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The Underground Map   
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.

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Graham O’Connell   
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.

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Born here
Bernard Miller   
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.

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Born here
jack stevens   
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,

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Lived here
margaret clark   
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.

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Added: 6 Nov 2021 15:03 GMT   

Old Nichol Street, E2
Information about my grandfather’s tobacconist shop

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Admin   
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.

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Steven Shepherd   
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.

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fariba   
Added: 28 Jun 2021 00:48 GMT   

Tower Bridge Business Complex, S
need for my coursework

Source: university

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Martin Eaton    
Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT   

Boundary Estate
Sunbury, Taplow House.

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The Underground Map   
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.

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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.

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Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT   

correction
Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales

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Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT   

All Bar One
The capitalisation is wrong

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Born here
Carolyn Hirst   
Added: 16 Jul 2022 15:21 GMT   

Henry James Hirst
My second great grandfather Henry James Hirst was born at 18 New Road on 11 February 1861. He was the eighth of the eleven children of Rowland and Isabella Hirst. I think that this part of New Road was also known at the time as Gloucester Terrace.

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Christine D Elliott   
Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT   

The Blute Family
My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area.
I attended Ilderton Road School.
Very happy memories of that time.

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Pearl Foster   
Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT   

Dukes Place, EC3A
Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations.

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Dr Paul Flewers   
Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT   

Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street
My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road.

From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous.

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KJH   
Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT   

Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957)
My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden

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Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT   

The Queens Head
Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place.

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Mike   
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.

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Fumblina   
Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT   

Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street
The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91.

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P Cash   
Added: 19 Feb 2023 08:03 GMT   

Occupants of 19-29 Woburn Place
The Industrial Tribunals (later changed to Employment Tribunals) moved (from its former location on Ebury Bridge Road to 19-29 Woburn Place sometime in the late 1980s (I believe).

19-29 Woburn Place had nine floors in total (one in the basement and two in its mansard roof and most of the building was occupied by the Tribunals

The ’Head Office’ of the tribunals, occupied space on the 7th, 6th and 2nd floors, whilst one of the largest of the regional offices (London North but later called London Central) occupied space in the basement, ground and first floor.

The expansive ground floor entrance had white marble flooring and a security desk. Behind (on evey floor) lay a square (& uncluttered) lobby space, which was flanked on either side by lifts. On the rear side was an elegant staircase, with white marble steps, brass inlays and a shiny brass handrail which spiralled around an open well. Both staircase, stairwell and lifts ran the full height of the building. On all floors from 1st upwards, staff toilets were tucked on either side of the staircase (behind the lifts).

Basement Floor - Tribunal hearing rooms, dormant files store and secure basement space for Head Office. Public toilets.

Geound Floor - The ’post’ roon sat next to the entrance in the northern side, the rest of which was occupied by the private offices of the full time Tribunal judiciary. Thw largest office belonged to the Regional Chair and was situated on the far corner (overlooking Tavistock Square) The secretary to the Regional Chair occupied a small office next door.
The south side of this floor was occupied by the large open plan General Office for the administration, a staff kitchen & rest room and the private offices of the Regional Secretary (office manager) and their deputy.

First Dloor - Tribunal hearing rooms; separate public waiting rooms for Applicants & Respondents; two small rooms used by Counsel (on a ’whoever arrives first’ bases) and a small private rest room for use by tribunal lay members.

Second Floor - Tribunal Hearing Rooms; Tribunal Head Office - HR & Estate Depts & other tennants.

Third Floor - other tennants

Fourth Floor - other tennants

Fifth Floor - Other Tennants except for a large non-smoking room for staff, (which overlooked Tavistock Sqaure). It was seldom used, as a result of lacking any facities aside from a meagre collection of unwanted’ tatty seating. Next to it, (overlooking Tavistock Place) was a staff canteen.

Sixth Floor - Other tennants mostly except for a few offices on the northern side occupied by tribunal Head Office - IT Dept.

