Old Swan Lane
Names
- Old Swan Lane
- Edgate Lane
Street/Area/District
- Old Swan Lane
Maps & Views
- 1553-59 London (Strype, 1720): Old Swan
- 1553-9 Londinum (Braun & Hogenberg, 1572): Old Swan Lane
- 1553-9 London ("Agas Map" ca. 1633): The olde Swanne
- 1560 London (Jansson, 1657): Old Swan Lane
- 1720 London (Strype): Edgate Lane
- 1720 London (Strype): Old Swan Lane
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Old Swan Lane
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Old Swan Lane
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Old Swan Lane
South out of Upper Thames Street, at No. 100, to the Thames, between Swan Lane and George Alley (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward.
First mention: O. and M. 1677. Called "Edgate Lane" in Strype's maps, 1720 and 1755.
Named after the "Old Swan Inn" there.
Not to be confused with Swan Lane, formerly Ebbgate Lane. See The Old Swan.