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Cooper’s Row, EC3N

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Place Name It was previously known as Woodruffe Lane but changed in the latter half of the 18thCentury. It was…

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Byward Street, EC3N

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Place Name This road, constructed by the Metropolitan and District Railway Companies between 1889 and 1906, was originally the eastern…

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America Square, EC3N

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Place Name Built between 1768 and 1774, shortly before the signing of the America treaty of independence, it was laid…

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Hartshorn Alley, EC3M

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Place Name This was Angel Alley in the mid-18thCentury but by the end of the century was known as either…

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French Ordinary Court, EC3M

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Place Name This was the site of an ordinary, these were cheap eating places usually with a fixed price, which…

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Rood Lane, EC3M

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Place Name Named after the rood – or holy cross – set up in the churchyard at St Margaret Pattens…

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Pudding Lane, EC3M

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Place Name This comes from the Middle English word meaning animals’ entrails, bowels, offal and guts which were carried down…

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Philpot Lane, EC3M

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Place name Named after Sir John Philpot (1330 – May 25, 1384), a wealthy grocer who was Lord Mayor of…

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Mincing Lane, EC3M

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Place Name This refers to the convent of nuns known in the middle ages as minchins or mynecen, this was…

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Mark Lane, EC3M

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Place Name There are several theories behind how this street got its name although all agree it was recorded as…

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