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F a LEET STREET received its name from the Fleet, once a swift-flowing stream, now converted into sewer. Mitre Court, Falcon Court, and Red Lion Court were designated after old taverns respectively bearing these signs. Bolt Court was so called from the "Boltin-Tun," an ancient coaching-house, transformed into a railway goods receiving office standing on the opposite side of the way. Johnson's Court did not receive its title from Dr. Johnson, who lived in it for some time, but from the owner of the property. Wine Office Court originally contained an office where wine licences were issued. Shoe Lane received this designation from the traditional account that when the Devil ran away with Lady Hatton [see HATTON GARDEN] he dropped one of her shoes in Shoe Lane and her cloak in Cloak Lane, near Cannon Street. St. Bride Street and Bride Lane owe their names to the Church of St.