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Previouslt known as Vengeance Lane, then Vinge Alley, now Racing Club Lane.
Named pre-1856.
Located at or near: 397-401 Little Bourke St.
Probable or possible origin of name: Foster & Vinge, coaching & carrying office, Bourke St.
Location is approximate.
"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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