Colechurch Lane, Colechurch Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

In parish of St. Olave in the Jewry.


Earliest mention: "Colechurch Street," 1246, H. III. (Cal. Charter Rolls, I. 307). "Colechirchelane," 9 Ed. I. 1280 (ib. II. 246).

Stow identifies it with Old Jewry (q.v.), giving in a marginal note the names "Cole-church street or Olde Jury" (p. 279).

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