Laurence Pountney Lane

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

South out of Cannon Street, at No. 108, to 139 Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Candlewick and Dowgate Wards.


Earliest mention: 1562 (Ct. H.W. II. p. 679).

Former names : "St. Laurence's lane," 32 H. III. (Anc. Deeds, B. 2105). "Lane of S. Laurence de Candelwystrate," 1280-1 (Ct. H.W. I. 51). "St. Laurence Street," 34 Ed. III. (Anc. Deeds, A. 2477). "Poultney lane" (S. 239), 1603, ed.

Named after the church of St. Laurence Pountney (q.v.).

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