London’s Alleys: Hunt’s Court, WC2

This is a short grim dank smelly alley behind Leicester Square more notable for the rubbish bins pilled up inside it, and yet, it has a long and sometimes unexpected history.The alley first shows up in the 1740s when the area was developed with Leicester Fields where the Square is today, and the alley was likely a way of providing rear access to the houses and workshops around it.
The alley itself is named after Samuel Hunt, a highly regarded late 17th-century carpenter who was based in a worksh