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Meredith Street, EC1R

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Place Name Named after philanthropist John Meredith Esq a local landowner, alderman and a Master of the Worshipful Company of…

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Phoenix Place, EC1R

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Place Name Industrial heritage. By association with the old Phoenix Iron Foundry once on the corner of Mount Pleasant and…

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Vine Hill, EC1R

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Place Name Agricultural heritage. In medieval times London was known as a wine producing region. Holborn was mentioned for its…

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Sans Walk, EC1R

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Place Name A local family name, given in 1893 after Edward Sans, then the oldest member of the local parish vestry, a…

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Albemarle Way, EC1V

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Place Name Honours George Monck, or Monk (December 6, 1608 – January 3, 1701), the Duke of Albemarle, the man who…

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Central Street, EC1V

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PLACE NAME Literal. So-named in 1861 by St Luke’s Vestry probably because it was in the middle of St Luke’s…

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Baldwin Street, EC1V

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Place name This street was built about 1811 on land owned by St Bartholomew the Hospital, it is named in…

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Dallington Street, EC1V

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Place Name Named after the Reverend Robert Dallington (1561 – 1637), Master of Charterhouse School between 1624 and 1637 and…

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Glasshouse Yard, EC1M

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Place Name A road that has stayed pretty much in tact from when John Roque drew up his map of…

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Farringdon Road, EC1M

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Place name Directional, the road leading to Farringdon, it does not enter Farringdon Ward. The street takes its name from…

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