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Watling Street, EC4M

5 April 2020 londonstreetguide Leave a comment

Place Name This should not be confused with the ancient Roman superhighway that ran from Dover, in Kent, to Wroxeter,…

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Filed under: City of London, Cordwainer Ward

Beech Street, EC2Y

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Place Name In 1285 it was referred to as Bechestrete and a few years later as Bechelane in 1333. It is thought…

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Filed under: Barbican, City of London, streets named after rivers, streets named after trees, unknown

Trump Street, EC2V

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Place Name There are a number of possible theories behind the naming of this street, which was first laid out…

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Filed under: Cheap Ward, City of London, Great Fire, streets named after developers, streets named after musicians, streets named after pubs

Aldermanbury, EC2V

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Place Name The ancient manor after which this street was first recorded was written down as Aldermanesburi sometime around 1124,…

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Filed under: Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, Bassishaw, City of London

Bartholomew Lane, EC2R

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Place Name At the northern end of this lane stood the church of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange (the Royal Exchange), which was…

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Filed under: City of London, Medieval, Middle Ages, street named after a church, streets named after saints, Walbrook

Basinghall Avenue, EC2R

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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: Bishopsgate, City of London, Henry III, Medieval, streets with a Hampshire connection

Bartholomew Lane, EC2N

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Place Name At the northern end of this lane stood the church of St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange (the Royal Exchange), which was…

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Filed under: Bishopsgate, City of London, Medieval, street named after a church, streets named after saints

Liverpool Street, EC2M

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Place Name This was laid out in 1829 and named in honour of Robert Banks Jenkinson (June 7, 1770 –…

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Filed under: Bishopsgate Without, City of London, jewish london, prime ministers, streets named after Tories, World War Two

Blomfield Street, EC2M

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Place Name Originally, Little Moor Gate, Little Moorfield and Broker Row, it ran along the east side of old Bethlam…

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Filed under: Church of England, City of London, Coleman Street, streets named after Cambridge graduates, streets named after Eton connection

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