Place Name The Dominicans or Black Friars (so-called from the colour of their habits) were a powerful and wealthy order…
Place Name Named after the Norman fortification Castle Baynard which once stood near here. It was built by a Norman called…
Place Name Named after haberdasher William Ireland, who owned a house here in the 1500s, which had previously been the…
Place Name Today it is but a shadow of its former self, for this side road used to be part…
Place Name John Stow in his Survey of London of 1598 says the name comes from a former owner of…
Place Name Named after the Blackfriars Playhouse, which was opened here by actor James Burbage in 1596 on the site…
Place Name This was until the 15thCentury, when it was superseded by Billingsgate, the City’s most important landing place. Meaning…
Place Name There are two possible origins, neither directly connected with the nearby St Paul’s Cathedral or, as some have…
Place Name The City was very quick to crack down on prostitution within the City during the medieval period but…
Place Name Named after the Trigge family, who were wealthy residents and fishmongers in the 14th and 15thCenturies. John Trigged…