 The site was built over during redevelopment of the Fruit and Wool Exchange in the 2010s.Laid out in 1674 and originally known as 'Datchet Street' (probably from William Wheler of Datchet, who owned land in the area), it was given the name Dorset Street soon after.Locally, it was sometimes known as "Dosset Street" or "Dossen Street" either because of the large number of doss-houses it contained or because immigrants to the area found it hard to pronounce the original name.