Place Name Named Sun Alley on John Rocque’s Map of London of 1746 but was changed to its present name…
Place Name Thought to be where the residence of the rector of the adjacent St Vedast Church was based. It…
Place Name A hangover from the Saxon-era area of Stœningahaga, of the 11thCentury. Loosely translated it means an area belonging to…
Place Name After the adjacent Guildhall. A Guildhall was first mentioned in a survey of buildings owned by St Paul’s…
Place Name First recorded in 1336 as Lovelane but was featured as Lone Lane in Ralph Agas’s woodcut map of…
Place Name First mentioned sometime around 1190 as Ysmongerelane, it was Ismongers Lane by 1227 and by 1485 Ironmongerlane. It…
Place Name A corruption of a 12thCentury landowner’s name possibly Goudren, Guthurun or Godrun, thought to be after an early…
Place name Laid out over the site of what was Honey Lane Market. The earliest reference to Russia Row is…
Place Name The story behind this little turning is said to date from 1330 when Cheapside was used as a setting…
Place Name There are a number of possible theories behind the naming of this street, which was first laid out…