South out of Newgate Street, at No.20, to Paternoster Square (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: Hatton, 1708.
Former names: "Rose Alley," 1649-72 (Burn, p. 158). "Roe Street," 1746 (Rocque).
Shown but not named in O. and M. 1677.
Probably occupied the site of the former " Dicereslane " and " Cecile Lane" (q.v.).
About 100 yards from the eastern entrance to the street the foundations of a wall 8 ft. deep were laid open ; it seemed to run across the street towards the entrance to Christ's Hospital (Arch. XXVII. 151).
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.