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Hemings’ Row, St. Martin’s Lane. Upon an old wood house at the west end of this street, near the second-floor window, is the name of the street and the date, 1680. In the overseers’ accounts of the parish of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, I find the following entry :-

“1679. Red of John Hemings, apothecary, his fine for not serving overseer, £12.”

From this Hemings the row, in all probability, derived its name. The original name was Dirty-lane, it still retains its old character under its new appellation.

Source: A Handbook for London, Past and Present. Peter Cunningham. Published by John Murray 1849.