South out of Upper Thames Street, at No. 6o, to the river (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward.
First mention: The highway called Queenhithe is mentioned 1 Ed. VI. 1547 as the northern boundary of certain messuages in the parish of St. Michael next Quenehytla (London I. p.m. I. 93).
So named in Rocque, 1746.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.