Moorgate, EC2M

Moorgate is one of the streets of London in the EC2M 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

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

All Hallows, Honey Lane All Hallows, Honey Lane was parish church in the City of London.

All Hallows, Honey Lane

Snowden Street Tenter Ground harks back to the seventeenth century when this patch of land was surrounded by weavers’ houses and workshops and used to wash and stretch their fabrics on ’tenters’ to dry.

Snowden Street

St Martin Pomary St Martin Pomeroy was a parish church in the Cheap ward of the City of London.

St Martin Pomary

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

St Peter, Westcheap St Peter, Westcheap, sometimes known simply as ’St Peter Cheap’, was a parish church in the City of London.

St Peter, Westcheap

St. Mary Axe St Mary Axe was a medieval parish in the City of London whose name survives as that of the street which formerly occupied it.

St. Mary Axe

St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, was a parish church in the City of London, England. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt.

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

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

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 Highwalk, EC2Y Andrewes Highwalk is named for Lancelot Andrewes, rector of the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate Church.

Andrewes Highwalk, EC2Y

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

Appold Street, EC2A Appold Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Appold Street, EC2A

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

Austin Friars, EC2N

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

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

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

Bastion Highwalk, EC2Y

Beech Street, EC1Y Beech Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Beech Street, EC1Y

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

Bells Alley, EC2N

Bishopgate, EC2M Bishopgate is location of London.

Bishopgate, EC2M

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

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

Brandon Mews, EC2Y

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

Brewers Hall Gardens, EC2V

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

Bridgewater Square, EC2Y

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

Broad Street Place, EC2M

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

Broadgate Circle, EC2M

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

Broadgate, EC2M

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

Bryer Court, EC2Y

Camomile Street, EC3A Camomile Street is a short street in the City of London

Camomile Street, EC3A

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

Cavendish Court, EC3A Cavendish Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.

Cavendish Court, EC3A

Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y Cherry Tree Walk is a road in the EC1Y postcode area

Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y

Chiswell Street, EC2Y Chiswell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Chiswell Street, EC2Y

Chiswell Street, SE5 Chiswell Street is a location in London.

Chiswell Street, SE5

Christopher Street, EC2A Christopher Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Christopher Street, EC2A

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

Coleman Street, EC2V

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

Cripplegate Street, EC1Y Cripplegate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Cripplegate Street, EC1Y

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

Crosby Square, EC3A

Crown Place, EC2A Crown Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Crown Place, EC2A

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

Cutlers Gardens Arcade, EC2M

Defoe House, EC2Y Residential block

Defoe House, EC2Y

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

Dominion Street, EC2M

Earl Street, EC2A Earl Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Earl Street, EC2A

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

East Market, EC2Y

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 Square, EC2A Exchange Square is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Exchange Square, EC2A

Exchange Square, EC2A Exchange Square is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Exchange Square, EC2A

Fann Street, EC1Y Fann Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Fann Street, EC1Y

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

Fen Court, EC3M

Ferroners House, EC2Y Ferroners House

Ferroners House, EC2Y

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

Finsbury Pavement, EC2M Finsbury Pavement was the first pavement of firm ground north of the marshy Moorfields.

Finsbury Pavement, EC2M

Finsbury Square, EC2A Finsbury Square is a 0.7-hectare square in central London which includes a six-rink grass bowling green.

Finsbury Square, EC2A

Finsbury Street, EC2A Finsbury Street is a road in the EC2Y postcode area

Finsbury Street, EC2A

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

Fore Street Avenue, EC2Y

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

Fore Street, EC2Y

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

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

Gilbert Bridge, EC2Y

Gilbert House, EC2Y Residential block

Gilbert House, EC2Y

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

Golden Lane, EC2Y

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

Goldsmith Street, EC2V

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

Great St Helen’s, EC3A

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

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

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

Ironmongers Hall Shaftesbury Place, EC2Y Ironmongers Hall Shaftesbury Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Ironmongers Hall Shaftesbury Place, EC2Y

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

King Street, EC2V

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

Lackington Street, EC2M Lackington Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Lackington Street, EC2M

Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y Lamb’s Passage was formerly Great Swordbearers (Sword Bearers) Alley.

Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y

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

Lawrence Lane, EC2V

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

Liverpool Street, EC2M

Lomax Cocoon, EC2A A street within the EC2A postcode

Lomax Cocoon, EC2A

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

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

Lothbury, EC2R

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

Love Lane, EC2V

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

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

Milton Court, EC2Y

Milton Street, EC2Y Milton Street was formerly known as Grub Street.

Milton Street, EC2Y

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

Moorfields Highwalk, EC2Y

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

Moorfields, EC2Y

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

Moorgate Hall, EC2M

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

Moorgate Place, EC2R

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

New Union Street, EC2Y

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

Newgate Street, EC2V

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

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

One Ropemaker Street, EC2Y

Pindar Street, EC2A Pindar Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Pindar Street, EC2A

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

Priest’s Court, EC2V

Primrose Street, EC2A Primrose Street is a location in London.

Primrose Street, EC2A

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

Roman House, EC2Y

Ropemaker Street, EC2M Ropemaker Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Ropemaker Street, EC2M

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

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

Seddon Highwalk, EC2Y

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

Silk Street, EC2Y

Snowden Street, EC2A Snowden Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area

Snowden Street, EC2A

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

South Place, EC2M

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 Giles Terrace, EC2Y St Giles Terrace lies alongside St Giles Cripplegate church.

St Giles Terrace, EC2Y

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

St Helen’s Place, EC3A

St Mary Axe, EC3A St Mary Axe is an ancient street of the City of London.

St Mary Axe, EC3A

St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A Jeffrey’s Square disappeared under the St Mary Axe development.

St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A

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

Stock Exchange Building, EC2N

Sun Street Passage, EC2A Sun Street Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Sun Street Passage, EC2A

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

Sun Street Passage, EC2M

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

Sun Street, EC2M

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

Telegraph Street, EC2R

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

The Postern, EC2Y

The Sutton Estate, EC1Y The Sutton Estate is a road in the N1 postcode area

The Sutton Estate, EC1Y

Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y Thomas More Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area.

Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y

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

Threadneedle Street, EC2N

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

Vandy Street, EC2A Vandy Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Vandy Street, EC2A

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

Wallside, EC2Y

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

Warnford Court, EC2N

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

Whitecross Place, EC2M

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

Willoughby Highwalk, EC2Y

Wilson Street, EC2A Wilson Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Wilson Street, EC2A

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

Wilson Street, EC2M

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

Worship Street, EC2A Worship Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Worship Street, EC2A

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
St James Duke Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux TUM image id: 1520552156 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Petticoat Lane in the 1920s Credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) TUM image id: 1523993996 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St Lukes Hospital for Lunatics, London TUM image id: 1554045418 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