Place Name Named after the Worshipful Company of Founders, whose hall was previously based here. Founders were workers in brass and…
Place Name Previously Budge Row and Watling Street. This was developed in 2017 as part of a £1bn development for…
Place Name This street replaced the northern end of Bell Alley, which ran from Coleman Street across Moorgate to the…
Place Name At the northern end of this lane stood the church of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange (the Royal Exchange), which was…
Place Name Writing his Survey of London in 1598, William Stow came up with this explanation as to how Lothbury…
Place Name Divided into Great Swan Alley and Little Swan Alley in William Horwood’s Plan of London in 1799. It…
Place Name Named after Sir Thomas Gresham (circa 1519 – November 21, 1579), a merchant and financier to monarchs, Edward VI (1547…
Place Name Previously just plain Bell Alley, it was named after a former inn that stood on the corner with…
Place Name Named after the wealthy merchant Sir John Frederick (October 25, 1601 – March 1685), Lord Mayor of London in…
Place Name The name comes from the Old English words cēap and side meaning market and the district next to…