London’s Alleys: Green’s Court, W1

This is one of those notorious Soho alleys for the ladies of the night, although in recent years, as with the rest of the area, it’s more cafes than carnalities these days.It first shows up with a few of the streets in the area starting to be developed in the 1660s, mainly as people moved west following the Great Fire of London but Green’s Court is still fields between houses in the 1680s.
A few decades later, and an unnamed path between developed housing can clearly be seen on John