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

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.).