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Cunard Place, EC3A

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Place Name Located behind Cunard House, the former headquarters of the Cunard Line, which was built here in the 1930s. It…

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Outwich Street, EC3A

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Place Name The name dates back to the late 12thCentury church of St Martin Outwich that stood on the site…

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Dukes Place, EC3A

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Place Name Previously spelt Duke’s Place. Named after Thomas Howard (March 10, 1536 – June 2, 1572), 4th Duke of Norfolk,…

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Great St Helen’s, EC3A

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Place Name This street occupies the site of the former Benedictine convent St Helen’s Priory which was founded sometime around…

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St Mary Axe, EC3A

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Place Name Named after a former church dedicated to St Mary that held an axe that is said to have…

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Houndsditch, EC3A

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Place Name The origin is uncertain but is generally thought to be named after a moat that was dug along…

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Creechurch Lane, EC3A

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Place Name A corruption of Christ Church, which was the church of the former Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate. Gillian Bebbington in…

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Bury Street, EC3A

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Place Name Recalling the Abbots of Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk who were given a property here sometime before 1160,…

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Bevis Marks, EC3A

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Place Name According to John Stow it is a corruption of Burie’s Marks, which was the name of a mansion…

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Finsbury Street, EC2Y

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Place Name Laid out over the former Man in the Moon Yard which led onto Artillery Court, as featured on…

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