London Alleys: Whalebone Court, EC2
Briefly

"The alley often claimed to be associated with the boiling of whale bones - actually baleen from whale mouths - to soften them for use in corsets, but the origins of the name are rather more wholesome."
"Going back to old English, wealh is also the word that eventually gave its name to Wales, so you're likely standing in an alley named after Wales rather than Whales."
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