Place Name Named after the Blackfriars Playhouse, which was opened here by actor James Burbage in 1596 on the site…
Place Name This was until the 15thCentury, when it was superseded by Billingsgate, the City’s most important landing place. Meaning…
Place Name There are two possible origins, neither directly connected with the nearby St Paul’s Cathedral or, as some have…
Place Name The City was very quick to crack down on prostitution within the City during the medieval period but…
Place Name Named after the Trigge family, who were wealthy residents and fishmongers in the 14th and 15thCenturies. John Trigged…
Place Name The Worshipful Company of Vintners’ Hall is adjacent. Wine merchants from France settled near Queenhithe in the 10thCentury and…
Place Name Originally from Wrexham, north Wales, Robert Waithman (1764 – February 6, 1833) came to London to work in for…
Place Name This was the site of the Royal Wardrobe, a house bought by Edward III in 1359, to store…
Place Name This originally led to a wharf which is recorded in 1755 and was possibly named after a former…
Place Name Named after the Church of All Hallows the Great, which had various suffixes in its time including …at…