Moor Lane
Names
- Moor Lane
- More Street
- le Morstrate
- le Morestrate
- le Morelane
- la Morlane
- Lamorestrete
- Moorstrete
- Morelane
- Morestrete
- More Lane
- Mear Lane
Street/Area/District
- Moor Lane
Maps & Views
- 1553-59 London (Strype, 1720): Mear Lane
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - British Library): More Lane
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - Folger): More Lane
- 1658 London (Newcourt & Faithorne): Moor Lane
- 1666 London after the fire (Bowen, 1772): Moor Lane
- 1677 A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (Ogilby & Morgan): Moor Lane
- 1720 London (Strype): Moor Lane
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Moor Lane
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Moor Lane
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Moor Lane
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Moor Lane
North out of Fore Street, at No. 87, to Chiswell Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without, except the northern end, which is in the borough of Finsbury.
First mention: "More Street," 1309–10 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p. 230). "le Morstrate," 1310 (Ct. H.W. I. 212). "Le Morestrate," 1324–5 (ib. 311). "le Morelane," 1331–2 (ib. 373). "la Morlane," 1332 (ib. 376). "lamorestrete," 1379–80 (ib. II. 213). "Moorstrete," 1388–9 (ib. II. 273). "Morelane" or "Morestrete," 1510 (ib. 615). In O.S. 1875–80 it only extended to Ropemaker Street, to the City boundary.
So called as erected on the site of Moorfields, the old "More" or "Moor" outside the walls.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Moor lane, on the Nly side of the Postern, just without the Wall of London, near Moor fields.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Moor lane, for the generality, but meanly built and inhabited; especially the upper end, which is narrow, and leadeth into a place called Back Alley, very mean; having a passage upon Sufferance into Ropemakers Alley; likewise another passage into Butlers Alley, and so into Grubstreet.
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Moor-Lane, Fore-Street, Cripplegate,—at 87, nearly op. Bashinghall-st. it leads to White-st.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Moor-Lane, Cripplegate, is nearly opposite Basinghall-street in Fore-street; it leads to White-street.