Place Name Named after the marshy moorlands, the Moor Fields, that were here on the edge of the City and…
Place Name This road roughly follows the layout of Sun Alley featured in maps from 1746. Redevelopment of the area…
Place Name Previously Monkwell Street, with parts of Silver Street and Fell Street. It was variously recorded as Mukewellestrate in…
Place Name In common with many of the streets off Cheapside, the principle market of the Medieval City, it sold…
Place Name This cut through a network of small courts, yards and alleys and has been considerably extended over the…
Place Name Connecting roads were often called unions and this cut-through united Moor Lane and Moorfields. In 1746 the eastern…
Place Name Named Sun Alley on John Rocque’s Map of London of 1746 but was changed to its present name…
Place Name Thought to be where the residence of the rector of the adjacent St Vedast Church was based. It…
Place Name A hangover from the Saxon-era area of Stœningahaga, of the 11thCentury. Loosely translated it means an area belonging to…
Place Name After the adjacent Guildhall. A Guildhall was first mentioned in a survey of buildings owned by St Paul’s…