Bush Lane
Names
- Bush Lane
- Busshelane
- Bushe Lane
- Great Bush Lane
Street/Area/District
- Bush Lane
Maps & Views
- 1666 London after the fire (Bowen, 1772): Bush Lane
- 1720 London (Strype): Bush Lane
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Bush Lane
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Bush Lane
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Bush Lane
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Bush Lane
South out of Cannon Street, at No. 86, to 157 Upper Thames St. (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook and Dowgate Wards.
First mention: "Busshelane," 1486 (Cal. P.R. H. VII.). "Bushe Lane," 1558 (Lond. I. pm. II. 130).
Other names: "Great Bush Lane" (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 208).
At its southern end the lane has been diverted slightly further east for the erection of Cannon Street Station.
Name derived from the personal name "Busshe," which occurs in records of the 14th century.
Roman walls and pavements found (Arch XIX. 156, 404, and LXIII. 319). Opposite Scot's Yard a wall found crossing the street diagonally 29 ft. wide, at a depth of 6 ft., with a pavement upon it, and another wall in Scot's Yard at a depth of 8 ft., descending to 13 ft. where the pavements were found (Arch. XIX. 156–7), and another parallel with Chequer Yard. An extensive spring existed near the spot (R. Smith, 116).
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Bush lane, betn Cannon str. and N. and Thames str. against the Still Yard.
from A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, by John Strype (1720)
Great Bush Lane comes out of Cannon street and falls into Thames street, but the Part in this Ward, goeth no farther than Scotch Yard, which is a good large open Place well inhabited. This Lane is but narrow, but well inhabited by Merchants and Persons of Repute.
from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)
Bush lane, Canon street, Walbrook.
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Bush-Lane, Cannon-Street,—at 22, op. St. Swithin's-lane, leading to 158, Upper Thames-Street, about ⅕ of a mile on the R. from London-bridge.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
Bush-Lane, Cannon-street, is opposite St. Swithin's-lane and leads into Upper Thames-street, about the fifth of a mile on the right hand from London-bridge.
from London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and Peter Cunningham (1891)
Bush Lane, City, between Cannon Street and Upper Thames Street, immediately east of the South-Eastern Railway Station. It was once famous for its needles.
And now they may go look for this Bush Lane needle in a bottle of hay.—Lenton's Characterisme or Leisures, 1631.