Sise Lane
Names
- Sise Lane
- St. Sythes Lane
- Seintsithes Lane
- St. Sydes Lane
- Sythen Lane
- St. Sithes Lane
- St. Size Lane
- Syth's Lane
- Sythes Lane
- Size Lane
- St. Syches Lane
Street/Area/District
- Sise Lane
Maps & Views
- 1553-59 London (Strype, 1720): St. Sythes Lane
- 1553-9 Londinum (Braun & Hogenberg, 1572): St. Sythes Lane
- 1553-9 London ("Agas Map" ca. 1633): St. Syches lane
- 1560 London (Jansson, 1657): St. Sythes Lane
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - British Library): St. Sythes Lane
- 1593 London (Norden, 1653 - Folger): St. Sythes Lane
- 1666 London after the fire (Bowen, 1772): St. Syches Lane
- 1720 London (Strype): St. Size Lane
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Siths Lane
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Syth's Lane
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Sise Lane
South out of Pancras Lane by No. 27 Queen Victoria Street, to Budge Row (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer Ward.
Much smaller in extent than formerly, a large portion of the centre of the street having been demolished for the formation of Queen Victoria Street.
First mention Horwood, 1799.
Former names: "Seint Sythes lane," 1401 (Ct. H.W. II. 351). "Seintsithes lane," 1438 (ib. 484). "Seint Sydes lane," 1439 (ib. 486). "Sythen Lane," 1544 (L. and P. H. VIII. XIX. Pt. 2, p. 316). "St. Sithes lane," 1574 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 177). "St. Size Lane" (O. and M. 1677, and Strype, 1720 and 1755). "Syth's Lane" (Rocque, 1746). "Sythes lane," vulg. "Size lane" (P.C. 1732).
So called, Stow says, of S. Sithes Church = St. Benet Sherehog (q.v.).