One Ropemaker Street, EC2Y

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

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
Katharina Logan Ely Place, N1 Added: 9 Aug 2022 19:01 GMT	Ely place existed in name in 1857 On 7th July 1857 John James Chase and Mary Ann Weekes were married at St John the Baptist Hoxton, he of full age and she a minor. Both parties list their place of residence as Ely Place, yet according to other information, this street was not named until 1861. He was a bricklayer, she had no occupation listed, but both were literate and able to sign their names on their marriage certificate. Source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSF7-Q9Y7?cc=3734475 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
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up 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
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
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply
jack stevens Whites Row, E1 Added: 26 Sep 2021 13:38 GMT	Mothers birth place Number 5 Whites Row which was built in around 1736 and still standing was the premises my now 93 year old mother was born in, her name at birth was Hilda Evelyne Shaw, Reply
margaret clark Thrawl Street, E1 Added: 15 Oct 2021 22:23 GMT	Margaret’s address when she married in 1938 ^, Josepine House, Stepney is the address of my mother on her marriage certificate 1938. Her name was Margaret Irene Clark. Her father Basil Clark was a warehouse grocer. Reply
Old Nichol Street, E2 Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT	Old Nichol Street, E2 Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop Reply
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. 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
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Loraine Brocklehurst Holcombe Road, N17 Added: 24 May 2023 14:00 GMT	Holcombe Road, N17 I lived at 23Holcombe Rd. with my parents, Grandfather , Aunt and Uncle in 1954. My Aunt and Uncle lived there until it was demolished. I’m not sure what year that was as we emigrated to Canada. Reply
Jen Williams Corfield Street, E2 Added: 20 May 2023 17:27 GMT	Corfield Street, E2 My mother was born in 193 Corfield Street in 1920.Her father was a policeman. Reply
sofia East Acton Added: 19 May 2023 08:57 GMT	43 MELLITUS STREET 43 MELLITUS STREET Reply
Milson Road, W14 Added: 17 May 2023 11:50 GMT	Milson Road (1908 - 1954) My grandparents and great grandparents and great great grandparents the Manley family lived at 33 Milson Road from 1908 to 1935. My grandad was born at 33 Milson Road. His parents George and Grace had all four of their chidren there. When his father Edward died his mother moved to 67 Milson in 1935 Road and lived there until 1954 (records found so far, it may be longer). Before that they lived in the Porten Road. I wonder if there is anyone that used to know them? My grandad was Charles ’Ted’ Manley, his parents were called George and Grace and George’s parents were called Edward and Bessie. George worked in a garage and Edward was a hairdresser. Reply
Rendlesham Road, E5 Added: 16 Apr 2023 15:55 GMT	Rendlesham Road, E5 I lived at 14 Rendlesham Road in the 1940s and 50s. The house belonged to my grandfather James Grosvenor who bought it in the 1920s for £200.I had a brother who lived in property until 1956 when he married. Local families were the paisleys, the Jenners and the family of Christopher Gable. Reply
Sandra Field Masons Place, EC1V Added: 15 Apr 2023 16:15 GMT	Removal Order Removal order from Shoreditch to Holborn, Jane Emma Hall, Single, 21 Pregnant. Born about 21 years since in Masons place in the parish of St Lukes. Source: Sign up Reply
Sue Germain Southwood Road, SE9 Added: 10 Apr 2023 08:35 GMT	Southwood Road, SE9 My great great grandfather lived in Time Villa, Southwood Rd around 1901. He owned several coffee houses in Whitechapel and in South London, including New Time Coffee House so either his house was named after the coffee house or vice versa. Reply
David Gleeson Campbell Road, N4 Added: 7 Apr 2023 22:19 GMT	MBE from Campbell Bunk (1897 - 1971) Walter Smith born at 43 Campbell Bunk was awarded the MBE in january honours list in 1971. A local councillor for services to the public. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Golden Lane Estate, EC1Y The Golden Lane Housing Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London.

Golden Lane Estate, EC1Y

Honourable Artillery Company Museum The Honourable Artillery Company Museum opened in 1987.

Honourable Artillery Company Museum

St Ethelburga’s church St Ethelburga-the-Virgin within Bishopsgate is a church in the City of London.

