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Basinghall Avenue, EC2R

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Place Name Named after the powerful Basing family who were prominent in the City at the beginning of the 13thCentury.…

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Angel Court, EC2R

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Place Name This was one of 30 Angel Courts that existed in London in the 18thCentury, it was a popular…

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Coleman Street, EC2R

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Place Name Most likely after the coalmen or charcoal burners who used to live in this area in the Middle Ages,…

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Camomile Street, EC2N

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Place Name Like its near neighbour Wormwood Street, this is named after the wild flowers that grew in the wasteland…

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Bishopsgate, EC2N

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Place Name This road led to one of the four original gates of the City of London for more than 1500…

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Bartholomew Lane, EC2N

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Place Name At the northern end of this lane stood the church of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange (the Royal Exchange), which was…

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Austin Friars Square, EC2N

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Place Name Named after one of the many monastic orders in the City during the Middle Ages, the Augustinian or…

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Austin Friars Passage, EC2N

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Place Name Named after one of the many monastic orders in the City during the Middle Ages, the Augustinian or…

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Austin Friars, EC2N

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Place Name Named after one of the many monastic orders in the City during the Middle Ages, the Augustinian or…

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Throgmorton Avenue, EC2N

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Place Name The Avenue was built in 1876 and described as a “handsome new throughfare” in 1891 off of Throgmorton…

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