• Source: Street names of Southwark

This is a list of the etymology of street names in the London district of Southwark (also called Borough). The area has no formally defined boundaries – those utilised here are: the river Thames to the north, Tower Bridge Road to the east, Bricklayers Arms/New Kent Road/Elephant and Castle to the south, and London Road/St George's Circus/Blackfriars Road to the west.




A


Abbey Street – after Bermondsey Abbey, formerly located here
Alderney Mews
Alice Street
America Street
Angel Place – formerly Angel Alley, both after a former inn here of this name
Arch Street
Archie Street
Avon Place
Avonmouth Street – unknown; formerly Devonshire Street
Ayres Street – after Alice Ayres, local resident who died whilst saving the lives of three children in a house fire in 1885




B


Baden Place
Bank End and Bankside – both after former earthen banks built to protect against the Thames
Barnham Street
Bartholomew Street – after a former hospital located near here run by St Bartholomew's Hospital
Bath Terrace
Battle Bridge Lane – after medieval landowners the abbots of Battle
Bear Gardens and Bear Lane – both after the sport of bear baiting formerly practised here
Becket Street – after Thomas Becket, murdered Archbishop of Canterbury, by association with the pilgrims who went this way to Canterbury
Bedale Street – after Bedale, Yorkshire; it was formerly York Street after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany but was changed in 1891 to avoid confusion with similarly named streets; further back still it was Foul Lane, a descriptive epithet
Bedford Row
Bell Yard Mews
Belvedere Buildings and Belvedere Place
Bermondsey Square and Bermondsey Street – understood to mean 'Beornmund's island'; but, while "Beornmund" represents an Old English personal name, identifying an individual once associated with the place, the element "-ey" represents Old English "eg", for "island", "piece of firm land in a fen", or simply a "place by a stream or river". Thus Bermondsey need not have been an island as such in the Anglo-Saxon period, and is as likely to have been a higher, drier spot in an otherwise marshy area.
Bickels Yard
Bittern Street
Blackfriars Road – named after Blackfriars Bridge in 1769/70; it was formerly Great Surrey Street, reflecting the traditional county it is in
Black Horse Court – after a former inn here of this name
Black Swan Yard – after a former inn here of this name
Blue Lion Place
Borough High Street, Borough Road and Borough Square – after the ancient Borough of Southwark
Bowling Green Place – after an 18th-century bowling green located here
Boyfield Street – after Josiah Boyfield, local landowner and clothmaker
Braidwood Street – after 19th century fireman James Braidwood
Brew Wharf Yard
Bricklayers Arms – after a former coaching inn here of this name
Bridge Yard – presumably with reference to the nearby London Bridge
Brinton Walk
Brockham Street – unknown; formerly Church Street
Brunswick Court
Burbage Close – after Richard Burbage, noted Shakespearian actor
Burge Street
Burrell Street
Bursar Street – after William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester in the 15th century; he left an endowment of local property to the College




C


Caleb Street
Calvert's Buildings – after Felix Calvert, 18th century brewer here
Canvey Street – after Canvey Island in Essex; it was formerly Essex Street
Cardinal Bourne Street – after Francis Bourne, Bishop of Southwark in the late 19th century
Cardinal Cap Alley – after a former inn or brothel here, called either the Cardinal's Cap or Hat
Carmarthen Place
Castle Yard – after a former inn here of this name
Cathedral Street – after the adjacent Southwark Cathedral
Chaloner Court
Chancel Street
Chapel Court
Chettle Close
City Walk
Clennam Street
Clink Street – after The Clink prison formerly located here
Cluny Place – after Bermondsey Abbey, initially established as a Cluniac order
Coach House Mews
Cole Street
Collinson Street and Collinson Walk – after the Collinson family, noted for their active interest in local and church affairs in the 19th century
Collinwood Street
Copperfield Street – after the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, by association with Dickens Square
Cottons Lane
Counter Street – corruption of compter (small prison), as the borough's compter formerly stood here
County Street
Crosby Court and Crosby Row
Crucifix Lane – after the former Cross of Bermondsey located here; it was destroyed in 1559




D


Davidge Street
Decima Street
Deverell Street
Dickens Square – after Charles Dickens, who spent part of his childhood here
Disney Place and Disney Street
Dolben Street – after John Dolben, 17th century archbishop; it was formerly George Street
Dorrit Street and Little Dorrit Court – after the novel Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, by association with Dickens Square
Doyce Street
Druid Street – possibly after a former inn here with ‘Druid’ in its name
Duchess Walk
Duke Street Hill – named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 19th century military figure
Dunsterville Way




E


Elephant and Castle – derived from a coaching inn of this name
Elim Street
Emerson Street – after Thomas Emerson, 15th century local benefactor
English Grounds – thought to be after the English workers here during the railway boom, who were kept separate from the Irish ones nearby at Irish Grounds
Ewer Lane




F


Fair Street – after the former Horselydown Fair held here
Falmouth Road
Farnham Place
Fenning Street
Flatriron Square and Flatiron Yard




