Tow Street, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tow Street n.

be in Tow Street (v.) [SE tow, to drag; the fig. ‘street’ in which one is ‘towed’]

to be decoyed, to be persuaded (against one’s will).

1821		Egan Life in London (1869) 268: Jerry [...] was in Tow Street with a couple of Cyprians.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict. 34: Tow street, in, – said of a person who is being misled or decoyed.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open [as cit. 1835].