Seventh Floor - Other tenants in the northern side. The southern (front) side held the private offices of several senior managers (Secretariat, IT & Finance), private office of the Chief Accuntant; an office for two private secretaries and a stationary cupboard. On the rear side was a small kitchen; the private office of the Chief Executive and the private office of the President of the Tribunals for England & Wales. (From 1995 onwards, this became a conference room as the President was based elsewhere. The far end of this side contained an open plan office for Head Office staff - Secretariat, Finance & HR (staff training team) depts.

Eighth Floor - other tennants.


The Employment Tribunals (Regional & Head Offices) relocated to Vitory House, Kingsway in April 2005.






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AIG Building, EC3M AIG Building is sited on Fenchurch Street.
Alderman’s Walk, EC2M Alderman’s Walk was formerly Dashwood’s Walk, for Francis Dashwood, who lived here in the 18th century.
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Artizan Street, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
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Ball Alley, EC3M Ball Alley existed on maps between the 1750s and 1950s.
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Bell Inn Yard, EC3M Bell Inn Yard has also been simply ’Bell Yard’ on maps.
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Birchin Lane, EC3V Birchin Lane was owned by a medieval gentleman called Birchervere.
Bishopsgate, EC3V Bishopsgate is named after one of the original eight gates in the London Wall.
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Bulls Head Passage, EC3M Bulls Head Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Bury House, EC3A Bury House is a building on Bury Street.
Bury Street, EC3A Bury Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
Byward Street, EC3R Byward Street was laid out between 1895 and 1906.
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Camomile Street, EC3A Camomile Street is a short street in the City of London
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Castle Court, EC3V Castle Court leads off Birchin Lane.
Cavendish Court, EC3A Cavendish Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
Centennium House, EC3R A block within the EC3R postcode
Centurion House, EC3N Centurion House is a building on Jewry Street.
Change Alley, EC3V Change Alley is a thoroughfare between Lombard Street and Cornhill in London’s financial district.
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Clements Lane, EC4N Clements Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.
Clothier Street, EC3A A street within the E1, postcode
Clothworkers Hall, EC3M Clothworkers Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Cobb Street, E1 Cobb Street was laid out in 1899-1904 by Sir Algernon Osborn.
Colchester Street, EC3N Before its was renamed and extended in 1923, Colchester Street was a side street near to the Tower of London.
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Cornhill, EC3V Cornhill is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
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Crescent, EC3N Crescent lies behind Tower Gateway.
Crinoline Mews, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
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Cullum Street, EC3M Cullum Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
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Cutler Street, EC3A Cutler Street runs north off Houndsditch.
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Dukes Place, EC3A Duke’s Place was formerly called Duke Street.
Dunster Court, EC3R Dunster Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
East India House, E1 East India House is located on Devonshire Square.
Eastcheap, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode
Eastcheap, EC3R Eastcheap is the western continuation of Great Tower Street towards the Monument junction.
Eastgate House, EC3A Eastgate House is a block on Dukes Place.
Equitable House, EC4 Equitable House is sited on King William Street.
Equitable House, EC4R Equitable House is a block on King William Street.
Exchange Steps, EC3V Exchange Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Fen Court, EC3M Fen Court is a location in London.
Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M Hogarth Court runs from Fenchurch Avenue to Fenchurch Street.
Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M Fenchurch Avenue runs from Lime Street to Billiter Street.
Fenchurch Buildings, EC3A Fenchurch Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Fenchurch Mews, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode
Fenchurch Place, EC3M Fenchurch Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Fenchurch Street, EC3M Fenchurch Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Finch Lane, EC3V Finch Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Finsbury Circus Gardens, EC2M Finsbury Circus Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.
