Seacoal Lane
Names
- Seacoal Lane
- Sacollelane
- Sacole Lane
- Sacolle Lane
- Secoles Lane
- Secole Lane
- Secolelane
- Secow Lane
- Seacole Lane
Street/Area/District
- Seacoal Lane
Maps & Views
- 1553-9 Londinum (Braun & Hogenberg, 1572): Seacole Lane
- 1553-9 London ("Agas Map" ca. 1633): Seacole Lane
- 1666 London after the fire (Bowen, 1772): Seacole Lane
- 1720 London (Strype): Seacole Lane
- 1736 London (Moll & Bowles): Seacoal Lane
- 1746 London, Westminster & Southwark (Rocque): Seacoal Lane
- 1761 London (Dodsley): Seacole Lane
Descriptions
from A Dictionary of London, by Henry Harben (1918)
Seacoal Lane
East out of Farringdon Street at No. 95 and north across Fleet Lane to the London, Chatham and Dover Railway lines (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention: In Pipe Roll, 1228. "Sacole lane," 1253 (Cal. P.R. H. III. 1247–58, p. 198).
Other forms: "Sacolle lane," 1279–80 (Ct. H.W. I. 44). "Secoles lane," 1285 (ib. 71). "Secole lane," 1289 (H. MSS. Com. 9th Rep. p. 24). "Secolelane," otherwise "Secow lane," 1578 (Ct. H.W. II. 696). "Seacole Lane," 1646 (ib. 763).
Before the formation of the railway lines in the 19th century the lane extended north to Snow Hill.
Riley suggests that it was so named of sea coal landed there from barges on the Flete River, shiploads being brought into London, as appears from Pat. Roll, H. III. 1257 (Mem. xvi., note).
Stow suggests that it was formerly called "Limeburners Lane," but this cannot be so as both lanes are mentioned separately by name in the Ct. of H. Wills in 1308 (I. 204) and 1339–40 (ib. 436).
from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)
Sea-Coal-Lane, Fleet-Lane,—about twelve doors on the L. from Fleet-market, leading to Snow-hill.
from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)
SEA-COAL-LANE, Skinner-street, is about twelve houses on the left hand side of Fleet-lane, going from Farringdon-street. Stowe derives its name from the Lime-burners that formerly occupied its site, using sea-coal for their purposes.
from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)
Seacoal lane, betn Snow hill N. and Fleet lane S. L. 180 yds. This probably has its name (as some think) from the great quantity of New castle Coal to be sold here about: But Stow says it was also called Lymburners lane, from the burning Lyme here with Sea-coal; but Sea-coal was prohibited being burnt in Lond. and Southwark, in the year 1306.