowder Alley (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention: O. and M. 1677.
The south side from 9 Great New Street to Gunpowder Alley, Shoe Lane, was called "Goldsmith Row" in Lockie, 1810, and Elmes, 1831.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.