Laurence Pountney Lane
Names
- Laurence Pountney Lane
- St. Laurence's Lane
- Lane of St. Laurence de Candelwystrate
- St. Laurence Street
- Poultney Lane
- St. Laurence Poultney Lane
- St. Laurence Lane
Street/Area/District
- Laurence Pountney Lane
Maps & Views
- 1553-59 London (Strype, 1720): St. Laurence Poultney Lane
- 1553-9 Londinum (Braun & Hogenberg, 1572): Laurence Pountney Lane
- 1553-9 London ("Agas Map" ca. 1633): St. Laurence hyll
- 1560 London (Jansson, 1657): Laurence Pountney Lane
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - British Library): St. Laurence Poultney
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - Folger): St. Laurence Poultney
- 1666 London after the fire (Bowen, 1772): Laurence Pountney Lane
- 1666 London after the fire (Hollar & Leake, 1669?): St. Laurence Pountney lane
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): St. Laurence Poultnes Lane
- 1720 London (Strype): St. Laurence Poultney Lane
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Laurence Poultney
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Lawrence Poultney Lane
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Laurence Pountney Lane
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.).
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Laurence pountney lane, betn Cannon str. N. and Thames str. S. L. 170 Yds: And here is Laurence pountney hill, a little to the Wd.