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Tag: City of London

Basinghall Street, EC2V

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Place Name Named after the powerful Basing family who were prominent in the City at the beginning of the 13thCentury.…

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Filed under: Bassishaw, City of London, Henry III, Lord Mayor, streets with a Hampshire connection

Basinghall Avenue, EC2V

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Place Name Named after the powerful Basing family who were prominent in the City at the beginning of the 13thCentury.…

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Filed under: Bassishaw, City of London, Henry III, Lord Mayor, Medieval, streets with a Hampshire connection

Baltic Street West, EC1Y

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Place Name Previously Baltic Street. This street and others located nearby were built by a timber merchant Thomas Hacker who in…

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Filed under: Bunhill, City of London, streets named after trade

Amen Court, EC4M

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Place Name This is either a reference to the makers of rosaries, known as Pater Nosters (from the Latin for…

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Filed under: City of London, Farringdon Within

Bartholomew Place, EC1A

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Place Name A confusing network of ancient winding streets and irregular combination of squares that were once the enclosed precinct…

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Filed under: City of London, Henry I, West Smithfield

Brooke’s Market, EC1N

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Place Name Named after Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (October 3, 1554 – September 30, 1628), who bought the Earl of…

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Filed under: Camden, City of London, Murder, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after tragic events

Watling Court, EC4M

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Place Name The Watling in this name does not have anything to do with the ancient Roman superhighway that ran…

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Filed under: City of London, Cordwainer Ward

Garlick Hill, EC4V

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Place Name Laid out in the 9thCentury to lead up from the river and hythe – an Old English word meaning…

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Filed under: City of London, streets named after food, Vintry Ward

Little New Street, EC4A

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Place Name In 1513 a wealthy widow, Agas Haringe, left land, tenements and gardens between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane…

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Filed under: Castle Barnard, City of London, Goldsmiths Company

Viscount Street, EC2Y

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Place Name Originally Charles Street the name was changed by the London County Council in 1938. This was laid out…

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Filed under: City of London, Cripplegate, name change

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