Fish Street Hill, EC3M Fish Street Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
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Fountain House, EC3M Fountain House is a building on Fenchurch Street.
French Ordinary Court, EC3M French Ordinary Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
George Yard, EC3V George Yard is a yard off of Lombard Street.
Goodman’s Yard, E1 Goodman’s Yard is a street between Minories and Mansell Street.
Goodmans Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode
Goring Street, EC3A Goring Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
Goulston Street, E1 Goulston Street is a thoroughfare running north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street.
Gracechurch Street, EC3V Gracechurch Street is in the heart of Roman Londinium - it runs directly over the site of the basilica and forum.
Gravel Lane, E1 Gravel Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Great St Helen’s, EC3A This is a street in the EC3A postcode area
Great Swan Alley, EC2R Great Swan Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.
Great Tower Street, EC3R Great Tower Street, originally known just as Tower Street, forms an eastern continuation of Eastcheap.
Great Winchester Street, EC2N Great Winchester Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.
Guinness Court, E1 Guinness Court is a block on Guinness Court.
Habib House, EC2R Habib House is a block on Moorgate.
Harp Lane, EC3R Harp Lane once connected Thames Street with Great Tower Street.
Harrow Place, E1 Harrow Place is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Hart Street, EC3R Hart Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Haydon Street, E1 The eastern end of Haydon Street was called Mansell Passage.
Haydon Street, EC3N Haydon Street heads east from the Minories.
Heneage Lane, EC3A Heneage Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
Herbert House, E1 Herbert House is sited on Old Castle Street.
Heron Tower, EC2N Heron Tower is a block on Bishopsgate.
Holland House, EC3A Holland House is a block on Bury Street.
Houndsditch, EC3A Houndsditch runs through the Portsoken and Bishopsgate Without wards of the City of London - areas traditionally considered part of the East End.
Ibex House, EC3N Residential block
Idol Lane, EC3R Idol Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
India Street, EC3N India Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Irongate House, EC3A Irongate House is a block on Dukes Place.
Jacobson House, E1 Jacobson House is a block on Old Castle Street.
Jewry Street, EC3N Jewry Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
John Stow House, EC3A John Stow House is sited on Bevis Marks.
Kensington Apartments, E1 Kensington Apartments is a block on Pomell Way.
King William House, EC3R King William House is a block on Eastcheap.
King William Street, EC4N The northern section of King William Street runs diagonally northwards of the Monument junction.
King William Street, EC4R King William Street runs from a junction with Lombard Street to Monument junction from where continues south into London Bridge.
Ladbroke House, E1 Ladbroke House is a block on Commercial Street.
Landmark House, EC3A Landmark House is a block on Leadenhall Street.
Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4N Laurence Pountney Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area.
Leadenhall Market, EC3M Leadenhall Market is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Leadenhall Market, EC3M Leadenhall Market is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Leadenhall Place, EC3V Leadenhall Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Leadenhall Street, EC3M Leadenhall Street is a road in the EC3N postcode area
Leadenhall Street, EC3P Leadenhall Street - historic home to both the East India Company and Lloyd’s of London.
Leadenhall Street, EC3V Leadenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Leadenhall Street, EC3V Leadenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Leyden Street, E1 Leyden Street was laid out in 1899-1904 by Sir Algernon Osborn.
Library Square, EC3N Library Square is a road in the E1 postcode area
Lime Street, EC3M The name Lime Street comes from the lime burners who once sold lime from there for use in construction.
Little Somerset Street, E1 Little Somerset Street was originally called Harrow Alley but colloquially known as ’Blood Alley.’
Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3N Lloyd?s Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3N A street within the EC3N postcode
Lloyd’s Building, EC3M Lloyd’s Building is a block on Lime Street.
Lloyds Avenue, EC3N Lloyds Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Lombard Court, EC3V Lombard Court is a small street between Gracechurch Street and Clements Lane in the heart of London’s financial district.
Lombard Street, EC3V Lombard Street has a history stretching back to medieval times.
London Street, EC3M London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
London Wall, EC2M London Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.
