New Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

1) West from Cloth Street to King Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1880).


See Newbury Street.

2) Identified with Chancery Lane (q.v.). See Fetter Lane.

3) North out of Cloth Fair at No.43 (P.O. Directory). Led into Aldersgate Street at No.126 (Lockie). In Farringdon Ward Without.

First mention: 1795 (L.C.C. Deeds, Harben Bequest, 1700-1800, No.96).

4) West out of Shoe Lane and south to Gunpowder alley, between Shoe Lane and Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Elmes, 1831).

First mention: 1637-8 (H. MSS. Com. 12th Rep. IV. 500).

Now Little New Street and New Street Square, Shoe Lane (q.v.).

5) North out of Camomile Street to No.55, Houndsditch, the continuation of St. Mary Axe, also Galled New St. Mary Axe (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831). The street is shown in Horwood's map, 1799, but not named.

See St. Mary Axe, Street.

6) In Pig Street by Threadneedle Street (W. Stow, 1722, and P.C. 1732)

Not named in the maps.

7) South out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, to Swan Inn (Hatton, 1708).

Perhaps identical with New Street, Cloth Fair (q.v.).

8) South out of Carter Lane to Ireland Yard, near Puddledock Hill (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880).

See Burgon Street.

9) East out of Bishopsgate at No.170 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.

First mention: Strype, 1720, I. ii. 108.

Former names: "Hand Alley" and "Vine Street" (O. and M. 1677, and Rocque, 1746).

Hand Alley was longer and extended into Gravel Lane, but the eastern end was removed towards the end of the 18th century for the erection of warehouses, now occupied by the Port of London Authority (q.v.).

10) Leading east from Gravel Lane, Houndsditch, at No. 19, to Ellison Street and Hutchison Street. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).

Earliest mention: O.S. Ed. 1848-51.

It appears to have retained its original name unchanged since its formation between 1832-48.

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