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Butcher Row, E1W

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Place Name From early on the City of London attracted talent from around the country, yet the Guilds set up…

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Brewhouse Lane, E1W

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Place Name Unsurprisingly there was brewery here. Pickard’s Brewery is named in John Lockie’s Topography of London published in 1810 but…

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Bere Street, E1W

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Place Name Named after Peter Bere, a local landowner, who came to wider attention when on July 23, 1794 a…

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Portsoken Street, E1

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Place Name An old name possibly of Anglo-Saxon origin. A soke was a judicial area that granted certain rights and…

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Catherine Wheel Alley, E1

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Place Name Named after the sign of a former galleried inn which was first mentioned in records by 1637, a…

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Cambridge Heath Road, E1

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Place Name It has nothing to do with the city of Cambridge as the original 1275 spelling shows Camprichtheheth which…

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Clothier Street, E1

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Place Name Previously called Crab Court and Carter Street, it became known as Clothier Street from 1906 after the second-hand clothes…

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Widegate Street, E1

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Place Name Thought to be named after a large gate that formerly stood on this street. Referenced as Whitegate Alley…

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Cock Hill, E1

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Place Name The origin of the name has been lost in time but there are several possible attributions. It is…

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Strype Street, E1

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Place Name Restoring the memory of John Strype (November 1, 1643 – December 11, 1737), who was born in Houndsditch.…

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