In the 1633 edition of Stow’s Survey it is suggested that the name is derived from King Adelstane, who is said to have had a house with an entrance in Adel Street, and that in evidence the street is called King Adel Street. There do not appear to be any records giving this form of the name. While the Saxon word Atheling means noble, Sheila Fairfield suggests that the word derives from the word for dung.
The church of St Mary Aldermanbury stood on the west side of Aldermanbury, between Love Lane and Addle Street.
General development of the area put paid to the street in the early 1960s.
