The name ‘Melemonger Street’ is no longer used. What was Melemonger Street is now ‘Greencroft Street’.
The road is on the eastern edge of the city centre.
I was puzzled by the meaning of ‘Melemonger’ for some time. ‘Monger’ is fairly clear – it means dealer or seller, as in the current words fishmonger or ironmonger.
I did wonder whether ‘mele’ might be connected with the French word ‘mel’ meaning ‘honey’, but it seems that the meaning is slightly more prosaic. I found a reference to the road on Google Book Search, where the quoted book said that ‘Melemonger’ means ‘seller of meal’.([1]).
I’ve not been able to retrieve the reference from Google book search again, I’m afraid.
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