Place Name A very new square, it didn’t exist until 1989. It was laid out over the former Gunpowder Alley,…
Place Name Named after the adjoining tavern, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, which is still there today and claims to be…
Place Name Directional, it is the road that leads to Farringdon. Named after Sir William de Farnedon or de Faringdon…
Place Name Named after the, now covered, River Fleet which flowed near here. Originally the name only referred to the…
Place Name Named as far back as 1615 in the parish register after one Thomas Bartlett (also spelled Bartlet), King’s printer…
Place Name Named after the Leaden Hall, a large manor house owned by Sir Hugh Neville in the 14thCentury, that…
Place Name A corruption of a family name Fink. It is either Aelfwin Fink, also spelt Ailwin Finnk, a moneychanger who…
Place Name There are two possible theories as to how this was named. The traditional one is that it was…
Place Name Previously called Fleece Lane and also Fleece Passage after an inn that was here until it burnt down…
Place Name Literally a Hill, the highest in the City, and one of the three oldest named streets in London. It…