St Ethelburga’s church

Tenter Ground 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.

Tenter Ground

NEARBY STREETS

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

Addle Street, EC2V Addle Street, there from ancient times, was a victim of the bulldozer after the Second World War.

Addle Street, EC2V

Alder Castle House, EC2V Alder Castle House can be found on Noble Street.

Alder Castle House, EC2V

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

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

Alderman’s Walk, EC2M

Alders Court, EC1Y Ball Court, EC1 was renamed as Alders Court, EC1 in 1936.

Alders Court, EC1Y

Aldersgate Street, EC1A Aldersgate Street is located on the west side of the Barbican Estate.

Aldersgate Street, EC1A

Alfred Close, EC2Y Alfred Close (Alfred’s Close) was a 1939 renaming of the former Alfred’s Place.

Alfred Close, EC2Y

Alleyn House, EC1Y Alleyn House is a block on Chequer Street.

Alleyn House, EC1Y

Alphabeta Building, EC2A Alphabeta Building is sited on Worship Street.

Alphabeta Building, EC2A

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 Andrewes House is a block on Fore Street.

Andrewes House, EC2Y

Appold Street, EC2A Appold Street runs north-south on the City of London side of Liverpool Street station.

Appold Street, EC2A

Astrix House, EC2A Astrix House is a block on Holywell Row.

Astrix House, EC2A

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

Austin Friars, EC2N

Baltic Street West, EC1Y Baltic Street is split into east and west halves.

Baltic Street West, EC1Y

Banner House, EC1Y Banner House is a block on Banner Street.

Banner House, EC1Y

Barbican Court, EC1A Barbican Court was bombed during the Second World War.

Barbican Court, EC1A

Barbican, EC2Y Before becoming part of Beech Street, a road called Barbican had its own presence.

Barbican, EC2Y

Baroda House, EC1Y Baroda House is located on City Road.

Baroda House, EC1Y

Bartletts Place, EC2A Bartletts Place was Bartletts Buildings on the 1860s mapping, not appearing before then.

Bartletts Place, EC2A

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

Basterfield House, EC1Y Basterfield House is located on Unnamed Road.

Basterfield House, EC1Y

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

Bastion Highwalk, EC2Y

Bavaria House, EC2A Bavaria House is sited on Appold Street.

Bavaria House, EC2A

Beech Street, EC2Y Beech Street is the western extension of Chiswell Street.

Beech Street, EC2Y

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

Bells Alley, EC2N

Ben Jonson House, EC1Y Ben Jonson House is sited on Golden Lane.

Ben Jonson House, EC1Y

Ben Jonson House, EC2Y Ben Jonson House is a block on Golden Lane.

Ben Jonson House, EC2Y

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

Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M

Blacksea House, EC2A Blacksea House is a block on Wilson Street.

Blacksea House, EC2A

Blake Tower, EC2Y Blake Tower is located on Fann Street.

Blake Tower, EC2Y

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

Blomfield Street, EC2M

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

Bonhill Street, EC2A

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

Bornhill Street, EC2A

Boston House, EC2M Boston House is a building on New Broad Street.

Boston House, EC2M

Bowater House, EC1Y Bowater House is sited on Fann Street.

Bowater House, EC1Y

Brackley Street, EC2Y Brackley Street was named after Viscount Brackley - the title given to the eldest sons of the Earl of Bridgewater who owned a townhouse on Bridgewater Square.

Brackley Street, EC2Y

Bradford Avenue, EC2Y Bradford Avenue was a street of warehouses.

Bradford Avenue, EC2Y

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

Brandon Mews, EC2Y

Breton House, EC2Y Breton House is a block on Golden Lane.

Breton House, 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, EC1Y Bridgewater Square is an historic square near to the Barbican.

Bridgewater Square, EC1Y

Britannic House, EC2M Britannic House is a block on Finsbury Circus.

Britannic House, EC2M

Broad Street House, EC2M Broad Street House is a block on Old Broad Street.

Broad Street House, EC2M

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 situated at the centre of the Broadgate development.

