In the parish of All Hallows the Great in the Ropery (Ct. H.W. II. 577, 1477-8).
Former names : "Wendegoslane," 1300-1 (Ct. H.W. I. 149), and 1339 (ib. 435). "Wyndegoslane," 1382 (Cal. P.R. Rich. II. 1381-5, p.164). "Wendegooslane," 1384 (ib. 463). "Wyndegoselane," 1456 (ib. H. VI. I452-61, p.286).
In the last reference the messuage with quay referred to is described as between thc quay called " Esterlyngeshall" west and the tenement late of Barth. Frestlyng east. The reference to Esterlyngeshall, which occupied part of the site of the Steelyard, suggests the identity of the lane with "Wancelineslane" (q.v.) or "All Hallows Lane" (q.v.).
Perhaps the name survived in "Wingoose alley" (q.v.).
The name in its later form suggests that it was a cul-de-sac and not a thoroughfare, to that when one gets to the end, one has to turn back again.