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Portpool Lane, EC1N

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Place Name Ports today are linked to the sea and air which freight coming into a country have to go…

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New Fetter Lane, EC1N

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Place Name This was originally just Fetter Lane, the New being a post-Second World War addition, which used to run…

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Leather Lane, EC1N

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Place Name Given its proximity to Smithfield and its market you may have expected this to be a reference to…

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Kirby Street, EC1N

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Place Name Christopher Hatton (June 28, 1605 – July 4, 1670), was created Baron Hatton of Kirby in Northamptonshire in…

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Holborn, EC1N

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  Place Name Thought to be from a stream in the hollow in this case the River Fleet which used…

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Hatton Garden, EC1N

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Place Name Literal. This was once part of the bishops of Ely’s famous and extensive gardens, famous for their roses…

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Gray’s Inn Road, EC1N

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Place Name A corruption, for it is named after the lords Grey of Wilton. In 1294 Reginald de Grey (c.…

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Furnival Street, EC1N

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Place Name It takes its name from Sir Richard Furnival, who possessed two Messuages and 13 shops here during the…

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Ely Place, EC1N

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Place Name Named after the bishops of Ely. In 1290 John de Kirkeby, the incumbent bishop, bequeathed his Holborn property,…

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Dyer’s Buildings, EC1N

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Place Name Land here was given to the Worshipful Company of Dyers in 1551 by Henry West for the building of…

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