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Turnagain Lane, EC4A

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Place Name Descriptive and a joke name for this is a dead-end as it originally led from Snow Hill down…

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Stonecutter Street, EC4A

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Place Name Named after the masonry works that took place here, probably from stone transported by barge to this point…

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Greystoke Place, EC4A

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Place Name Named sometime around 1810 after a local 18thCentury property owner of this name or a corruption of Greystock;…

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Gunpowder Square, EC4A

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Place Name A very new square, it didn’t exist until 1989. It was laid out over the former Gunpowder Alley,…

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Cheshire Court, EC4A

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Place Name Named after the adjoining tavern, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, which is still there today and claims to be…

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Farringdon Street, EC4A

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Place Name Directional, it is the road that leads to Farringdon. Named after Sir William de Farnedon or de Faringdon…

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Fleet Street, EC4A

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Place Name Named after the, now covered, River Fleet which flowed near here. Originally the name only referred to the…

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Bartlett Court, EC4A

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Place Name Named as far back as 1615 in the parish register after one Thomas Bartlett (also spelled Bartlet), King’s printer…

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Leadenhall Market, EC3V

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Place Name Named after the Leaden Hall, a large manor house owned by Sir Hugh Neville in the 14thCentury, that…

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Finch Lane, EC3V

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Place Name A corruption of a family name Fink. It is either Aelfwin Fink, also spelt Ailwin Finnk, a moneychanger who…

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