Lovat Lane, EC3R Lovat Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Mansell Street, E1 Mansell Street runs north-south on the City of London border.
Mansell Street, EC3N Mansell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Mark Lane, EC3R Mark Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Martin Lane, EC4N Martin Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.
Middlesex Street, E1 Middlesex Street is home to the Petticoat Lane Market.
Middlesex Street, EC3A Middlesex Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
Mincing Lane, EC3R Mincing Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Minories, EC3N Minories is one of the old streets of the City of London.
Minster Court, EC3R Minster Court can be found on Mincing Lane
Minsters Pavement, EC3A Minsters Pavement is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
Mitre Avenue, EC3A Mitre Avenue is one of the streets of London in the E17 postal area.
Mitre House, EC3A Mitre House is a block on Mitre Street.
Mitre Square, EC3A Mitre Square is a small square in the City of London.
Mitre Street, EC3A Mitre Street connects Creechurch Lane with the Aldgate.
Monument Street, EC3R Monument Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Moorgate Place, EC2R Moorgate Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.
Munster Court, EC3R Munster Court is a road in the SW6 postcode area
Muscovy Street, EC3R Muscovy Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
New Baltic House, EC3M New Baltic House is a block on Fenchurch Street.
New Broad Street House, EC2M New Broad Street House is a block on Old Broad Street.
New Broad Street, EC2M New Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.
New Evershed House, E1 New Evershed House is located on Old Castle Street.
New Goulston Street, E1 New Goulston Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
New London Street, EC3R New London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Nicholas Lane, EC3V Nicholas Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Nicholas Lane, EC4N Nicholas Lane has two non-contiguous sections, separated by King William Street.
NMB House, EC3A NMB House is a block on Bevis Marks.
Old Broad Street, EC2M Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.
Old Broad Street, EC2N Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.
Old Castle Street, E1 Old Castle Street runs north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street, the southern section of which incorporates the former Castle Alley, murder site of Ripper victim Alice McKenzie.
Osborn House, E1 Osborn House is a block on Middlesex Street.
Osborne House, EC2M Osborne House is a block on Devonshire Square.
Park Lane City Apartments, E1 Park Lane City Apartments is a block on Middlesex Street.
Peek House, EC3 Peek House can be found on Eastcheap.
Peek House, EC3M Peek House is a block on Eastcheap.
Peninsular House, EC3R Peninsular House is a block on Monument Street.
Pepys Street, EC3N Pepys Street links Seething Lane in the west to Cooper’s Row in the east.
Petticoat Square, E1 A street within the postcode
Petticoat Tower, E1 Petticoat Tower is a block on Middlesex Street.
Philpot Lane, EC3M Philpot Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode
Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode
Plantation Lane, EC3M Plantation Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Plantation Place, EC3R Plantation Place takes its name from a previous Plantation House, once the recognised centre of the tea trade.
Plough Court, EC4R Plough Court was named for the Plough tavern which stood here.
Pomell Way, E1 Pomell Way is a road in the E1 postcode area
Popes Head Alley, EC3V Popes Head Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Port of London Authority Building, EC3N Port of London Authority Building can be found on Trinity Square.
Portsoken Street, EC3N Portsoken Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Pountney Hill House, EC4R Pountney Hill House is a building on Laurence Pountney Hill.
Providian House, EC3R A block within the EC3R postcode
Pudding Lane, EC3R Pudding Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
Regis House, EC4 Regis House is a block on King William Street.
Regis House, EC4R Regis House is a block on King William Street.
Religare House, EC4N Religare House is a block on Cannon Street.
Resolution Plaza, E1 Resolution Plaza is a location in London.
Rood Lane, EC3M Rood Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area.
Royal Court, EC3V Royal Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Royal Exchange Avenue, EC2R Royal Exchange Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Royal Exchange Buildings, EC3V Royal Exchange Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Royal Exchange Steps, EC2R Royal Exchange Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Royal Exchange, EC3V Royal Exchange is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Salesforce Tower, EC2N Salesforce Tower is a block on Bishopsgate.
Saracen’s Head Yard, EC3N Saracen’s Head Yard was to the south of Aldgate.
