North out of Paternoster Row at No.4, to Newgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: ,, ye Panyer Ale," 1442 (Reg. St. Martin's le Grand in possession of D. and C. Westminster).
Forms of name: "Panyar Alley," 1556 (L.C.C. Deeds, Harben Bequest, 1500-1600, No.3'). "Pannier Alley," 1648 (L. and P. Chas. I. XXII. p. 44). "Panier Alley" (Leake, 1666, and Strype, Ed. 1720, I. iii. 196). "Pannyor Alley" (O. and M. 1677),
Named after the messuage called the" Panyer," or" the Panyer on the hoope" (q.v.). Said to be the highest ground within the City.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.