How did the London Carting Lane get its nickname of Farting Lane?

satguru

The logical answer would be from rhyming slang- Horse and cart being fart. It's also raspberry tart, hence blow a raspberry. May 02 05, 1:50 PM

TabbyTom

The rhyme seems the most obvious answer, but there may be others. There’s a gas lamp in Carting Lane which is lit (permanently, day and night) by gas from the sewers. Did this perhaps remind people of the amusing pastime of setting light to one’s farts? Or perhaps carriages used to be parked there to await the exit of visitors to the Savoy, and the horses often farted. May 02 05, 3:00 PM

Flem-ish

Gas lamps, sewers and a famous hotel are involved.(Hint: Carting Lane is off the Strand.) May 02 05, 3:02 PM

Flem-ish

The gas lamps were indeed lit by the gases rising from the sewers of the Savoy Hotel. Not a very fragrant gas and not a very fragrant Lane, one might think. So when at a given moment Carting Lane was mistakenly listed as Farting Lane, the typographical error seems to have stuck.Guess TT's answer is close enough to be worth a Yay. May 02 05, 3:15 PM