South out of Bridgewater Square at No. 9 to 42 Barbican (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
So named in 1885 when the name "Princes Street" (q.v.) was abolished.
The street formerly called Bridgwater Street lay north of Bridgwater Square, as shown in O. and M. 1677, and led from Bridgwater House to what was then Brackley Street, the whole site being occupied later by Bridgwater Gardens (q.v.).
Erected on the site of Bridgwater House and Gardens (q.v.).
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.