Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Drury Lane vestal n.

a prostitute.

[1723		‘Whipping-Tom’ Democritus III 14: Hence going along the Hundreds of Drury, the Whores of the Place, stood in whole Shoals from one End of the Lane to t’other].
1725		N. Ward Amorous Bugbears 3: Being not above twenty Druries to a Diamond Countess, and about as many Sharpers to one Cully of Quality.
1746		W. Dunkin Parson’s Revels (2010) 63: Bright Goddesses compose his Train / As chaste, as those of Drury-Lane , / To glut his Wishes, and to drain / His Pockets.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.