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New Inn Yard, EC2A

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Place Name Named after a tavern that was built in the late 16thCentury/early 17thCentury on the site of the former…

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King John’s Court, EC2A

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Place Name Sheila Fairfield in The Streets of London suggests that “this is possibly a corruption of St John, the…

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Great Eastern Street, EC2A

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Place Name Built in 1875 as part of a through route for traffic from North into East London which was…

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Leonard Street, EC2A

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Place Name This name originally only applied to the eastern section from Tabernacle Street (which in the late 18thCentury was…

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Finsbury Pavement, EC2A

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Place Name Before 1879 this was Finsbury Place. This was originally a promenade laid out over the marshy Moorfields just…

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Fairchild Street, EC2A

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Place Name Named after Thomas Fairchild (1667 – October 10, 1729), the Hoxton gardener whose work with Carl Linnæus helped establish…

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Clifton Street, EC2A

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Place Name At the end of the 18thCentury this was still largely undeveloped land, a pathway leading from Worship Street…

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Clere Place, EC2A

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Place name From around 1792 this was Paradise Place until it adopted its present name in 1938. Like the adjoining…

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Charlotte Road, EC2A

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Place Name Laid out in the latter half of the 18thCentury, this street commemorates the marriage of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz…

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Blackall Street, EC2A

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Place Name Named after Offspring Blackall, also spelt Blackhall, (1654 – November 29, 1716), the brilliant but controversial preacher who…

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