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Harp Lane, EC3R

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Place Name Named after the Tudor brewhouse called le Harpe which used to stand at the junction with Great Tower…

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Cross Lane, EC3R

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Place Name Previously called Fowle Lane – meaning foul and unpleasant rather than the bird variety. This was a descriptive…

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Bakers Hall Court, EC3R

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Place Name It is ironic that the property which has served as the hall of the Worshipful Company of Bakers since…

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Muscovy Street, EC3N

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Place Name It is said to take its name from a 16thCentury tavern called The Czar of Muscovy’s Head which…

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Tower Hill, EC3N

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Place Name Descriptive, this is a mound by the Tower of London. First recorded in 1343, nearly 150 years after…

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Petty Wales, EC3N

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Place Name This relatively new access road has a far older history than at first it may appear. The name…

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Vine Street, EC3N

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Place Name This road occupies what was once part of the City ditch, once part of the London Wall defences.…

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Savage Gardens, EC3N

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Place Name Named after Sir Thomas Savage (circa 1586 – November 20, 1635), who owned a house on the site…

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Pepys Street, EC3N

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Place Name Named after the famous 17thCentury diarist Samuel Pepys (February 23, 1633 – May 26, 1703) who worked as…

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Seething Lane, EC3N

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Place Name It means the road of chaff or bran, the discarded waste product of the corn threshing that took…

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