Place name Directional, the road leading to Farringdon, it does not enter Farringdon Ward. The street takes its name from…
Place Name Named after the monks who lived at Charterhouse, itself an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head…
Place name Riverside road between Westminster and Blackfriars, constructed to the designs of engineer Sir Peter Bazalgette between 1864 and…
Place Name Named after the, now covered, River Fleet which flowed near here. Originally the name only referred to the…
Place Name Named from a monastery of Carmelites (the Friars of Our Lady of Mount Carmel), otherwise known, from their…
Place Name It has been suggested that it was named after flowers which used to grow here. But this is now…
Place Name Salisbury Court and nearby Salisbury Square mark the site of the medieval palace of the bishops of Salisbury…
Place Name Sheila Fairfield in The Streets of London suggests it could come from a personal name. However, more likely…
Place Name This was once, as shown on John Rocque’s 1746 map of London, a shady walk in front of the…
Place Name Named after the Clerks of the Crown Office that used to be based here, it is shown by its…