London has many streets that are named for a local landmark or the activity that went on there - hence 'Ropemakers Walk', 'Whalebone Lane', 'Spitalfields' (Hospital Fields), Boundary Road - on a parish boundary. Also, around the various cathedrals and former monasteries we find names for the various parts of the service that were recited whilst traversing said highway = 'Paternoster Row ('Our Father'), 'Ave Maria Lane' and 'Blackfriars', named for its black habited monks nearby.

Rumours of one 'Gropec**t Lane' being extant in the 1500's is unfounded but you can probably guess what went on there. Most search engines won't allow you to search for it...

Everything you never wanted to know about London street names!

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