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Fore Street, EC2Y

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Place Name Named after its location in front of the City walls it was first recorded in the 14thCentury as…

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Frobisher Crescent, EC2Y

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Place Name Named after the Elizabethan-era explorer Sir Martin Frobisher (1535 – November 22, 1594), an eminent mariner who made…

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St Alphage Garden, EC2Y

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Place Name Named after the church dedicated to the Saxon-era Archbishop of Canterbury who was killed in 1012 by the…

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Lambert Jones Mews, EC2Y

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Place Name Named after Richard Lambert Jones (1783 – August 16, 1863), the energetic Victorian councillor who was behind or involved…

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Moorfields, EC2Y

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Place Name Named after the marshy moorlands, the Moor Fields, that were here on the edge of the City and…

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Milton Court, EC2Y

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Place Name This road roughly follows the layout of Sun Alley featured in maps from 1746. Redevelopment of the area…

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Monkwell Square, EC2Y

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Place Name Previously Monkwell Street, with parts of Silver Street and Fell Street. It was variously recorded as Mukewellestrate in…

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Wood Street, EC2V

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Place Name In common with many of the streets off Cheapside, the principle market of the Medieval City, it sold…

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Silk Street, EC2Y

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Place Name This cut through a network of small courts, yards and alleys and has been considerably extended over the…

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New Union Street, EC2Y

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Place Name Connecting roads were often called unions and this cut-through united Moor Lane and Moorfields. In 1746 the eastern…

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