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Henry A Harben, 'Ship Court - Shoemaker Row, Lane', in A Dictionary of London( London, 1918), British History Online, accessed December 6, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london/ship-court-shoemaker-row-lane.
Henry A Harben. "Ship Court - Shoemaker Row, Lane". A Dictionary of London. (London, 1918), , British History Online. Web. 6 December 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london/ship-court-shoemaker-row-lane.
In this section
- Ship Court
- Ship Court, Bartholomew Lane
- Ship Tavern
- Ship Tavern
- Ship Tavern Passage
- Ship Yard
- Ship Yard
- Ship Yard
- Ship Yard
- Ship Yard
- Ship Yard
- Ship Yard, Minories
- Shippey's Yard
- Shipwrights
- Shirbourne Lane
- Shire Lane
- Shiryngton Chapel
- Shitteborwelane, Shiteburuelane, Shiteburghiane
- Shoe Lane
- Shoemaker Row, Lane
Ship Court
West out of Old Bailey at No.66, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M.. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Site now occupied by business houses.
Named after the Ship Tavern, which was standing there in 1654 (L. and P. Common. VII. 165).
Ship Court, Bartholomew Lane
See Capel Court.
Ship Tavern
On the east side of Water Lane. A passage at the upper end of Custom House Court leads through the Ship Tavern into Water Lane (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 53)
No later mention.
Ship Tavern
On the north side of Threadneedle Street, in Broad Street Ward (Rocque, 1746).
First mention: Messuage called "le Shippe" in parish of St. Christopher near le Shambles " called "le Stockes," 40 Eliz. 1598 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p.257).
Site now occupied by the Bank of England.
Ship Tavern Passage
North~west out of Lime Street, at No.21, to 76 Gracechurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Within and Langbourn Wards, with a passage into Leadenhall Market.
First mention: Lockie, 1810.
Ship Yard
East out of the Minories, towards the northern end, in Portsoken Ward (Hatton, 1708-Elmes, 1831).
"Ship Back Yard" in Minories (Strype, ed. 1755).
Ship Yard
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, at No.38, nearly opposite to Jewin Street (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
The site is occupied in O.S. by Lady Hollis' School, now by the Fire Brigade Station
Ship Yard
North out of Beech Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Site rebuilt.
Ship Yard
South out of Hart Street to Fell Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Hatton, 1708).
East of Monkwell Street.
Called "Black Horse and Hare Inn" (q.v.) in Strype's maps.
Ship Yard
East out of Bartholomew Lane, in Broad Street Ward, to French Court
See Capel Court.
Ship Yard
West out of Bishopsgate at No. 118, in Bishopsgate Ward Without, north of Skinner Street (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Site occupied by Chapel of Ease (O.S. 1880).
It seems to have been demolished for the extension of the North London, etc., Railway lines.
Ship Yard, Minories
See London Prentice Yard and Sheppy Place.
Shippey's Yard
See Sheppy Place.
Shipwrights
Incorporated 1605.
Shirbourne Lane
See Sherborne Lane.
Shire Lane
See Great Shire Lane.
Shiryngton Chapel
A new chapel so called near the north door of St. Paul's, 1459 (Ct. H.W. II. 539).
See Paul's (St.) Chapels in Old.
Shitteborwelane, Shiteburuelane, Shiteburghiane
See Sherborne Lane.
Shoe Lane
North out of Fleet Street to Charterhouse Street, west of Farringdon Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention: Street called "Sholand" in parish of St. Andrew of Holeburne, 56 H. III. (Hust. Roll 4, No. iii).
Mention made previously of a certain well called "Showelle" at the upper head of the lane which lay between the house of the preaching friars and the Court of Richard Lunghespeye, 46 H. III. (Ch. I. p.m. No.42). This lane seems to occupy the position of Shoe Lane.
Other forms: " Sholane," 9 Ed. I. (Ch. I. p.m.). "Scholane," 1283 (Ct. H.W. I. 67). "Scholaunde," 1285 (ib. 72). " Schof lane," 12 Ed. II. (Hust. Roll 47, No.76). " Sholaneend," 1433-4 (Ct. H.W. II. 469). "Showe Lane," 36 H. VIII. (L. and P. H. VIII. XX. (1), p.123). " Shoe Alley "alias " Shoe Lane," 7 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. II. 31).
The street has been considerably altered at its northern end by the formation of Holborn Viaduct and its extension further north to Charterhouse Street.
There was a " Sholane " in the parish of St. Nicholas, Calais (Anc. Deeds, A. 12348), also a tenement called the " Shewe," 1461 (Ct. H.W. II. 547).
It may have been named after the " Showelle," in the lane above mentioned.
Shoemaker Row, Lane
See Carter Lane.