On the site of Carlisle Lane, Lambeth, stood Carlisle House, the residence of the Bishops of Rochester from the thirteenth century downwards. Marlborough Road, Peckham, covers the ground plot of a Marlborough House, the residence of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. Hanover Street was named in compliment to the accession of George I. Basing Yard, at the rear of Hanover Street, occupies the site of Basing House, well known during the Restoration. Rye Lane leads to the Rye, or Common. Friern Place and Friern Road define the locality of Friern Manor; while Lordship Lane owes its designation to the lordship of the manor. Effra Road, Camberwell, marks the course of the little river Effra, now hidden, like the Fleet, from public view. Newington Butts denotes the archery grounds, formerly situated in the new town in the meadow. Holland Street, Southwark, preserves the name, at least in part, of an old manor, described as “Holland’s Leaguer.” Great Suffolk Street recalls the existence of Suffolk House, the residence of George Brandon, Duke of Suffolk; Winchester Yard, of Winchester House, the habitation of the Bishops of Winchester; and Sumner Street, of Dr. Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, one of the last occupants of the house just referred to. Mill Lane reminds us of an old windmill that stood here in less prosaic times; and Mint Street, of the Mint established by Henry VIII. in Suffolk House, when that property became demised to the Crown. Stony Street and Stones End received their names from the stony nature of the ground; the former having been the Roman continuation of Watling Street, south of the Thames, in a direct line to Dover. Bear Garden, situated at the corner of Sumner Street, marks the exact position of the old Paris Garden, a bear-baiting establishment, opened by Robert de Paris in the time of Richard I. Bankside, or the south strand of the Thames, is historically interesting on account of its theatrical associations.
Old Kent Road, which branches off at “The Bricklayers’ Arms” into Great Dover Street and Kent Street, forms the great Kentish highway into London. Thomas Street perpetuates the christian name of the philanthropic founder of Guy’s Hospital hard by. Grange Road and Grange Walk occupy the site of an old mansion known as “The Grange.” Spa Road derived its name from a spa, or mineral well, discovered here in the long, long ago. Russell Street preserves the memory of Richard Russell, who, dying here in 1784, left the whole of his estate to neighbouring charities. In Tooley Street lived the three tailors who, according to tradition, presented a petition to the House of Commons that began with the words, “We, the people of England, &c.” During the Commonwealth this street figured in documents as St. Tulie Street, but it is properly designated St. Olaff Street, after the neighbouring church dedicated to St. Olaff or Olave, the Scandinavian hero-prince. Blue Anchor Road and Blue Anchor Lane received their names from “The Blue Anchor,” an old tavern that stood in the latter thoroughfare; while Jamaica Road recalls a similar establishment, formerly situated on the site of Cherry Gardens, a popular place of resort in bygone times, known as “The Jamaica,” after the West Indian Island whence rum was shipped and disembarked on the exact spot where the penny steamboats now land and take up their passengers at Cherry Gardens Pier. Lastly, Evelyn Street, Deptford, was designated in honour of the present head of the Evelyn family, descendants of John Evelyn, the diarist, viz., William J. Evelyn, of Wotton, who built the adjacent Church of St. Luke, in the year 1872.