Aldgate High Street. The “Three Nuns Inn,” and the “Pye Tavern,” over against the end of Houndsditch, are mentioned by Defoe in his “History of the Plague.” The Three Nuns is famous for its punch.
Source: A Handbook for London, Past and Present. Peter Cunningham. Published by John Murray 1849.
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