Ave Maria Lane is the southern extension of Warwick Lane, between Amen Corner and Ludgate Hill.
Ava Maria Lane’s name is derived from the feast day of Corpus Christi.
Monks chanting the Lord’s Prayer set off from Paternoster Row (Pater Noster being the Latin opening words of the Lord’s Prayer) in procession to St Paul’s Cathedral. They would reach the final “Amen” as they turned into Ava Maria Lane – also responsible to the name Amen Corner.
Ave Maria Lane is home to the Stationers’ Hall, the livery hall of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers since 1670.
