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Radnor Street, EC1V

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Place Name Previously French Alley, as featured on Rocque’s map of 1746. The present name honours the 2nd Earl of…

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Merlin Street, EC1R

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Place Name Named after the New Merlin’s Cave public house. The Merlin’s Cave, Rosoman Street was a tavern standing in…

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Pear Tree Court, EC1R

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Place Name First recorded in 1685. This was originally thought to have been named from a local pear tree that…

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Laystall Street, EC1R

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Place Name It comes from a former term for a rubbish dump as this led to Mount Pleasant, which itself…

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Inglebert Street, EC1R

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Place Name Inglebert Street and Ingle Mews are named after William Inglebert the visionary who came up with the idea…

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Green Terrace, EC1R

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Place Name Named after John Grene (1627 – 1705), clerk to the New River Company in the 1600s and husband…

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Lloyd’s Row, EC1R

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Place Name Named after the Lloyd Baker family, either Thomas John (who died 1841) or his son Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker…

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Garnault Mews, EC1R

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Place Name One of a number of nearby roads that are named after prominent figures in the New River Company,…

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Exmouth Market, EC1R

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Place Name Previously Exmouth Street. This commemorates Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (April 19, 1757 – January 23, 1833),…

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Crawford Passage, EC1R

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Place Name Named after Peter Crawford, the landlord of a former pub called the Pickled Egg which was based at…

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