Savage Gardens, EC3N Savage Gardens connects Crutched Friars in the north to Trinity Square in the south, crossing Pepys Street.
Seething Lane, EC3R Seething Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Shield House, EC2M Shield House is a block on New Street.
Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M Ship Tavern Passage is a City of London alleyway.
Shorter Street, E1 Shorter Street is a location in London.
Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street is a road in the EC3N postcode area
Sky Garden, EC3M Sky Garden is a location in London.
Sloane Apartments, E1 Sloane Apartments is sited on Old Castle Street.
St Botolph Building, EC3A St Botolph Building is a block on Houndsditch.
St Botolph Street, EC3A St Botolph Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
St Clare House, EC3N St Clare House is sited on Minories.
St Clare Street, EC3N St Clare Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
St Clement’s House, EC4N St Clement’s House is a block on Clement’s Lane.
St Clements House, E1 St Clements House is a building on Leyden Street.
St Dunstans Hill, EC3R St Dunstans Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
St Georges Lane, EC3R St Georges Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
St Helen’s Place, EC3A St Helen’s Place runs east from Bishopsgate.
St James’s Passage, EC3A St James’s Passage was formerly known as Church Passage.
St James’s Place, EC3A St James’s Place was an open square, formerly Broad Court, which held a daily market that sold fruits of various kinds.
St Mary Abchurch House, EC4N St Mary Abchurch House is a block on Cannon Street.
St Mary At Hill, EC3R St Mary At Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.
St Mary Axe, EC3A St Mary Axe is an ancient street of the City of London.
St Michaels Alley, EC3V St Michael’s Alley was the centre of the 17th century London coffee house phenomenon.
St Michaels Rectory, EC3V St Michaels Rectory is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A Jeffrey’s Square disappeared under the St Mary Axe development.
Standon House, E1 Standon House is a block on Mansell Street.
Staple Hall, EC3A Staple Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
Stock Exchange Building, EC2N Stock Exchange Building is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.
Stock Exchange Tower, EC2N Stock Exchange Tower is a building on Old Broad Street.
Stone House Court, EC3A Stone House Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
Stoney Lane, EC3A Stoney Lane is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.
Swan Lane, EC4R Swan Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.
Swedbank House, EC2M Swedbank House is a block on New Broad Street.
Talbot Court, EC3V Talbot Court was next to the Talbot Inn until the Great Fire of London.
The Community Centre, E1 The Community Centre is a location in London.
The Courtyard, EC3V The Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
The Leadenhall Building, EC3 The Leadenhall Building is located on Leadenhall Street.
The Leadenhall Building, EC3M The Leadenhall Building is a block on Leadenhall Street.
The Monument Building, EC3R The Monument Building is a block on Monument Street.
The Queen’s Steps, EC3N The Queen’s Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
The White Chapel Building, E1 The White Chapel Building is a block on Whitechapel High Street.
Threadneedle Street, EC2N Threadneedle Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area.
Threadneedle Street, EC3V Threadneedle Street is the location of the Bank of England and Royal Exchange.
Throgmorton Avenue, EC2N Throgmorton Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.
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.
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.
Tower Hill Terrace, EC3N Tower Hill Terrace is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Tower Hill, EC3N Tower Hill is a street and square, northwest of the Tower of London.
Trinity Square, EC3N Trinity Square is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Undershaft, EC3P Undershaft is a road in the EC3P postcode area
Union Court, EC2N Union Court is an alleyway off of Broad Street.
Vine Street, EC3N Vine Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area.
Walsingham House, EC3N Walsingham House is a block on Seething Lane.
Warnford Court, EC2N Warnford Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area.
Wentworth Street, E1 Wentworth Street runs east-west from the junction of Brick Lane, Osborn Street and Old Montague Street to Middlesex Street.
White Kennett Street, EC3A White Kennett Street was named after a Bishop of Peterborough.
White Lion Court, EC2R White Lion Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.
Whittington Avenue, EC3A Whittington Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
Willis Building, EC3M Willis Building is a block on Lime Street.
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.
Wrestlers Court, EC3A Wrestlers Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area.
XL House, EC3V XL House is a block on Gracechurch Street.

