Grimes Alley

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datePublished 2024-07-12
name Grimes Alley
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Now known as Bourke Lane or Bourke Place.

Named pre-1856.

Located at or near: 573-577 Little Bourke St.

Probable or possible origin of name: Charles Grimes, Surveyor.

Location is approximate.

For more information, see: Bate, W., Broome, R., Davis, N., May, A. J., & Stitt, H. (2024). The story of Melbourne’s lanes: Essential but unplanned (pp. 57, 183). ISBN 978-1-875173-12-9.

"At the west end of Little Bourke Street, where only Wright Lane had been designated in 1847, all but 7 of the 22 rights of way were named in the 1858 directory. Going east from Spencer Street they were: (north side) White Hart Lane, Wright Lane, Goldie Alley, St Johns Alley, Turnbull Alley, Crombie Lane, Murcott Alley, Pender Alley, and Rose Alley; (south side) Merlin Alley, Vinge Alley, St Patricks Alley, Fulton Lane, Grimes Alley and Cosgrave Lane." p. 57.

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