_Land of Green Ginger_ (Vol. viii., p. 34.).--It is so called from the
sale of ginger having been chiefly carried on there in early times. As
far as I can recollect, none of the local histories gives any derivation
of the name; those of Gent and Frost certainly do not, and this is the
one generally received by the inhabitants. Salthouse Lane and Blanket
Row are other streets, which may be referred to as having obtained their
names in a similar way.