Lothbury, EC2R

Lothbury is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

The Underground Map Aldgate Added: 8 Mar 2021 15:05 GMT	A plague on all your houses Aldgate station is built directly on top of a vast plague pit, where thousands of bodies are apparently buried. No-one knows quite how many. Reply
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. Reply
Graham O’Connell Lloyds Wharf, SE1 Added: 10 Apr 2021 10:24 GMT	Lloyd & Sons, Tin Box Manufacturers (1859 - 1982) A Lloyd & Sons occupied the wharf (now known as Lloyds Wharf, Mill Street) from the mid 19th Century to the late 20th Century. Best known for making tin boxes they also produced a range of things from petrol canisters to collecting tins. They won a notorious libel case in 1915 when a local councillor criticised the working conditions which, in fairness, weren’t great. There was a major fire here in 1929 but the company survived at least until 1982 and probably a year or two after that. Reply
The Underground Map Pepys Street, EC3N Added: 20 Sep 2020 13:01 GMT	Pepys starts diary On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing. Reply
Steven Shepherd Pitfield Street, N1 Added: 4 Feb 2021 14:20 GMT	Our House I and my three brothers were born at 178 Pitfield Street. All of my Mothers Family (ADAMS) Lived in the area. There was an area behind the house where the Hoxton Stall holders would keep the barrows. The house was classed as a slum but was a large house with a basement. The basement had 2 rooms that must have been unchanged for many years it contained a ’copper’ used to boil and clean clothes and bedlinen and a large ’range’ a cast iron coal/log fired oven. Coal was delivered through a ’coal hole’ in the street which dropped through to the basement. The front of the house used to be a shop but unused while we lived there. I have many more happy memories of the house too many to put here. Reply
Jeff Owen Owen Street, EC1V Added: 20 Mar 2021 16:18 GMT	Owen’s School Owen Street is the site of Owen’s Boys’ School. The last school was built in 1881 and was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the development which stand there today. It was a “Direct Grant” grammar school and was founded in 1613 by Dame Alice Owen. What is now “Owen’s Fields” was the playground between the old school and the new girls’ school (known then as “Dames Alice Owen’s School” or simply “DAOS”). The boys’ school had the top two floors of that building for their science labs. The school moved to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire in 1971 and is now one of the top State comprehensive schools in the country. The old building remained in use as an accountancy college and taxi-drivers’ “knowledge” school until it was demolished. The new building is now part of City and Islington College. Owen’s was a fine school. I should know because I attended there from 1961 to 1968. Reply
Marion James Edith Street, E2 Added: 12 Mar 2021 17:43 GMT	26 Edith Street Haggerston On Monday 11th October 1880 Charlotte Alice Haynes was born at 26 Edith Street Haggerston the home address of her parents her father Francis Haynes a Gilder by trade and her mother Charlotte Alice Haynes and her two older siblings Francis & George who all welcomed the new born baby girl into the world as they lived in part of the small Victorian terraced house which was shared by another family had an outlook view onto the world of the Imperial Gas Works site - a very grey drab reality of the life they were living as an East End working class family - 26 Edith Street no longer stands in 2021 - the small rundown polluted terrace houses of Edith Street are long since gone along with the Gas Companies buildings to be replaced with green open parkland that is popular in 21st century by the trendy residents of today - Charlotte Alice Haynes (1880-1973) is the wife of my Great Grand Uncle Henry Pickett (1878-1930) As I research my family history I slowly begin to understand the life my descendants had to live and the hardships that they went through to survive - London is