Water Lane
Names
- Water Lane
- Water Street
- Black fryers
- Blackfriars Lane
- Watter Street
Street/Area/District
- Water Lane
Maps & Views
- 1720 London (Strype): Water Street
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Water Street
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Water Lane
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Water Lane
South from Broadway to Queen Victoria Street at No. 172 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: 32 H. VIII. 1540 (L. and P.H. VIII. XV. 478).
Called: "Water Street" (Rocque, 1746, and Strype). "Black fryers" (O. and M. 1677). "Blackfriars Lane" (Leake, 1666).
A portion of the Roman wall was seen here in 1882.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
[Water Street, Blackfriars.] Black Friers hath but a narrow Passage out of Ludgate street, and turning by the back side of Ludgate Prison, falleth into an open Place with very good Buildings, well inhabited by Tradesmen. Which said Street runneth down Southwards to the Thames; but that part by Apothecaries Hall, and so downwards, is called Water street; and hath a handsome pair of Stairs to take Water at, where plenty of Watermen ply: And in its Passage to the Water side, takes in several Courts and Yards.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Water lane, Black Friars.
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Water-Lane, Blackfriars,—the first on the L. in Earl-st. from the bridge.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Water-Lane.—is in Blackfriars, the first turning on the left hand in Earl-street.
from London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and Peter Cunningham (1891)
Water Lane, Blackfriars, from Broadway to Queen Victoria Street. On the east side is Apothecaries Hall; and from it run Playhouse Lane and Printing-house Yard.