Old Fish Street Hill
Names
- Old Fish Street Hill
- Fish Street Hill
- St. Mary Mount haunt
- Mountenhaut Lan
- Oldefisshestretlone
- Labour in Vain Hill
- Fishstreete Hill
Street/Area/District
- Old Fish Street Hill
Maps & Views
- 1553-9 Londinum (Braun & Hogenberg, 1572): Old Fish Street Hill
- 1553-9 London ("Agas Map" ca. 1633): Old Fish Street Hill
- 1560 London (Jansson, 1657): Old Fish Street Hill
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - British Library): Fishstreete Hill
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - Folger): Fishstreete Hill
- 1666 London after the fire (Bowen, 1772): Old Fish Street Hill
- 1720 London (Strype): Fish Street Hill
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Fish Street Hill
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Labour in Vain Hill
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Old Fish Street Hill
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Old Fish Street Hill
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Old Fish Street Hill
South out of Old Fish Street to Upper Thames Street, in Queenhithe Ward (Horwood, 1799–L.C.C. List, 1912).
Former names: "Fish Street Hill" (O. and M. 1677–Strype). "St. Mary Mount-haunt" (S. 354). "Mountenhaut Lane" (q.v.). "Oldefisshestretlone," 1345 (Cal. P.R. Ed. III. 1345–8, p. 14).
In Rocque, 1746, the northern portion was called "Old Fish Street Hill," the southern portion "Labour in Vain Hill."
The main portion of the street was removed for the formation of Queen Victoria Street, and the remaining portion since 1909 has been called Lambeth Hill (q.v).