my home and there are many areas of this great city I find many of my descendants living working and dying in - I am yet to find the golden chalice! But in all truthfulness my family history is so much more than hobby its an understanding of who I am as I gather their stories. Did Charlotte Alice Pickett nee Haynes go on to live a wonderful life - no I do not think so as she became a widow in 1930 worked in a canteen and never remarried living her life in and around Haggerston & Hackney until her death in 1973 with her final resting place at Manor Park Cemetery - I think Charlotte most likely excepted her lot in life like many women from her day, having been born in the Victorian era where the woman had less choice and standing in society, which is a sad state of affairs - So I will endeavour to write about Charlotte and the many other women in my family history to give them the voice of a life they so richly deserve to be recorded ! Edith Street was well situated for the new public transport of two railway stations in 1880 :- Haggerston Railway Station opened in 1867 & Cambridge Heath Railway Station opened in 1872 Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Carol Gifford Street, N1 Added: 7 May 2021 18:44 GMT	Nan My nan lily,her sister Elizabeth and their parents Elizabeth and William lived here in1911 Reply
Elmscott Road, BR1 Added: 4 May 2021 19:45 GMT	V1 Attack The site of a V1 incident in 1944 Reply
David Gibbs Stoke Newington LB Added: 3 May 2021 16:48 GMT	73 Bus Crash in Albion Rd 1961 From a Newspaper cutting of which I have a copy with photo. On Tuesday August 15th 1961 a 73 bus destined for Mortlake at 8.10am. The bus had just turned into Albion Road when the driver passed out, apparently due to a heart attack, and crashed into a wall on the western side of Albion Road outside No 207. The bus driver, George Jefferies aged 56 of Observatory Road, East Sheen, died after being trapped in his cab when he collided with a parked car. Passengers on the bus were thrown from their seats as it swerved. Several fainted, and ambulances were called. The bus crashed into a front garden and became jammed against a wall. The car driver, who had just parked, suffered shock. Reply
Richard Eades Downsell Primary School Added: 3 May 2021 11:42 GMT	Downsell Primary School (1955 - 1958) I was a pupil at Downsell road from I think 1955 age 7 until I left in 1958 age 10 having passed my "11plus" and won a scholarship to Parmiters school in bethnal green. I remember my class teacher was miss Lynn and the deputy head was mrs Kirby. At the time we had an annual sports day for the whole school in july at drapers field, and trolley buses ran along the high street and there was a turning point for them just above the junction with downsell road. I used to go swimming at cathall road baths, and also at the bakers arms baths where we had our school swimming galas. I nm y last year, my class was taken on a trip to the tower of london just before the end of term. I would love to hear from any pupils who remember me. Reply
Cheyne Place, SW3 Added: 1 May 2021 16:46 GMT	Cheyne Place, SW3 Frances Faviell, author of the Blitz memoir, "A Chelsea Concerto", lived at 33, Cheyne Place, which was destroyed by a bomb. She survived, with her husband and unborn baby. Reply
James Preston Rosslyn House Added: 28 Apr 2021 09:06 GMT	School Was this the location of Rosslyn House prep school? I have a photograph of the Rosslyn House cricket team dated 1910 which features my grandfather (Alan Westbury Preston). He would have been 12 years old at the time. All the boys on the photo have been named. If this is the location of the school then it appears that the date of demolition is incorrect. Reply
Tricia Shadwell Added: 27 Apr 2021 12:05 GMT	St George in the East Church This Church was opened in 1729, designed by Hawksmore. Inside destroyed by incendrie bomb 16th April 1941. Rebuilt inside and finished in 1964. The building remained open most of the time in a temporary prefab. Reply
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. Reply

