Place Name A medieval path, first referenced in 1602, through the Bishop of Ely’s gardens, which were famed for their…
Place Name Named after the Monastic Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, which was founded sometime…
Place Name Named after the Lincolnshire-born Thomas Sutton (1532 – December 12, 1611), a merchant and founder of the Charterhouse…
Place Name Listed in Stow’s Survey as St Peter’s Lane, there was a tavern called the Cross Keys or St…
Place Name The age of this street has always been remarked upon, even in the very earliest written records. Sometime…
Place Name Named after the Red Lion Inn that stood on the south side of the yard, in 1737 it…
Place Name Originally called Pissing Alley, this was most likely a public toilet from at least Georgian times but probably…
Place Name Holds the title of being the only road in the City of London, all the rest are streets,…
Place Name This was where the Bailiff of Egle (also spelt Ecle, Eycle, Eagle, or Aquila) in Lincolnshire, a high-level dignitary in the…
Place name There are two contenders after whom this road could be named, both extraordinary men in their own way.…