Botolph Lane
Names
- Botolph Lane
- St. Botolph's Lane
- Botolph Lane
- St. botulfes lane
- Bottle Lane
- Seyntbotulfes Lane
- Buttolphs Lane
Street/Area/District
- Botolph Lane
Maps & Views
- 1553-59 London (Strype, 1720): Botolph Lane
- 1553-9 Londinum (Braun & Hogenberg, 1572): Botolph Lane
- 1553-9 London ("Agas Map" ca. 1633): Buttolphe lane
- 1560 London (Jansson, 1657): Botolph Lane
- 1666 London after the fire (Bowen, 1772): Botolph lane
- 1720 London (Strype): Buttolphs Lane
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Botolph Lane
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Botolph Lane
North from 112 Lower Thames Street to 14 Eastcheap (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
Earliest mention: "St. Botolph's Lane," temp. Ed. I. (Anc. Deeds, B. 2025).
It seems to have been first called "Botolph Lane" in 1313 (Ct. of H.W. I. 243), but it was more usually referred to as "St. Botolph's Lane" until the 16th century, when the name "Botolph Lane" came into general use. "Seynt botulfes lane," 1348–9 (ib. 539).
Named after the church, "because it riseth over against the Parrish Church of S. Buttolph" (S. 211).
Called "Bottle Lane" 1652 (L. and P. Commonwealth, D.S. IV. p. 330).
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Botolph-Lane, Eastcheap, or Lower Thames-street, is the second turning eastward from and parallel to Fish-street-hill. It extends from No. 16, Eastcheap, to No. 111, Lower Thames-street, nearly opposite to Billingsgate Fish-market.
from London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and Peter Cunningham (1891)
Botolph Lane, Billingsgate, so called from the church of St. Botolph, Billingsgate. The last of the Fitz-Alans, Earls of Arundel, (d. 1579), had a house in this lane.1 The original London Bridge is said to have abutted on Botolph's Wharf. The church of St. George and St. Botolph is in this lane.
1 Strype, B. ii. p. 171.