Idol Lane
Names
- Idol Lane
- Idle Lane
- St. Donst hyll
- St. Dunest hyll
- Church Lane
- St. Dunstan's Hill
Street/Area/District
- Idol Lane
Maps & Views
- 1553-59 London (Strype, 1720): St. Dunest Hill
- 1553-9 Londinum (Braun & Hogenberg, 1572): St. Dunstan's Hill
- 1553-9 London ("Agas Map" ca. 1633): St. Donat Hill
- 1560 London (Jansson, 1657): St. Dunstan's Hill
- 1720 London (Strype): Idle Lane
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Idle Lane
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Idol Lane
South out of Great Tower Street, at No. 1, to Cross Lane (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention: "Idle lane" (Leake, 1666).
Former names: "St. Donst hyll" (Agas) Guildhall copy. "S. Dunest hyll" (Agas, Vertue). "Church Lane," in the west (S. 136, margin).
In Strype's time Idle Lane extended to Thames Street (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 53).
Hatton (1708) says it was called Idol lane in old records from makers of idols or images living there, but there is no evidence to support this statement.