Brewer's: Drury Lane

(London) takes its name from the habitation of the great Drury family. Sir William Drury, K.G., was a most able commander in the Irish wars. Drury House stood on the site of the present Olympic theatre.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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