Lime Street Alley

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

East out of Lime Street, with a winding passage leading by Lime Street Square and Billiter Square into Fishmongers' Alley and Fenchurch Street (Strype, ed. 1720-O.S. 1848-51).


It is only named in Strype, but the passage seems to be shown in all the later maps, including the O.S. 1848-51 ed. But it is not shown in O.S. 1875.

The western portion out of Lime Street is shown in O. and M. 1677, but it does not extend far and is only a short and apparently blind alley.

It is interesting to note that Stow mentions a lane leading from Fenchurch Street near Culver Alley (q.v.) to Lime Street, which had been stopped up in his time for fear of thieves (S. 141). Strype says this lane had been opened again and this may be the winding passage shown in his map east from Lime Street Alley (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 55). Possibly it had not been reopened in 1677.

"Lime Street Alley, by some called Billiter Alley" (ib. 82).

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