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St Benet Sherehog

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St Gabriel Fenchurch

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St James Garlickhythe

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St John the Evangelist Friday Street

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St Martin Pomary

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St Mary Aldermary

St Mary Axe St Mary Axe was a mediaeval church situated just north of Leadenhall Street on a site now occupied by Fitzwilliam House.

St Mary Axe

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St Mary Colechurch

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St Mary Somerset

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St Mary-le-Bow

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St Matthew Friday Street

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St Michael Paternoster Royal

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St Michael Queenhithe

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St Michael-le-Querne

St Mildred, Bread Street The church of St Mildred, Bread Street, stood on the east side of Bread Street in the Bread Street Ward of the City of London.

St Mildred, Bread Street

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St Peter, Westcheap

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St. Mary Axe

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St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street

NEARBY STREETS

100 Bishopsgate, EC2M 100 Bishopsgate is a development of two mixed-use buildings on Bishopsgate in London.

100 Bishopsgate, EC2M

20 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 20 Fenchurch Street is a commercial skyscraper in the City of London.

20 Fenchurch Street, EC3M

99 Bishopsgate, EC2N 99 Bishopsgate is a commercial skyscraper located on Bishopsgate, a major thoroughfare in the City of London financial district.

99 Bishopsgate, EC2N

Abchurch Lane, EC4N Abchurch Lane was first mentioned as Abbechurche Lane in 1291.

Abchurch Lane, EC4N

Abchurch Yard, EC4N First mentioned in 1732, Abchurch Yard was built on the St Mary Abchurch churchyard.

Abchurch Yard, EC4N

Adams Court, EC2N Adam’s Court is thought to be named for Sir Thomas Adams.

Adams Court, EC2N

Aldermanbury Square, EC2V At the centre of Saxon London, the aldermen (elder statesmen of City wards) met in a ’bury’ (house) in a time before the Guildhall was built.

Aldermanbury Square, EC2V

Aldermanbury, EC2V Aldermanbury is the Saxon name for ’Eldermen’ (elder statesmen) and ’bury’ (house).

Aldermanbury, EC2V

Aldermans Walk, EC2M Alderman’s Walk was formerly Dashwood’s Walk, for Francis Dashwood, who lived here in the 18th century.

Aldermans Walk, EC2M

Andrewes House, EC2Y Residential block

Andrewes House, EC2Y

Angel Court, EC2R Angel Court is named after a long demolished inn of this name.

Angel Court, EC2R

Austin Friars, EC2N Austin Friars was an Augustinian friary from its foundation in the 1260s, until its dissolution in 1538.

Austin Friars, EC2N

Ball Court, EC3V Ball Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Ball Court, EC3V

Bartholomew Lane, EC3V Bartholomew Lane runs between the junction of Lothbury and Throgmorton Street in the north to Threadneedle Street in the south.

Bartholomew Lane, EC3V

Basing Lane, EC4M Basing Lane ran west from Bow Lane to Bread Street.

Basing Lane, EC4M

Basinghall Avenue, EC2V Basinghall Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Basinghall Avenue, EC2V

Basinghall Street, EC2V Basinghall Street joins Gresham Street to the south.

Basinghall Street, EC2V

Bassishaw Highwalk, EC2V Bassishaw Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Bassishaw Highwalk, EC2V

Bell Inn Yard, EC3V Bell Inn Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Bell Inn Yard, EC3V

Bells Alley, EC2N Bells Alley is a road in the SW6 postcode area

Bells Alley, EC2N

Bengal Court, EC3V Bengal Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Bengal Court, EC3V

Billiter Square, EC3M Billiter Square is a former square in the City of London.

Billiter Square, EC3M

Birchin Lane, EC3V Birchin Lane was owned by a medieval gentleman called Birchervere.

Birchin Lane, EC3V

Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M Bishopsgate Churchyard is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M

Bishopsgate, EC2N Bishopsgate is named after one of the original eight gates in the London Wall.

Bishopsgate, EC2N

Blomfield Street, EC2M Blomfield Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Blomfield Street, EC2M

Bow Churchyard, EC2V Bow Churchyard is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Bow Churchyard, EC2V

Bow Lane, EC4M Bow Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Bow Lane, EC4M

Bread Street, EC4M Bread Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Bread Street, EC4M

Brewers Hall Gardens, EC2V Brewers Hall Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Brewers Hall Gardens, EC2V

Broad Street Place, EC2M Broad Street Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Broad Street Place, EC2M

Bucklersbury House Walbrook, EC4N Bucklersbury House Walbrook is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Bucklersbury House Walbrook, EC4N

Bucklersbury, EC4N Bucklersbury is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Bucklersbury, EC4N

Budge Row, EC4N Budge Row lies off the north side of Cannon Street, about 80 yards west of the main line station.

