London’s Alleys: Magdalen Passage, E1

A narrow open passageway that creates a convenient cross passage in the middle of two otherwise long unremitting roads.Although surrounded by relatively modern buildings, the passage is fairly old, emerging from fields and housing into a defined route around the 1800s.
This part of London first appears in the records as an area of farmland described by Stow’s Survey of London in 1603 as Goodman Fields.
Braun and Hogenberg’s map of 1572 shows the area around the alley as open yards to