Place Name Named after Sir Thomas Adams (1586 – February 24, 1667/1668) who was Lord Mayor of London during the English Civil…
Place Name Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 the priory of the nearby Augustinian Friary was acquired by Sir…
Place Name As the home of the Bank of England it would be tempting to imagine that the name is…
Place name Named after Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (sometime around 1515 – February 12, 1571) soon after his mysterious death, it…
Place Name When it was built it connected Wormwood Street to Old Broad Street. Union was a common name for…
Place Name The road’s width being worthy of note in the 12thCentury when it was first named. Today, Old Broad…
Place Name Named after the Earl of Eldon pub that was here commemorating John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (June…
Place Name From 1799 until 1938, when the London County Council ordered the change, this was South Street. It was…
Place Name This street replaced the northern end of Bell Alley, which ran from Coleman Street across Moorgate to the…
Place Name Named after the Worshipful Company of Cutlers who were left the land, then consisting of cottages and gardens,…