Can anyone tell me which part of Sans Street (Sans Street, Upper Sans Street or Sans Street South) was also referred to as Sans Close? I have seen an old photograph which shows an archway over a narrow alleyway, stating "Sans Close" (I think it says 1843) This to my mind is an alleyway leading onto Sans Close, but I am wondering where this would be. On the Pictures In Print website http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/pip/singlezoom.asp?img=p2357&ref1=2228 there is a map from around this time. On it the only alleyways I can see are connecting Sans Street (east side) with Cross Place and also leading from Back Sans Street to some properties on Sans Street and thence the street. There doesn't seem to be any alleyways on Upper Sans Street, and what became South Sans Street doesn't seem to have been built. Similarly on Thomas Robsons Map of 1850 http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/pip/singlezoom.asp?img=p2381&ref1=2252 However, I was lead to believe than Sans Close referred to the lands south of Coronation Street (ie Upper and South Sans Street) Can anyone clarify this further? Could it also be that the Sans Street Mission mnay have originally been the Sans Close Mission and so named because it was built on lands originally known as Sans Close?? Thanks Rob