Maiden Lane

Names

  • Maiden Lane
  • Maidelane
  • Park Street
  • Maid Lane

Street/Area/District

  • Maiden Lane

Maps & Views

Descriptions

from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)

Maid lane, in Southwork, betn Gravel lane W. and Dead mans place E. L. 600 Yds.

from A New View of London, by Edward Hatton (1708)

Maiden Lane, a long straggling Place with Ditches on each side the Passage to the Houses being over little Bridges, with little Garden Plotts before them, especially on the North side which is the best both for Houses and Inhabitants; this Lane begins at Deadmans Place, and runs Westwards into Gravell-Lane...

from London and Its Environs Described, by Robert and James Dodsley (1761)

Maiden lane, Extending from Deadman's Place to Gravel lane; a long stragling place with ditches on each side; the passages to the houses being over little bridges. ✽

from Lockie's Topography of London, by John Lockie (1810)

Maid-Lane, Southwark,—is somewhat parallel to Bankside and the Thames, extending from near Clink-st. to Gravel-lane, about ⅓ of a mile in length.

from A Topographical Dictionary of London and Its Environs, by James Elmes (1831)

Maid-Lane, Southwark, extends from Clink-street to Gravel-lane, about the third of a mile in length.

from London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, by Henry Benjamin Wheatley and Peter Cunningham (1891)

Maiden Lane, Bankside, is described by Dodsley, 1761, as "extending from Deadman's Place to Gravel Lane; a long straggling place with ditches on each side; the passages to the houses being over little bridges." The name was originally Maid Lane. It is now represented by New Park Street, and the portion of Great Guildford Street, between Gravel Lane and Sumner Street. The Globe Theatre stood in this lane, and here in Strype's time (1720) was "Globe Alley, long and narrow, and but meanly built."


1 The opening is described in the Spectator of February 8, 1712.