Broadgate Circle, EC2M

Bryer Court, EC2Y Bryer Court is a block on Bridgewater Square

Bryer Court, EC2Y

Bunhill Row, EC1Y Bunhill Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Bunhill Row, EC1Y

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

Carey Lane, EC2V

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

Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y

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

Chiswell Street, EC1Y

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

Christopher Street, EC2A

City Gate House, EC2A City Gate House is a block on Finsbury Square.

City Gate House, EC2A

City Place House, EC2V City Place House is a block on Basinghall Street.

City Place House, EC2V

City Tower, EC2V City Tower is a block on Unnamed Road.

City Tower, EC2V

Clifton House, EC2A Clifton House is a block on Holywell Row.

Clifton House, EC2A

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

Clifton 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, 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

Crescent House, EC1M Crescent House is sited on Goswell Road.

Crescent House, EC1M

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

Cripplegate Street, EC1Y

Cromwell Tower, EC2Y Cromwell Tower is a block on Silk Street.

Cromwell Tower, EC2Y

Cross Key Court, EC2R After 1939, the new name for Sun Court, Great Swan Alley was Cross Key Court, EC2

Cross Key Court, EC2R

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

Crown Place, EC2A

Cullum Welch House, EC1M Cullum Welch House is a block on Golden Lane.

Cullum Welch House, EC1M

Curzon House, EC2A Curzon House is a block on Clifton Street.

Curzon House, EC2A

Cuthbert Harrowing House, EC1Y Cuthbert Harrowing House is a block on Fann Street.

Cuthbert Harrowing House, EC1Y

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

Cutlers Gardens Arcade, EC2M

Dashwood House, EC2M Dashwood House is a block on Old Broad Street.

Dashwood House, EC2M

Davies House, EC2A Davies House is a block on Sun Street.

Davies House, EC2A

Defoe House, EC2Y Defoe House is a block on Beech Street.

Defoe House, EC2Y

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

Dominion Street, EC2M

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

Drapers Gardens, EC2N

Dufferin Avenue, EC1Y Dufferin Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area.

Dufferin Avenue, EC1Y

Dufferin Street, EC1Y Dufferin Street runs between Bunhill Row and Whitecross Street.

Dufferin Street, EC1Y

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

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

Epworth Street, EC2A

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

Errol Street, EC1Y

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

Exchange Place, EC2M

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

Fann Street, EC1Y

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 House, EC2M Finsbury Circus House is a block on Eldon Street.

Finsbury Circus House, EC2M

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

Finsbury Circus, EC2M

Finsbury Court, EC2A Finsbury Court was obliterated in a redevelopment programme taking in Finsbury Pavement.

Finsbury Court, EC2A

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

Fortune House, EC1Y Fortune House is a block on Fortune Street.

Fortune House, EC1Y

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

Fortune Street, EC1Y

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

Gilbert Bridge, EC2Y

Gilbert House, EC2Y Gilbert House is a block on Gilbert Bridge.

Gilbert House, EC2Y

Glyn House, EC1Y Glyn House is a block on City Road.

Glyn House, EC1Y

Golden Lane, EC1Y Golden Lane connects Old Street and Beech Street.

Golden Lane, EC1Y

Great Arthur House, EC1Y Great Arthur House is a building on Fann Street.

Great Arthur House, EC1Y

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

Guildhall Yard, EC2V

Habib House, EC2R Habib House is a block on Moorgate.

Habib House, EC2R

Hatfield House, EC1M Hatfield House is a block on Baltic Street West.

Hatfield House, EC1M

Hatfield House, EC1Y Hatfield House is a block on Baltic Street West.

Hatfield House, EC1Y

Holderness House, EC2A Holderness House is a block on Clifton Street.

Holderness House, EC2A

Holywell Row, EC2A Holywell Row is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Holywell Row, EC2A

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

Honey Lane, EC2V

Jewin Crescent Jewin Crescent - as The Crescent - existed from the end of the eighteenth century.

Jewin Crescent

Jewin Street, EC2Y Jewin Street

Jewin Street, EC2Y

Kayam House, EC2A Kayam House is a block on Paul Street.

Kayam House, EC2A

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

Langthorn Court, EC2N Langthorn Court is an historic courtyard in the City of London.

Langthorn Court, EC2N

Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y Lauderdale Tower is the westernmost tower in the Barbican, facing onto Lauderdale Place.

Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y

Life Line House, EC2A Life Line House is sited on Clifton Street.

