South out of Fleet Street at No. 97 and east to New Bridge Street, on the east side of St Bride's Church (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention: "Bridelane," 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 557).
Other forms : "Briddeslane," 1374 (Cal. Close Rolls. Ed. III. 1374-7, p. 47). "Seint brideslane," 1379 (ib. II. 209). "Saint Brides lane," 30 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. III. 112).
Named after St. Bride's Church, unto which there is a passage up stone steps (Strype, L. 1720, I. iii. 279).
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.