Gropecunt Lane

Gropecunt Lane (pronounced /ˈɡroʊpkʌnt ˈleɪn/) was a name of street which is found in English cities and towns during middle Ages. It is also the name used in “English-speaking” where Prostitutes ran their commerce industry or business. In many case this name would found to derive straight from the words “Grope” (Sexual touching) and “Cunt” (Female Genitalia). There were several cities in Ireland and Britain where u could easily find the streets named as “Gropecunt Lane”. Afterwards it was changed to some more polite variation in many cases. Gropecunt Lane is the first mention in the admission for the word “Cunt” in “Oxford English Dictionary” which dates belonged to 1230. Even though the name was once ordinary all over England, changes in outlook consequence in it being replaced with extra inoffensive versions such as “Grape Lane”. The last recorded name of street was “Gropecunt” in 1561.

Streets with name of Gropecunt Lane were frequently in the busiest places of cities and medieval towns and at least one appears to have been a significant through street. In London the Gropecunt Lane was close to the existing site of the “Barbican Centre in the City of London”. The street was called “Grub Street” in the 18th century, but after than renamed as “Milton Street” in 1830.In Dublin Gropecunt Lane was situated close to where Savoy Cinema is now. There was also a small village named as “Gropecunt Lane” in Stubbington, Hampshire. This was later on named as “The Grove” and at the present is one of the mainly used roads in the region between Crofton Lane and Plymouth Drive.