King Edward Street (centre, vertical) on an 1896 Ordnance Survey map
The street was once known for its butchers and slaughterhouses and had the names Butchers' Hall Lane, Stinking Lane, Chick Lane, and Blowbladder Street. According to John Strype by 1720 the butchers had been replaced by milliners and seamstresses. It received its current name in 1843 in memory of King Edward VI.[1]