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All Bar One All Bar One is a bar on Byward Street.
River Gardens The Moniker is a bar in the City of London.
Still and Star The Still & Star was on Little Somerset Street near to Aldgate High Street.
The Bell The Bell is on the non-City of London side of Middlesex Street.
The Bull The Bull dates back to the 17th century and stands on Devonshire Row.
The Culpeper The Culpeper used to be called the Princess Alice.


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Clerkenwell

Clerkenwell was once known as London’s Little Italy because of the large number of Italians living in the area from the 1850s until the 1960s.

Clerkenwell took its name from the Clerks’ Well in Farringdon Lane. In the Middle Ages, the London Parish clerks performed annual mystery plays there, based on biblical themes. Part of the well remains visible, incorporated into a 1980s building called Well Court.

In the 17th century South Clerkenwell became a fashionable place of residence. Oliver Cromwell owned a house on Clerkenwell Close, just off the Green. Several aristocrats had houses there, most notably the Duke of Northumberland, as did people such as Erasmus Smith.

Before Clerkenwell became a built-up area, it had a reputation as a resort a short walk out of the city, where Londoners could disport themselves at its spas, of which there were several, based on natural chalybeate springs, tea gardens and theatres. The present day Sadler’s Wells has survived as heir to this tradition.

Clerkenwell was also the location of three prisons: the Clerkenwell Bridewell, Coldbath Fields Prison (later Clerkenwell Gaol) and the New Prison, later the Clerkenwell House of Detention, notorious as the scene of the Clerkenwell Outrage in 1867, an attempted prison break by Fenians who killed many in the tenement houses on Corporation Row in trying to blow a hole in the prison wall.

The Industrial Revolution changed the area greatly. It became a centre for breweries, distilleries and the printing industry. It gained a special reputation for the making of clocks and watches, which activity once employed many people from around the area. Flourishing craft workshops still carry on some of the traditional trades, such as jewellery-making. Clerkenwell is home to Witherby’s, Europe’s oldest printing company.

After the Second World War, Clerkenwell suffered from industrial decline and many of the premises occupied by the engineering, printing publishing and meat and food trades (the last mostly around Smithfield) fell empty. Several acclaimed council housing estates were commissioned by Finsbury Borough Council. Modernist architect and Russian émigré Berthold Lubetkin’s listed Spa Green Estate, constructed 1943–1950, has recently been restored. The Finsbury Estate, constructed in 1968 to the designs of Joseph Emberton includes flats, since altered and re-clad.

A general revival and gentrification process began in the 1980s, and the area is now known for loft-living in some of the former industrial buildings. It also has young professionals, nightclubs and restaurants and is home to many professional offices as an overspill for the nearby City of London and West End.

Amongst other sectors, there is a notable concentration of design professions around Clerkenwell, and supporting industries such as high-end designer furniture showrooms.


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Byward Tower, 1893
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Bank station
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The Great Synagogue of London (1810)
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The Boar’s Head was located on the north side of Whitechapel High Street. The Boar’s Head was originally an inn, which was built in the 1530s; it underwent two renovations for use as a playhouse: first, in 1598, when a simple stage was erected, and a second, more elaborate renovation in 1599.
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The Aldgate Pump (1874) Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street. The pump is notable for its long, and sometimes dark history, as well as its cultural significance as a symbolic start point of the East End of London. The term "East of Aldgate Pump" is used as a synonym for the East End or for East London as a whole.
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Bevis Marks Synagogue
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Exterior of St Katherine Cree, City of London
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St James Duke
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A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories
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Petticoat Lane in the 1920s
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Etching of All Hallows Staining tower, drawn in 1922
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