Budge Row, EC4N

Bulls Head Passage, EC3M Bulls Head Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Bulls Head Passage, EC3M

Bush Lane, EC4R Bush Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Bush Lane, EC4R

Cannon Street, EC4M This is a street in the EC4M postcode area

Cannon Street, EC4M

Cannon Street, EC4N Cannon Street runs nearly parallel with the River Thames, about 250 metres north of it, in the south of the City of London.

Cannon Street, EC4N

Cannon Street, EC4R Cannon Street follows the route of a riverside path that ran along the Thames.

Cannon Street, EC4R

Capel Court, EC2R On the east side of the Bank of England turn into Bartholomew Lane. Capel Court is off to the east.

Capel Court, EC2R

Carey Lane, EC2V Carey Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Carey Lane, EC2V

Castle Court, EC3V Castle Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Castle Court, EC3V

Change Alley, EC3V Change Alley is a thoroughfare between Lombard Street and Cornhill in London’s financial district.

Change Alley, EC3V

Cheapside, EC2V Cheapside is a street in the City of London, the historic and modern financial centre of London.

Cheapside, EC2V

Clements Lane, EC4N Clements Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Clements Lane, EC4N

Cloak Lane, EC4N Cloak Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Cloak Lane, EC4N

Clothworkers Hall, EC3M Clothworkers Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Clothworkers Hall, EC3M

Coleman Street, EC2V Coleman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Coleman Street, EC2V

College Hill, EC4R College Hill is named after Sir Richard Whittington’s college, set up here in the early 1400s.

College Hill, EC4R

College Street, EC4R College Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

College Street, EC4R

Compter Passage, EC2V Compter Passage is a location in London.

Compter Passage, EC2V

Copthall Avenue Drapers Gardens, EC2N Drapers Gardens is a block in Copthall Avenue.

Copthall Avenue Drapers Gardens, EC2N

Copthall Avenue, EC2N Copthall Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Copthall Avenue, EC2N

Copthall Avenue, EC2R Copthall Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Copthall Avenue, EC2R

Corbet Court, EC3V Corbet Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Corbet Court, EC3V

Cornhill, EC3V Cornhill is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Cornhill, EC3V

Crosby Square, EC3A Crosby Square is a location in London.

Crosby Square, EC3A

Crown Court, EC2V Crown Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Crown Court, EC2V

Cullum Street, EC3M Cullum Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Cullum Street, EC3M

Cutlers Gardens Arcade, EC2M Cutlers Gardens Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Cutlers Gardens Arcade, EC2M

Dowgate Hill, EC4R Dowgate Hill is a continuation of Walbrook along the west side of Cannon Street Station, leading to Dowgate Dock.

Dowgate Hill, EC4R

East Market, EC2Y East Market is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

East Market, EC2Y

Eastcheap, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode

Eastcheap, EC3M

Eastcheap, EC3R Eastcheap is the western continuation of Great Tower Street towards the Monument junction.

Eastcheap, EC3R

Eldon Street, EC2M Eldon Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Eldon Street, EC2M

Exchange Place, EC2M Exchange Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Exchange Place, EC2M

Exchange Steps, EC3V Exchange Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Exchange Steps, EC3V

Fen Court, EC3M Fen Court is a location in London.

Fen Court, EC3M

Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M Fenchurch Avenue runs from Lime Street to Billiter Street.

Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M

Fenchurch Mews, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode

Fenchurch Mews, EC3M

Ferroners House, EC2Y Ferroners House

Ferroners House, EC2Y

Finch Lane, EC3V Finch Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Finch Lane, EC3V

Finsbury Avenue, EC2M Finsbury Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Finsbury Avenue, EC2M

Finsbury Circus Gardens, EC2M Finsbury Circus Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Finsbury Circus Gardens, EC2M

Finsbury Circus, EC2M Finsbury Circus is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Finsbury Circus, EC2M

Fore Street, EC2Y Fore Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Fore Street, EC2Y

Foster Lane, EC2V Foster Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Foster Lane, EC2V

Fosterrace Lane, EC2V A street within the EC2V postcode

Fosterrace Lane, EC2V

Founders Court, EC2R Founders Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Founders Court, EC2R

Fredericks Place, EC2V Fredericks Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Fredericks Place, EC2V

French Ordinary Court, EC3M French Ordinary Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

French Ordinary Court, EC3M

Friday Street, EC4V Friday Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Friday Street, EC4V

Friday Street, EC4V Friday Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Friday Street, EC4V

Garlick Hill, EC4N Garlick Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Garlick Hill, EC4N

George Yard, EC3V George Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

George Yard, EC3V

Goldsmith Street, EC2V Goldsmith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Goldsmith Street, EC2V

Gracechurch Street, EC3V Gracechurch Street is in the heart of Roman Londinium - it runs directly over the site of the basilica and forum.

Gracechurch Street, EC3V

Great St Helen’s, EC3A This is a street in the EC3A postcode area

Great St Helen’s, EC3A

Great St Thomas Apostle, EC4R Great St Thomas A postle is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Great St Thomas Apostle, EC4R

Great St Thomas, EC4R Great St Thomas is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Great St Thomas, EC4R

Great Swan Alley, EC2R Great Swan Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Great Swan Alley, EC2R

Great Winchester Street, EC2N Great Winchester Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Great Winchester Street, EC2N

Gresham Street, EC2V Gresham Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Gresham Street, EC2V

Grocers’ Hall Court, EC2R Grocers? Hall Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Grocers’ Hall Court, EC2R

Guildhall Buildings, EC2V Guildhall Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Guildhall Buildings, EC2V

Guildhall Yard, EC2V Guildhall Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Guildhall Yard, EC2V

Gutter Lane, EC2V Gutter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Gutter Lane, EC2V

High Timber Street, EC4V High Timber Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

High Timber Street, EC4V

Honey Lane, EC2V Honey Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Honey Lane, EC2V

Ironmonger Lane, EC2V Ironmonger Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Ironmonger Lane, EC2V

King Street, EC2V King Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

King Street, EC2V

King William Street, EC3V King William Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

King William Street, EC3V

Kings Arms Yard, EC2R Kings Arms Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Kings Arms Yard, EC2R

King’s Arms Yard, EC2R King’s Arms Yard runs east from Moorgate Street.

King’s Arms Yard, EC2R

Laurence Pountney Hill, EC4R Laurence Pountney Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Laurence Pountney Hill, EC4R

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4N Laurence Pountney Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4N

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4R Laurence Pountney Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4R

Lawrence Lane, EC2V Lawrence Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Lawrence Lane, EC2V

Leadenhall Market, EC3M Leadenhall Market is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Leadenhall Market, EC3M

Leadenhall Market, EC3M Leadenhall Market is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Leadenhall Market, EC3M

Leadenhall Place, EC3V Leadenhall Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Leadenhall Place, EC3V

Leadenhall Place, EC3V Leadenhall Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Leadenhall Place, EC3V

Leadenhall Street, EC3M Leadenhall Street is a road in the EC3N postcode area

Leadenhall Street, EC3M

Leadenhall Street, EC3P Leadenhall Street - historic home to both the East India Company and Lloyd’s of London.

Leadenhall Street, EC3P

Leadenhall Street, EC3V Leadenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Leadenhall Street, EC3V

Leadenhall Street, EC3V Leadenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Leadenhall Street, EC3V

Lime Street, EC3M Lime Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Lime Street, EC3M

Lime Street, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode

Lime Street, EC3M

Little Trinity Lane, EC4V Little Trinity Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Little Trinity Lane, EC4V

Liverpool Street, EC2M Liverpool Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Liverpool Street, EC2M

Lombard Court, EC3V Lombard Court is a small street between Gracechurch Street and Clements Lane in the heart of London’s financial district.

