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Lime Street, EC3A

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Place Name Medieval name denoting a place of lime kilns. Lime Street was known as Limestrate sometime around 1180 and…

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Heneage Lane, EC3A

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Place Name Named after Sir Thomas Heneage (1532 – October 17, 1595), who acquired a house of the Abbot of…

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Cutler Street, EC3A

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Place Name Named after the Worshipful Company of Cutlers who were left the land, then consisting of cottages and gardens,…

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Fenchurch Street, EC3A

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Place Name It is thought to mean a church on marshy land, it is believed that a stream called the…

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Leadenhall Street, EC3A

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Place Name Named after the Leaden Hall, a large manor house that most likely had a lead roof. The building…

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Cunard Place, EC3A

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Place Name Located behind Cunard House, the former headquarters of the Cunard Line, which was built here in the 1930s. It…

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Outwich Street, EC3A

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Place Name The name dates back to the late 12thCentury church of St Martin Outwich that stood on the site…

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Dukes Place, EC3A

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Place Name Previously spelt Duke’s Place. Named after Thomas Howard (March 10, 1536 – June 2, 1572), 4th Duke of Norfolk,…

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Great St Helen’s, EC3A

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Place Name This street occupies the site of the former Benedictine convent St Helen’s Priory which was founded sometime around…

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St Mary Axe, EC3A

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Place Name Named after a former church dedicated to St Mary that held an axe that is said to have…

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