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Distaff Lane, EC4M

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Place Name Industrial Heritage. It was here that medieval producers of distaffs sold their products, the distaff being a cleft…

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Godliman Street, EC4M

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Place Name Despite its close proximity to St Paul’s Cathedral the origins of this street name do not lie with…

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Warwick Lane, EC4M

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Place Name Named after the Neville family, the earls of Warwick, who owned a house near here in the 1400s. The…

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Watling Street, EC4M

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Place Name This should not be confused with the ancient Roman superhighway that ran from Dover, in Kent, to Wroxeter,…

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Limeburner Lane, EC4M

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Place Name Named after the medieval lime burning trade formerly located here on the outside of the City wall. The…

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John Milton Passage, EC4M

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Place Name This previously unnamed cut-through into Bow Churchyard was named after the author John Milton (December 9, 1608 –…

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Old Bailey, EC4M

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Place name Named after one of the original outer defences, this road marks the route of the City’s original fortified…

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Ave Maria Lane, EC4M

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Place Name Literally Hail Mary. According to John Stow in his Survey of London from 1598 it was so named…

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Printer Street, EC4A

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Place Name Industrial heritage. Named after the printing industry which formerly flourished here. Publishing started in nearby Fleet Street around…

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Poppin’s Court, EC4A

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Place Name The name comes from a shortening of Popinjay Court, a reference to the parrot that features on the crest…

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