Place Name Thought to be named after a large gate that formerly stood on this street. Referenced as Whitegate Alley…
Place Name The origin of the name has been lost in time but there are several possible attributions. It is…
Place Name Restoring the memory of John Strype (November 1, 1643 – December 11, 1737), who was born in Houndsditch.…
Place Name Directional, this road leads to Hackney. The name Hackney is thought to come from Haca’s Island, meaning dry…
Place Name Commemorates the French theologian, John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564), who led the Protestant Reformation in…
Place Name One of a number of streets named after a local family who farmed the land here from the mid-16thCentury,…
Place Name This used to be an old path that led East from Houndsditch. The name is descriptive, after the nature…
Place Name This street led to Haydon Square and is a corruption of John Heydon’s surname. Captain Heydon was Master of…
Place Name Previously called Tenter Street North. This is one of four streets, the others being East Tenter Street, South…
Place Name Previously called Fox Lane. It is named, like a number of roads around here after Claude Lyon-Bowes (July…