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Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3M

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Place Name Named after the head office of Lloyd’s Registry of Shipping that was based at the junction with Fenchurch…

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Idol Lane, EC3M

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Place Name One potential clue to the meaning of the name comes from an early spelling as featured on Ogilby…

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Fish Street Hill, EC3M

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Place Name As the name suggests it was here that fishmongers were based and sold their wares. It follows the…

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Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M

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Place Name It is thought to mean a church on marshy land after a stream called the Lang, giving the…

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Eastcheap, EC3M

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Place Name This was already a thriving market – a chepe in Old English – by the time the Normans…

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Cullum Street, EC3M

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Place Name Named after Thomas Cullum who died in 1664 at age 77. He was a draper, alderman and, in 1646, Sheriff…

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Botolph Lane, EC3M

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Place Name Named after the 12thCentury church of St Botolph-by-Billingsgate, which stood on the south side of Thames Street. It…

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Botolph Lane, EC3R

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Place Name Named after the 12thCentury church of St Botolph-by-Billingsgate, which stood on the south side of Thames Street. It…

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Billiter Street, EC3M

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Place Name This was the lane – and later street – of the bellfounders and dates from the mid13thCentury. It…

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White Kennett Street, EC3A

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Place Name Previously Gravel Lane and later Back Gravel Lane. It commemorates Dr White Kennett (August 10, 1660 – December…

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