Lombard Court, EC3V

Lombard Street, EC3V Lombard Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Lombard Street, EC3V

London Wall Buildings, EC2M London Wall Buildings are a commercial development.

London Wall Buildings, EC2M

London Wall, EC2M London Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

London Wall, EC2M

London Wall, EC2Y London Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

London Wall, EC2Y

London Wall, EC2Y London Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

London Wall, EC2Y

Love Lane, EC2V Love Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Love Lane, EC2V

Mansion House Place, EC3V Mansion House Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Mansion House Place, EC3V

Manson House Place, EC3V Manson House Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Manson House Place, EC3V

Mason’s Avenue, EC2V A street within the EC2V postcode

Mason’s Avenue, EC2V

Milk Street, EC2V Milk Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Milk Street, EC2V

Mincing Lane, EC3R Mincing Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Mincing Lane, EC3R

Minster Court, EC3R Minster Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Minster Court, EC3R

Mitre Court, EC2V Mitre Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Mitre Court, EC2V

Monkwell Square, EC2Y Monkwell Square is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Monkwell Square, EC2Y

Moorfields, EC2Y Moorfields is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Moorfields, EC2Y

Moorgate Place, EC2R Moorgate Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Moorgate Place, EC2R

Moorgate, EC2M Moorgate is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Moorgate, EC2M

Moorgate, EC2R Moorgate is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Moorgate, EC2R

New Broad Street House, EC2M A block within the EC2M postcode

New Broad Street House, EC2M

New Broad Street, EC2M New Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

New Broad Street, EC2M

New Change, EC2V A street within the EC2V postcode

New Change, EC2V

New Change, EC4M New Change is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

New Change, EC4M

Newgate Street, EC2V Newgate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Newgate Street, EC2V

Nicholas Lane, EC3V Nicholas Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Nicholas Lane, EC3V

Nicholas Lane, EC4N Nicholas Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Nicholas Lane, EC4N

No 1 Poultry, EC2R No 1 Poultry is an office and retail building in London.

No 1 Poultry, EC2R

Noble Street, EC2V Noble Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Noble Street, EC2V

Oat Lane, EC2V Oat Lane has been marked on London maps since 1600 and before.

Oat Lane, EC2V

Octagon Arcade, EC2M Octagon Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Octagon Arcade, EC2M

Old Broad Street, EC2M Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Old Broad Street, EC2M

Old Broad Street, EC2N Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Old Broad Street, EC2N

Old Broad Street, EC2N This is a street in the EC2R postcode area

Old Broad Street, EC2N

Old Jewry, EC2R Old Jewry is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Old Jewry, EC2R

Pancras Lane, EC4N Pancras Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Pancras Lane, EC4N

Philpot Lane, EC3M Philpot Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Philpot Lane, EC3M

Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode

Plantain Gardens, EC3M

Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode

Plantain Gardens, EC3M

Plantation Lane, EC3M Plantation Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Plantation Lane, EC3M

Plantation Place, EC3R Plantation Place takes its name from a previous Plantation House, once the recognised centre of the tea trade.

Plantation Place, EC3R

Plough Court, EC3V Plough Court was named for the Plough tavern which stood here.

Plough Court, EC3V

Popes Head Alley, EC3V Popes Head Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Popes Head Alley, EC3V

Poultry, EC2R Poultry is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Poultry, EC2R

Priest’s Court, EC2V Priest?s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Priest’s Court, EC2V

Princes Street, EC2R Princes Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Princes Street, EC2R

Queen Street, EC4N Queen Street is a street in the City of London which runs between Upper Thames Street at its southern end to Cheapside in the north.

