1) East out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Rocque, 1746.
Former name: "Sweedland, Swedeland, Alley" (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ed. 1720).
2) Out of Victualling Office Square, Tower Hill (O. and M. 1677).
Removed for the extension of Mansell Street to meet the Tower Bridge Approach, 1897.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.