 For its entire length York Way forms the boundary between the London Boroughs of Islington and Camden.York Way was named "Mayde Lane" (1467) and "Maiden Lane" (1735) (commemorated in the "Maiden Lane Estate", "Maiden Lane Bridge" - over the Regent's Canal and the former "Maiden Lane railway station"), it became York Road in the 19th century, and the current name was only adopted in 1938.It had been a significant route in the Middle Ages, between Gray's Inn and High Barnet.