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Cyrus Street, EC1V

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Place Name Originally called King Street, the name changed to its present one in 1880, as part of a review…

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Agdon Street, EC1V

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Place name This has undergone several name changes, having previously been Woods Close at the time of Rocque’s 1746 map…

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Berry Street, EC1V

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Place Name This was Hooper Street at the end of the 18thCentury but, as Berry Place owes its present name…

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Pardon Street, EC1V

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Place Name From when this road was laid out, sometime around 1819 until 1936, it was known as Clark Street.…

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Brewhouse Yard, EC1V

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Place Name The first brewery opened on this spot in 1728, and was for a long time the site of…

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Radnor Street, EC1V

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Place Name Previously French Alley, as featured on Rocque’s map of 1746. The present name honours the 2nd Earl of…

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Merlin Street, EC1R

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Place Name Named after the New Merlin’s Cave public house. The Merlin’s Cave, Rosoman Street was a tavern standing in…

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Pear Tree Court, EC1R

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Place Name First recorded in 1685. This was originally thought to have been named from a local pear tree that…

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Laystall Street, EC1R

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Place Name It comes from a former term for a rubbish dump as this led to Mount Pleasant, which itself…

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Inglebert Street, EC1R

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Place Name Inglebert Street and Ingle Mews are named after William Inglebert the visionary who came up with the idea…

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