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Tag: City of London

St Helen’s Place, EC3A

October 13, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name The adjacent St Helen’s Church, Bishopsgate is all that remains of the former priory that stood nearby. The…

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Filed under: City of London, Dissolution of the monasteries, Lime Street, religion, streets named after a Roman connection, streets named after religious houses, streets named after women, women

Leadenhall Place, EC3V

October 9, 2022 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name Named after the Leaden Hall, a large manor house owned by Sir Hugh Neville in the 14thCentury, that…

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Filed under: City of London, Lime Street, markets

Broken Wharf, EC4V

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Place Name In the first half of the 14thCentury a dispute broke out between the Abbot of Chertsey and the…

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Filed under: City of London, Henry III, Queenhithe

Wardrobe Terrace, EC4V

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Place Name Previously named Church Alley. This was the site of the Royal Wardrobe, a property bought by Edward III…

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Filed under: Castle Baynard, City of London, Edward III, name change

Knightrider Court, EC4V

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Place Name Named by association with Knightrider Street, which used to be part of one of the big thoroughfares through…

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Filed under: Castle Baynard, City of London

Mansion House Place, EC4N

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Place Name Previously George Street. After the official house of the Lord Mayor of London, which was completed in 1752…

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Filed under: City of London, name change, Walbrook

Bucklersbury Passage, EC4N

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Place Name A public right of way, that survived new development. The name can be traced as far back as…

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Filed under: City of London, Cordwainer Ward, streets named after Lord Mayors

Bury Court, EC3A

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Place Name Recalling the Abbots of Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk who were given a property here sometime before 1160,…

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Filed under: Aldgate, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Street, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

Charterhouse Buildings, EC1M

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Place Name Charterhouse comes from an Anglicisation of Chartreuse, from the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusians in Burgundy,…

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Filed under: Bunhill, City of London, religion, streets named after religious houses

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