Pudding Lane Roſe Lane, Rotherlane. Rother (Pudding) Lane. Formerly part of Rothersgate (alley), it was named after a watergate located there; suggesting river access for cattle. Pudding Lane Pudding Lane is a small street in London widely known as the location of Thomas Farriner's bakery where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. It is off Eastcheap, near London Bridge and the Monument, in the historic City of London. The site of Farriner's bakery on Pudding Lane is within the roadway of Monument Street (created 1886-7), on the east side of Pudding Lane. The oven and the small yard where Farriner
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in October 1908 as "The Roly-Poly Pudding". In 1926, it was re-published as "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers". The book is dedicated to the author's fancy rat "Sammy" and tells of Tom Kitten's escape from two rats who plan to make him into a pudding. The tale was adapted to animation in 1993. The theme of the tale is the childhood sin of disobedience.