Life Line House, EC2A

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

Liverpool Street, EC2M

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

Longbow House, EC1Y Longbow House is a block on Chiswell Street.

Longbow House, EC1Y

Longbow House, EC2A Longbow House is a block on Chiswell Street.

Longbow House, EC2A

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

Love Lane, EC2V

Lowndes House, EC1Y Lowndes House is located on City Road.

Lowndes House, EC1Y

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

Mason’s Avenue, EC2V

Michael House, EC1Y Michael House is a block on Chiswell Street.

Michael House, EC1Y

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 House, EC2Y Monkwell House is a building on Barbican Highwalk.

Monkwell House, EC2Y

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

Monkwell Square, EC2Y

Moor House, EC2Y Moor House is a block on Fore Street Avenue.

Moor House, 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 House, EC2A Moorgate House is a block on Dysart Street.

Moorgate House, EC2A

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

Mountjoy House, EC2Y Mountjoy House is a building on Monkwell Square.

Mountjoy House, EC2Y

New Broad Street House, EC2M New Broad Street House is a block on Old Broad Street.

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 Liverpool House, EC2M New Liverpool House can be found on Eldon Street.

New Liverpool House, EC2M

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

Park House, EC2M Park House is a block on Finsbury Circus.

Park House, EC2M

Peabody Tower, EC1Y Peabody Tower is a block on Golden Lane.

Peabody Tower, EC1Y

Pickax Street, EC2Y Pickax Street once ran from Long Lane to Goswell Road (which before 1864 was called Goswell Street).

Pickax Street, EC2Y

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

Pindar Street, EC2A

Plough Court, EC2Y Plough Court was renamed as part of Barbican in 1939.

Plough Court, EC2Y

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

Primrose Street, EC2A

Red Cross Street, EC2Y Red Cross Street once ran to the junction of Beech Street and Golden Lane.

Red Cross Street, EC2Y

River Plate House, EC2M River Plate House is a block on Finsbury Circus.

River Plate House, EC2M

Roman House, EC2Y Roman House is a building on St Alphage Garden.

Roman House, EC2Y

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

Ropemaker Street, EC2M

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

Roscoe Street, EC1Y

Salisbury House, EC2M Salisbury House can be found on London Wall.

Salisbury House, EC2M

Scrutton Street, EC2A Scrutton Street is the eastern extension of Epworth Street.

Scrutton Street, EC2A

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

Seddon Highwalk, EC2Y

Seddon House, EC2Y Seddon House is a block on Aldersgate Street.

Seddon House, EC2Y

Shakespeare Tower, EC2Y Shakespeare Tower can be found on Beech Street.

Shakespeare Tower, EC2Y

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

Silk Street, EC2Y

Silver Street, EC2V Silver Street was the location of a house in which William Shakespeare lived during his time in London.

Silver Street, EC2V

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

Speed House, EC2Y Speed House is a block on Speed Highwalk.

Speed House, EC2Y

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

St Alphage Garden, EC2Y

St Ann’s Lane, EC2V St Ann’s Lane was the name for the west end of Gresham Street until the 1860s.

St Ann’s Lane, EC2V

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

St Giles Terrace, EC2Y

St Martin’s Le Grand, EC2V St Martin’s Le Grand is a street north of Newgate Street and a former liberty within the City of London

St Martin’s Le Grand, EC2V

St Mary’s Tower, EC1Y St Mary’s Tower is a block on Fortune Street.

St Mary’s Tower, EC1Y

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

St. Alphage Highwalk, EC2V

Stanley Cohen House, EC1Y Stanley Cohen House is a block on Golden Lane.

Stanley Cohen House, EC1Y

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, 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

Swedbank House, EC2M Swedbank House is a block on New Broad Street.

Swedbank House, EC2M

Technico House, EC2A Technico House is located on Christopher Street.

Technico House, EC2A

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

Telegraph Street, EC2R

Templeton House, EC1Y Templeton House is a block on Chiswell Street.

Templeton House, EC1Y

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

The Postern, EC2Y

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

Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y

Thomas More House, EC2Y Thomas More House is a block on Shaftesbury Place.

