Place Name Ports today are linked to the sea and air which freight coming into a country have to go…
Place Name This was originally just Fetter Lane, the New being a post-Second World War addition, which used to run…
Place Name Given its proximity to Smithfield and its market you may have expected this to be a reference to…
Place Name Christopher Hatton (June 28, 1605 – July 4, 1670), was created Baron Hatton of Kirby in Northamptonshire in…
Place Name Thought to be from a stream in the hollow in this case the River Fleet which used…
Place Name Literal. This was once part of the bishops of Ely’s famous and extensive gardens, famous for their roses…
Place Name A corruption, for it is named after the lords Grey of Wilton. In 1294 Reginald de Grey (c.…
Place Name It takes its name from Sir Richard Furnival, who possessed two Messuages and 13 shops here during the…
Place Name Named after the bishops of Ely. In 1290 John de Kirkeby, the incumbent bishop, bequeathed his Holborn property,…
Place Name Land here was given to the Worshipful Company of Dyers in 1551 by Henry West for the building of…