fewtors

Updated: May 11, 2025

Some have derived the name from the fetters of criminals, and others from "fewtors," disorderly and idle persons, a corruption of "defaytors," or defaulters; while the most probable derivation is that from the "fetters" or rests on the breastplates of the knights who jousted in Fickett's Field adjoining. An interesting Moravian Chapel has an entry on the east side of Fetter Lane.

Sir Walter Besant - Holborn and Bloomsbury: The Fascination of London