G


Gaitskell Way
Gambia Street – unknown; formerly William Street
Gatehouse Square
Gaunt Street
George Inn Yard – after the adjacent George Inn
Gibbon's Rents
Glasshill Street – after the former glassworks located here; formerly just Hill Street
Globe Street – after the former inn here of this name, possibly named for the Globe Theatre
Great Dover Street – as this formed part of the traditional London to Dover road
Great Guildford Street – after Suffolk House, owned by Lady Jane Guildford in the early Tudor period; possibly also in allusion to Guildford, county town of Surrey
Great Maze Pond – after the Medieval Maze Manor here, named for a prominent maze in its grounds
Great Suffolk Street – after Suffolk House, home to Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the Tudor period
Great Yard
Green Dragon Court – after a Tudor-era inn here of this name
Green Walk
Grotto Court – after Thomas Finch's Grotto Grounds, 18th century pleasure grounds located near here
Guildable Bridge Street – the term ‘Guildable’ is first recorded in 1377, refers to the collection of taxes there and was adopted to distinguish this from the other manors of the Southwark area
Guinness Court
Guy Street – after Thomas Guy, founder of Guy's Hospital




H


Haddon Hall Street – after Haddon Hall, local religious mission named for Charles Haddon Spurgeon, noted Victorian-era preacher
Hamlet Way
Hankey Place – after Donald Hankey, prominent member of the local Edwardian-era charitable organisation the Oxford and Bermondsey Club
Hardwidge Street – after James Hardwidge, local 18th century needlemaker and church benefactor
Harper Road – unknown; it was changed from Union Road to avoid confusion with similarly named streets, and before that it was Horsemonger Lane, after the local horse dealers
Hatchers Mews
Hay's Lane – after the Hays family, who owned nearby Hay's Wharf
Holland Street – after a former manor house here called Holland's Leaguer, possibly named from its owner's family name
Holyrood Street – after the former Rood (cross) of Bermondsey located here; it was destroyed in 1559
Hopton Street and Hopton's Gardens – after Charles Hopton, who funded the local almshouses here in the 18th century
Horsemongers Mews – probably by association with the nearby Horsemongers Lane (now Harper Road)
Hulme Place
Hunter Close




I


Invicta Plaza
Issac Way




J


Joiner Street
Jubilee Walkway – named in 1977 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II




K


Kell Street
Kentish Buildings – after 17th century property owner Thomas Kentish; formerly it was Christopher Alley, after an inn of this name named in 1977 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Keppel Row – after Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, 18th century naval figure
Keyworth Place and Keyworth Street – after Leonard James Keyworth, recipient of a Victoria Cross in the First World War
King James Court and King James Street
King's Bench Street – after the King's Bench Prison formerly located here
King's Court
King's Head Yard – after a former inn here of this name
King's Place
Kipling Street
Kirby Grove




L


Lamb Walk – after a 17th-century inn here of this nam
Lancaster Street – unknown; formerly Union Street
Lansdowne Place
Lant Street – named after Thomas Lane, local 17th century landowner
Lavington Street – after Thomas Lant, local 18th century developer
Law Street
Leathermarket Court and Leathermarket Street – after the tanneries and leather market formerly located here
Leigh Hunt Street – after the author Leigh Hunt, who served a short sentence in a nearby prison
Library Street
Lockyer Street
Loman Street – after the former Loman's Pond located here
London Bridge Street and London Bridge Walk – after the adjacent London Bridge
London Road
Long Lane – presumably simply descriptive




M


McCoid Way
Magdalen Street – after either William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester in the 15th century, who attended Magdalen College, Oxford, or a 13th-century church here called St Mary Magdalen
Maiden Lane
Maidstone Buildings Mews
Manciple Street – after the character of the manciple in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, by reference to the adjacent Pilgrimage Street
Market Yard Mews
Marshalsea Road – after the former Marshalsea Prison here
Meadow Row
Melior Place and Melior Street – after Melior May Weston, local 18th century property owner
Mermaid Court – after a former inn here of this name
Mermaid Row
Merrick Square – after local 17th century landowner Christopher Merrick
Middle Road
Middle Yard
Milcote Street
Mint Street – after a Tudor-era royal mint located here
Montague Close – after Montague House formerly located here, named for Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
More London
Morgan's Lane
Morocco Street – named for the local Morocco leather industry
Mulvaney Way




N


Nebraska Street
Nelson Square – after Admiral Horatio Nelson
Newcomen Street – after the local Newcomen Charity, named for its 17th century founder; it was formerly King Street, after a local inn of this name
New Globe Walk – after the Globe Theatre
Newham's Row
Newington Causeway and Newington Court – Newington is a now almost obsolete name for the Elephant and Castle area; it means ‘new village/farmstead’ and dates to the early Middle Ages
New Kent Road – as this formed the traditional route down to Kent; the ‘New’ section dates from 1751, and is an extension of the Old Kent Road
Nicholson Street




O


O’Meara Street – after Daniel O’Meara, priest at St George's Cathedral, Southwark
Ontario Street
Oxford Drive




