South out of Pancras Lane by No.27 Queen Victoria Street, to Budge Row (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer Ward.
Much smaller in extent than formerly, a large portion of the centre of the street having been demolished for the formation of Queen Victoria Street.
First mention Horwood, 1799.
Former names : " Seint Sythes lane," 1401 (Ct. H.W. II. 351). " Seintsithes lane," 1438 (ib. 484). " Seint Sydes lane," 1439 (ib. 486). "Sythen Lane," 1544 (L. and P. H. VIII. XIX. Pt. 2, p.316). " St. Sithes lane," 1574 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 177). " St. Size Lane" (O. and M. 1677, and Strype, 1720 and 1755). "Syth's Lane" (Rocque, 1746). " Sythes lane," vulg. "Size lane" (P.C. 1732).
So called, Stow says, of S. Sithes Church = St. Henet Sherehog (q.v.).
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.