Queen Street, EC4N

Queen Street, EC4R Queen Street is a street in the City of London which runs between Upper Thames Street and Cheapside.

Queen Street, EC4R

Queen Victoria Street, EC2R Queen Victoria Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Queen Victoria Street, EC2R

Queen Victoria Street, EC4V Queen Victoria Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Queen Victoria Street, EC4V

Queen Victoria Street, EC4V Queen Victoria Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Queen Victoria Street, EC4V

Roman House, EC2Y Roman House is a location in London.

Roman House, EC2Y

Rood Lane, EC3M Rood Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.

Rood Lane, EC3M

Royal Court, EC3V Royal Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Royal Court, EC3V

Royal Exchange Avenue, EC2R Royal Exchange Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Royal Exchange Avenue, EC2R

Royal Exchange Buildings, EC3V Royal Exchange Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Royal Exchange Buildings, EC3V

Royal Exchange Steps, EC2R Royal Exchange Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Royal Exchange Steps, EC2R

Royal Exchange, EC3V Royal Exchange is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Royal Exchange, EC3V

Russia Row, EC2V Russia Row is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Russia Row, EC2V

Salisbury House, EC2M Residential block

Salisbury House, EC2M

Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M Ship Tavern Passage is a City of London alleyway.

Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M

Sky Garden Walk, EC3M Sky Garden Walk is a location in London.

Sky Garden Walk, EC3M

Sky Garden, EC3M Sky Garden is a location in London.

Sky Garden, EC3M

St Alphage Garden, EC2Y St Alphage Garden is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

St Alphage Garden, EC2Y

St Alphage Highwalk, EC2V St Alphage Highwalk is part of the Barbican.

St Alphage Highwalk, EC2V

St Helen’s Place, EC3A St Helen’s Place runs east from Bishopsgate.

St Helen’s Place, EC3A

St Michaels Alley, EC3V St Michael’s Alley was the centre of the 17th century London coffee house phenomenon.

St Michaels Alley, EC3V

St Michaels Rectory, EC3V St Michaels Rectory is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

St Michaels Rectory, EC3V

St Swithin’s Lane, EC4N St Swithin’s Lane runs from King William Street to Cannon Street.

St Swithin’s Lane, EC4N

Stew Lane, EC4V Stew Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Stew Lane, EC4V

Stock Exchange Building, EC2N Stock Exchange Building is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Stock Exchange Building, EC2N

Suffolk Lane, EC4R Suffolk Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Suffolk Lane, EC4R

Talbot Court, EC3V Talbot Court was next to the Talbot Inn until the Great Fire of London.

Talbot Court, EC3V

Telegraph Street, EC2R Telegraph Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Telegraph Street, EC2R

The Courtyard, EC3V The Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

The Courtyard, EC3V

Threadneedle Street, EC2N Threadneedle Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.

Threadneedle Street, EC2N

Threadneedle Street, EC3V Threadneedle Street is the location of the Bank of England and Royal Exchange.

Threadneedle Street, EC3V

Three Nun Court, EC2V Three Nun Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Three Nun Court, EC2V

Throgmorton Avenue, EC2N Throgmorton Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Throgmorton Avenue, EC2N

Throgmorton Street, EC3V The name of Throgmorton Street is a corruption of the name of Nicholas Throckmorton, Elizabeth I’s ambassador to France and Scotland.

Throgmorton Street, EC3V

Tokenhouse Yard, EC2R Tokenhouse Yard marked the site of the manufacturer of tokens that were used as the copper coinage of England before the reign of James I.

Tokenhouse Yard, EC2R

Undershaft, EC3P Undershaft is a road in the EC3P postcode area

Undershaft, EC3P

Union Court, EC2N Union Court is an alleyway off of Broad Street.

Union Court, EC2N

Upper Cheapside Passage, EC2V A street within the EC2V postcode

Upper Cheapside Passage, EC2V

Walbrook, EC4N Walbrook is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Walbrook, EC4N

Warnford Court, EC2N Warnford Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.