P


Pardoner Street – after the character of the pardoner in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, by reference to the adjacent Pilgrimage Street
Park Street – after a former park here attached to Winchester House
Pepper Street
Perkins Square
Pickford Lane
Pickwick Street – after the novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, by association with Dickens Square
Pilgrimage Street – as this formed part of the ancient pilgrimage route to Canterbury
Plantain Place
Playhouse Court
Pocock Street – after the locally prominent Pocock family
Porlock Street
Porter Street
Potier Street
Potters Fields – so called as it was previously a burial ground - a potter’s field - for unknown, unclaimed or indignant people. Coincidentally, there was also Roman pottery found near here
Price's Street – after a local builder of this name
Prioress Street – after the character of the prioress in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, by reference to the adjacent Pilgrimage Street




Q


Queen Elizabeth Street
Queen's Head Yard – after a former grammar school here named for Queen Elizabeth I
The Queen's Walk – named in the 1977 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Quilp Street – after Daniel Quilp, a character in the novel The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, by association with Dickens Square




R


Railway Approach – descriptive, after the adjacent London Bridge station
Redcross Way – after either the Redcross burial ground formerly located here or an inn of this name
Rephidim Street
Risborough Street
Robinson Road
Rochester Walk – after a former house here owned by the bishops of Rochester
Rockingham Street
Roper Lane
Rose Alley – after the Tudor-era Rose Theatre
Rotary Street
Rotherham Walk
Rothsay Street
Royal Oak Yard
Rushworth Street – after 17th century politician John Rushworth, who was imprisoned for a period at the nearby King's Bench Prison




S


St George's Circus – as this area was formerly called St George's Fields, after St George the Martyr, Southwark church; the circus opened in 1770
St Margaret's Court – named for the former St Margaret's church here; it was for a period known as Fishmonger's Alley, as it belonged to the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
St Olaf Stairs – probably for the former St Olave's grammar school located here
St Thomas Street – after St Thomas’ Hospital, formerly located here
Sanctuary Street – as the local mint formerly here claimed the local area as a sanctuary for debtors
Sawyer Street – after Bob Sawyer, a character in the novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, by association with Dickens Square
Scoresby Street – unknown; formerly York Street
Scovell Crescent and Scovell Road – after the Scovells, local business family
Shand Street – after Augustus Shand, member of local Board of Works in the late 19th century; it was formerly College Street, by association with the nearby Magdalen Street
Shipwright Yard
Silex Street
Silvester Street
Snowfields
Southall Place
Southwark Bridge Road and Southwark Street – the name Suthriganaweorc or Suthringa geweorche is recorded for the area in the 10th-century Anglo-Saxon document known as the Burghal Hidage and means "fort of the men of Surrey" or "the defensive work of the men of Surrey". Southwark is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Sudweca. The name means "southern defensive work" and is formed from the Old English sūth and weorc. The southern location is in reference to the City of London to the north, Southwark being at the southern end of London Bridge
Sparrick's Row
Spurgeon Street – after Charles Spurgeon, noted Victorian-era preacher
Stainer Street – after John Stainer, prominent Victorian-era organist
Staple Street
Sterry Street – after the Sterry family, local business owners in the 18th-19th centuries
Still Walk
Stonemasons Court
Stones End Street – as this marked the pointed where the paved surface of Borough High Street ended in former times
Stoney Street – formerly Stony Lane, both simply descriptive names
Sturge Street
Sudrey Street
Sumner Buildings and Sumner Street – after Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester in the 19th century
Surrey Row – after the traditional county here of Surrey
Swan Street – after a former inn here of this name




T


Tabard Street – after a former inn here of this name
Talbot Yard – a corruption of the Tabard Inn, as above
Tanner Street – after the tanneries formerly located here; it was formerly Five Foot Lane, after its narrow dimension
Tarn Street
Tay Court
Tennis Street – after tennis courts formerly located here
Theobald Street
Thomas Doyle Street – after Thomas Doyle, a key figure in the building of St George's Cathedral, Southwark
Thrale Street – after the Thrale family, who owned a brewery here in the 17th century
Tiverton Street
Tooley Street – corruption of St Olave's Church, Southwark, which formerly stood here
Toulmin Street – after the Toulmin family, prominent figures in local business and church affairs
Tower Bridge Road – as it leads to Tower Bridge
Trinity Church Square and Trinity Street – after Trinity Church here
Trio Place
Trundle Street
Tyers Gate




U


Union Street – thought to be as it linked two other streets




V


Vine Lane – thought to be after a former vineyard here
Vine Yard – thought to be after a former inn here called the Bunch of Grapes
Vinegar Yard – after the vinegar distilleries formerly located here




W


Wallis Alley
Wardens Grove
Weavers Lane – probably after weavers formerly working from here
Webber Street
Weller Street – after Sam Weller, a character in the novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, by association with Dickens Square
Weston Street – after local 19th century property owner John Weston
White Hart Yard – after a former inn here of this name
Whites Grounds
Wild's Rents
Winchester Square and Winchester Walk – after Winchester House, formerly the London house of the Bishop of Winchester




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Z


Zoar Street – after the former Zoar Chapel here, named for the Biblical Zoara




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