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Greville Street, EC1M

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Place Name Named after Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (October 3, 1554 – September 30, 1628), who bought a property here…

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Greenhill Rents, EC1M

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Place Name Named after John Greenhill, former landlord of the Castle Tavern on Cowcross Street, who owned various plots around…

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Fox and Knot Street, EC1M

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Place Name This is approximately where Three Fox Court used to stand after the name of an inn that was…

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Cowcross Street, EC1M

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Place Name Literal. Surprisingly there was once a medieval cross here near its junction with St John Street and it…

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Clerkenwell Road, EC1M

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Place Name A relatively new road, it was created as part of a Victorian improvement scheme in 1878 by the…

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Saffron Hill, EC1M

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Place Name A medieval path, first referenced in 1602, through the Bishop of Ely’s gardens, which were famed for their…

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St John Street, EC1M

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Place Name Named after the Monastic Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, which was founded sometime…

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Sutton Lane, EC1M

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Place Name Named after the Lincolnshire-born Thomas Sutton (1532 – December 12, 1611), a merchant and founder of the Charterhouse…

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Peter’s Lane, EC1M

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Place Name Listed in Stow’s Survey as St Peter’s Lane, there was a tavern called the Cross Keys or St…

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Old Street, EC1M

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Place Name The age of this street has always been remarked upon, even in the very earliest written records. Sometime…

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