South out of Thames Street, north of the Steel Yard (Rocque, 1746). Other names and forms: "Windgoose Court" (O. and M. 1677). "Wildgoose" or Windgoose Alley or Court" (Strype, ed. 1720).
Said to have been built by the Steelyard Merchants (ib. I. ii. 207).
"Wynges Lane," parcel of the Steelyard, mentioned 7 H. VIII. (L. and P. H. VIII. 1515-18, p.124).
Name may have been derived from "Wendegaynelane" (q.v.).
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.