
13/01/2025
We’re back with another fascinating story behind a street name in the City of London!
Did you know the word "mincing" has nothing to do with meat? It actually comes from an Old English term for a female monk - Mincheon or Minchun. According to John Stow's Survey of London (1598), Mincing Lane was named after the female monks from nearby St Helen’s Bishopsgate.
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