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St Bride Street, EC4A

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Place Name Laid out over a network of small alleys in 1870 and named after the nearby St Bride’s Church.…

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Johnson’s Court, EC4A

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Place Name Number 7 may have been the home of Dr Samuel Johnson between 1748 and 1759 where he compiled his famous A…

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Newcastle Close, EC4A

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Place Name It is possible that this was named after a former inn called the Castle which was located here…

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Peterborough Court, EC4A

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Place Name Owned by the church since the middle ages the property transferred from the abbots of Peterborough to the…

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East Harding Street, EC4A

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Place Name Named after Agas Haringe, a wealthy widow, who in 1513 left land, tenements and gardens between Fetter Lane…

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Turnagain Lane, EC4A

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Place Name Descriptive and a joke name for this is a dead-end as it originally led from Snow Hill down…

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Stonecutter Street, EC4A

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Place Name Named after the masonry works that took place here, probably from stone transported by barge to this point…

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Greystoke Place, EC4A

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Place Name Named sometime around 1810 after a local 18thCentury property owner of this name or a corruption of Greystock;…

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Gunpowder Square, EC4A

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Place Name A very new square, it didn’t exist until 1989. It was laid out over the former Gunpowder Alley,…

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Cheshire Court, EC4A

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Place Name Named after the adjoining tavern, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, which is still there today and claims to be…

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