Place Name Named after the nearby Monument to the Great Fire of London, the 202-feet column designed by Sir Christopher…
Place Name Previously Love Lane, which could be a corruption of Lucas Lane, thought to be an earlier name after…
Place Name Formerly Herthstrete in 1348 and Hertstrete in 1405 which for many scholars suggests a connection with the hearthstone…
Place Name This is a corruption of Dunstan’s Court as recorded in 1677. In 1746 it was written as Dunsters…
Place Name The idea of a customs duty had been introduced under King Ethelred in AD979 but the first customs…
Place Name Named after the Tudor brewhouse called le Harpe which used to stand at the junction with Great Tower…
Place Name Previously called Fowle Lane – meaning foul and unpleasant rather than the bird variety. This was a descriptive…
Place Name It is ironic that the property which has served as the hall of the Worshipful Company of Bakers since…
Place Name It is said to take its name from a 16thCentury tavern called The Czar of Muscovy’s Head which…
Place Name Descriptive, this is a mound by the Tower of London. First recorded in 1343, nearly 150 years after…