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Milton Court, EC2Y

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Place Name This road roughly follows the layout of Sun Alley featured in maps from 1746. Redevelopment of the area…

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Monkwell Square, EC2Y

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Place Name Previously Monkwell Street, with parts of Silver Street and Fell Street. It was variously recorded as Mukewellestrate in…

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Wood Street, EC2V

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Place Name In common with many of the streets off Cheapside, the principle market of the Medieval City, it sold…

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Silk Street, EC2Y

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Place Name This cut through a network of small courts, yards and alleys and has been considerably extended over the…

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New Union Street, EC2Y

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Place Name Connecting roads were often called unions and this cut-through united Moor Lane and Moorfields. In 1746 the eastern…

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Prudent Passage, EC2V

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Place Name Named Sun Alley on John Rocque’s Map of London of 1746 but was changed to its present name…

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Priest’s Court, EC2V

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Place Name Thought to be where the residence of the rector of the adjacent St Vedast Church was based. It…

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Staining Lane, EC2V

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Place Name A hangover from the Saxon-era area of Stœningahaga, of the 11thCentury. Loosely translated it means an area belonging to…

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Guildhall Yard, EC2V

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Place Name After the adjacent Guildhall. A Guildhall was first mentioned in a survey of buildings owned by St Paul’s…

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Love Lane, EC2V

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Place Name First recorded in 1336 as Lovelane but was featured as Lone Lane in Ralph Agas’s woodcut map of…

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