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Giltspur Street, EC1A

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Place Name Recorded as Gyltesporestrete or Gylspurstreate in the mid-16thCentury, this is thought to be the site where spurriers, the…

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Cloth Fair, EC1A

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Place name As the name suggests. It was here in medieval times that merchants, from all over the country and abroad,…

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Cock Lane, EC1A

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Place name Being so close to Smithfield meat market it would be easy to assume that this could be named…

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Snow Hill, EC1A

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Place Name Formerly Snore Hylle at the time of Henry III and later Snowrehille in the 16thCentury, the exact meaning…

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King Edward Street, EC1A

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Place Name Named for Edward VI (October 12, 1537 – July 6, 1553), although this particular honour came long after…

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Angel Street, EC1A

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Place Name Named after a former coaching inn that was first mentioned as Angel Alley in 1649. It had changed…

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Scarlet Close, E20

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Place Name One of five streets in East Village named after the colours of the Olympic rings, on the site…

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Logan Close, E20

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Place Name One of five streets in East Village named after the colours of the Olympic rings, on the site…

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Sunrise Close, E20

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Place Name One of five streets in East Village named after the colours of the Olympic rings, on the site…

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Napa Close, E20

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Place Name One of five streets in East Village named after the colours of the Olympic rings, on the site…

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