Place Name Named in honour of local brewer and devout churchgoer Henry Raine (1679 – 1738) who in 1719 used…
Place Name One of a small cluster of streets commemorating the Leman family and their spouses. This is most likely…
Place Name In the 14thCentury this was home to hermit Friar John Ingram, an anchorite or religious recluse, who lived…
Place Name Remembering Dr Nathaniel Heckford (1842 – 1871), a Victorian paediatrician who founded the East London Hospital for Children…
Place Name Site of a former glassworks. The industry remained in the area until the 1960s. Glassworks tended to be…
Place Name Once the far more prosaically named Elm Row. The minor name change may have been something of a…
Place Name First recorded as Smethefeld in the 12thCentury when it was a large open area neighbouring Tower Hill, used…
Place Name Previously Denmark Street. The current name commemorates Augustus George Crowder, a member of the vestry of the Parish of St…
Place Name Previously called King Edward Street, the name commemorates haberdasher Thomas Clave from Wapping who left £50 to the parish…
Place Name From early on the City of London attracted talent from around the country, yet the Guilds set up…