Abingdon Street has linked Old Palace Yard and Millbank since at least 1593.
At the northern end stood the South Gate of the Palace of Westminster. At the southern end was the ditch which marked the boundary of Thorney Island. Now, Great College Street marks this former boundary.
The street was briefly known as Lindsay Lane but by 1750 was known as Dirty Lane.
Around 1690, a mansion called Lindsay House was situated at the south-west end of the street. This was later the residence of the Earl of Abingdon. When the King came to parliament, the state coach drawn by eight horses used to turn round in the yard of the house.
In 1750, after an Act of Parliament it was widened and renamed Abingdon Street as part of the general approach improvements to the new Westminster Bridge.
From about 1820 Thomas Telford lived at No. 24. where he died in 1834. In 1932 Harold Clunn described one long terrace of shabby Georgian houses, largely inhabited by Members of Parliament.
Only four houses survived the bombing of the Second World War. The remains of a medieval quay were discovered during demolition of the remaining houses. In 1963 Abingdon Street Garden was created.
