Place Name John Carpenter (about 1372 – 1442) was town clerk of the City of London in the early 15thCentury,…
Place Name Salisbury Court, the London home of the bishops of Salisbury once stood here. Following the dissolution of the…
Place Name Laid out and named in 1799 after Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie (March 4, 1750 – January 27, 1828), 2nd Earl…
Place Name Named after a sign mentioned in 1574 that was on a large Tudor House, which could have been…
Place Name After the nearby Worshipful Society of Apothecaries’ Hall. The Society was founded in 1617 by James I in…
Place Name The Dominicans or Black Friars (so-called from the colour of their habits) were a powerful and wealthy order…
Place Name Named after the Norman fortification Castle Baynard which once stood near here. It was built by a Norman called…
Place Name Named after haberdasher William Ireland, who owned a house here in the 1500s, which had previously been the…
Place Name Today it is but a shadow of its former self, for this side road used to be part…
Place Name John Stow in his Survey of London of 1598 says the name comes from a former owner of…