Thomas More House, EC2Y

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

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

Warwick Yard, EC1Y Warwick Yard is a road in the EC1Y postcode area

Warwick Yard, EC1Y

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

Whitecross Place, EC2M

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

Whitecross Street, EC1Y

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

Willoughby Highwalk, EC2Y

Willoughby House, EC2Y Willoughby House is a building on Willoughby Highwalk.

Willoughby House, 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 was originally the main north–south route through the Roman Fort, discovered after Second World War bombing.

Wood Street, EC2V

Wood Street, EC2Y The northern section Wood Street lies between London Wall and the Barbican.

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

Worship Mews, EC2A

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

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Jamies

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Singer

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Bank station Credit: IG/steven.maddison TUM image id: 1653840363 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd. Credit: W. Albutt TUM image id: 1507465321 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	St Lukes Hospital for Lunatics, London TUM image id: 1554045418 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The gravestone of English poet William Blake in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground Credit: https://careergappers.com/ TUM image id: 1622643378 Licence:
Etching of All Hallows Staining tower, drawn in 1922 Credit: Public domain TUM image id: 1585749143 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mass grave for plague victims, Holywell Mount (1665) Holywell Mount is the source of the River Walbrook. Today it lies underneath Luke Street in Shoreditch but, then in open land, was used as a plague pit in 1665. TUM image id: 1627419399 Licence:	Artillery Lane as viewed from Bishopsgate (1912) Credit: CA Mathew/Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1641571742 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Optician built into the facade of St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, c.1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1665401859 Licence:	The Church of All Hallows Lombard Street as seen from Ball Alley in the 1820s. All Hallows was a rare City of London church not demolished due to the Great Fire or the Blitz but to falling attendances. Taken from ’The Churches of London’ by George Godwin (1839) Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux TUM image id: 1627642469 Licence:
At the corner of Clerkenwell Road and Goswell Road sits the Hat and Feathers. It was built on the site of an earlier tavern around 1860 for owner James Leask. It was designed by William Finch Hill who specialised in music halls and pubs. Credit: Ewan Munro TUM image id: 1637770947 Licence:	Shepherd’s Place archway (built c. 1810), and Tenter Street (c. 1820) in 1909 TUM image id: 1492897455 Licence:	Shown on many older maps as Dashwood Walk, in the 17th century Alderman’s Walk was a passageway leading to the large house and gardens of Sir Frances Dashwood. The poet John Keats was christened at nearby St Botolph’s church in 1795 Credit: https://careergappers.com TUM image id: 1622637249 Licence:	Optician built into the facade of St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, c.1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1665401859 Licence:	The shoemaker was a 1907 London comedy drama, a play "full of tears and laughter." TUM image id: 1520778488 Licence:

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"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd.
Credit: W. Albutt
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St Lukes Hospital for Lunatics, London
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The gravestone of English poet William Blake in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground
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Optician built into the facade of St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, c.1910
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No 37 Cheapside on the corner of Friday Street (c.1880) The ’Society for Photographing Relics of Old London’ was formed when the Oxford Arms - a traditional galleried pub - was about to be pulled down as part of the new Old Bailey development in 1875. The society subsequently campaigned to record disappearing sights, hurriedly commissioning photographs to capture buildings for posterity. Between 1875 and 1886 they produced photographic records of further buildings under threat, which were issued with descriptive text by the painter (and founder of the Society) Alfred Marks. The focus was architectural, not social; the photographs deliberately exclude signs, notices, people and traffic, to concentrate on the appearance of the bricks and mortar. Few of the streets in their images remain. This section of Friday Street was demolished after the Second World War.
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Great Arthur House, at the centre of the Golden Lane Estate, was the tallest residential building in Britain at the time of its construction.
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Lord Mayor’s Banquet at the Guildhall (1933)
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Jewin Street looking east toward Red Cross Street (1920) Tubbs & Son sign outside premises and their posters in the window. It is probably Number 38, sometime home of the City of London Photographic Stores (1901) and Belprex Ltd (1927) The Fire Station at the end was built after the 1897 fire. Unsurprisingly the street name derives from an ancient Jewish burial ground. Jewin Street was widened after the 1897 fire.
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A view of Cornhill, Lombard Street and the Mansion House in the City of London (1810)
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Coffee house sign
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