Warnford Court, EC2N

Watling Street, EC4M Watling Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Watling Street, EC4M

Watling Street, EC4N Watling Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.

Watling Street, EC4N

Well Court, EC4N Well Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Well Court, EC4N

White Lion Court, EC2R White Lion Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

White Lion Court, EC2R

Whittington Avenue, EC3V Whittington Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

Whittington Avenue, EC3V

Wood Street, EC2V Wood Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area.

Wood Street, EC2V

Wood Street, EC2Y Wood Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Wood Street, EC2Y

Wormwood Street, EC2N Wormwood Street refers to the wormwood plant which used to grow on the London Wall and in other areas of wasteland in the City.

Wormwood Street, EC2N

City of London

The City of London constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the conurbation has since grown far beyond its borders.

As the City's boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, it is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of Greater London, though it remains a notable part of central London. It holds city status in its own right and is also a separate ceremonial county.

It is widely referred to as 'The City' (often written on maps as City and differentiated from the phrase 'the city of London') or 'the Square Mile' as it is 1.12 square miles in area. These terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's financial services industry, which continues a notable history of being largely based in the City.

The local authority for the City, the City of London Corporation, is unique in the UK and has some unusual responsibilities for a local council, such as being the police authority. It also has responsibilities and ownerships beyond the City's boundaries. The Corporation is headed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, an office separate from (and much older than) the Mayor of London.

The City is a major business and financial centre, ranking as the world's leading centre of global finance. Throughout the 19th century, the City was the world's primary business centre, and continues to be a major meeting point for businesses.

The City had a resident population of about 7000 in 2011 but over 300,000 people commute to it and work there, mainly in the financial services sector. The legal profession forms a major component of the northern and western sides of the City - especially in the Temple and Chancery Lane areas where the Inns of Court are located, of which two—Inner Temple and Middle Temple - fall within the City of London boundary.

LOCAL PHOTOS

"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt, 1837 steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd, first published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Credit: W. Albutt TUM image id: 1507465321 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532 Credit: Hans Holbein TUM image id: 1490827371 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station. TUM image id: 1508582712 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Bevis Marks Synagogue Credit: John Salmon TUM image id: 1519475277 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Exterior of St Katherine Cree, City of London Credit: Prioryman TUM image id: 1519729630 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Etching of All Hallows Staining tower, drawn in 1922 Credit: Public domain TUM image id: 1585749143 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mark Lane station Credit: London Transport TUM image id: 1585759751 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Shepherd’s Place archway (c. 1810), and Tenter Street (c. 1820) in 1909 TUM image id: 1492897455 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The ’Walkie-Talkie’ (20 Fenchurch Street in the City of London), photographed in 2015. Shortly before completion, the angled windows set fire to a couple of vehicles when they focused the rays of the sun downwards into nearby streets. This quirk had to be fixed. Credit: Wiki Commons/Colin TUM image id: 1606309032 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Adelaide House from above Credit: https://manchesterhistory.net/ TUM image id: 1601636552 Licence: CC BY 2.0
The shoemaker was a 1907 London comedy drama, a play "full of tears and laughter." TUM image id: 1520778488 Licence: CC BY 2.0	At the south end of Philpot Lane, at its junction with Eastcheap in the City, is 23 Eastcheap, built between 1861 and 1862, as offices and warehousing for the spice-merchants Messrs.’ Hunt and Crombie. A curious feature adorns its facade - a carving of two brown mice, each of which is engaged in a struggle to wrest a large chunk of cheese from the jaws of the other. Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1606306276 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Great Arthur House, at the centre of the Golden Lane Estate, was the tallest residential building in Britain at the time of its construction. Credit: Steve F/Wiki commons TUM image id: 1582223961 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Lombard Court EC3 TUM image id: 1530121496 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Coffee house sign TUM image id: 1605528231 Licence: CC BY 2.0