Cannon Street, EC4N

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

The London Stone, from which distances were measured in Roman times, was originally situated in the middle of Cannon Street.

The area around Cannon Street was initially the place of residence of the candle-makers. The name first appears as Candelwrichstrete (i.e. "Candlewright Street") in 1190. The name was shortened over 60 times as a result of the local dialect and settled on Cannon Street in the 17th century. It is not related to firearms.

In the late Victorian period, Cannon Street was occupied by large warehouses - especially of cotton goods.

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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
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
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
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
Johnshort Hurley Road, SE11 Added: 7 Oct 2017 21:07 GMT	Hurley Road, SE11 There were stables in the road mid way - also Danny reading had a coal delivery lorry. Reply
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
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Liverpool Street Added: 21 Apr 2021 16:21 GMT	Liverpool Street the Bishopsgate station has existed since 1840 as a passenger station, but does not appear in the site’s cartography. Evidently, the 1860 map is in fact much earlier than that date. Reply

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Scott Hatton Savile Row, W1S Added: 30 Jan 2023 11:28 GMT	The Beatles on a London rooftop The Beatles’ rooftop concert took place on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building in London. It was their final public performance as a band and was unannounced, attracting a crowd of onlookers. The concert lasted for 42 minutes and included nine songs. The concert is remembered as a seminal moment in the history of rock music and remains one of the most famous rock performances of all time. Reply
Michael Upham Bala Place, SE16 Added: 16 Jan 2023 21:16 GMT	Bala Place, SE16 My grandfather was born at 2 Bala Place. Reply
Nant Street, E2 Added: 15 Jan 2023 09:49 GMT	The Bombing of Nant Street WW2 My uncle with his young son and baby daughter were killed in the bombing of Nant Street in WW2. His wife had gone to be with her mother whilst the bombing of the area was taking place, and so survived. Cannot imagine how she felt when she returned to see her home flattened and to be told of the death of her husband and children. Reply
Brian J MacIntyre Dolphin Square Added: 8 Jan 2023 17:27 GMT	Malcolm Davey at Raleigh House, Dolphin Square My former partner, actor Malcolm Davey, lived at Raleigh House, Dolphin Square, for many years until his death. He was a wonderful human being and an even better friend. A somewhat underrated actor, but loved by many, including myself. I miss you terribly, Malcolm. Here’s to you and to History, our favourite subject. Love Always - Brian J MacIntyre Minnesota, USA Reply
Robert Burns Abourne Street, W9 Added: 5 Jan 2023 17:46 GMT	1 Abourne Street My mother, and my Aunt and my Aunt’s family lived at number 1 Abourne Street. I remember visitingn my aunt Win Housego, and the Housego family there. If I remember correctly virtually opposite number 1, onthe corner was the Lord Amberley pub. Reply
Southam Street, W10 Added: 30 Dec 2022 21:41 GMT	Southam Street, W10 do any one remember J&A DEMOLITON at harrow rd kensal green my dad work for them in a aec 6 wheel tipper got a photo of him in it Reply
Fumblina Red Lion Added: 26 Dec 2022 18:59 GMT	Detailed history of Red Lion I’m not the author but this blog by Dick Weindling and Marianne Colloms has loads of really clear information about the history of the Red Lion which people might appreciate. Source: ‘Professor Morris’ and the Red Lion, Kilburn Reply
BG Lancing Street, NW1 Added: 20 Dec 2022 02:58 GMT	Lancing Street, NW1 LANCING STREET Reply

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

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

Abchurch Lane, EC4N

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

Abchurch Yard, EC4N

Adams Court, EC2R Adam’s Court is thought to be named for Sir Thomas Adams.

Adams Court, EC2R

Adelaide House, EC3R Adelaide House is a Grade II listed Art Deco office building in the City of London.

Adelaide House, EC3R

All Hallows Court, EC3M All Hallows Court ran on the northern side of All Hallows Lombard Street church.

All Hallows Court, EC3M

Allhallows Lane, EC4R Allhallows Lane is named after the churches of All-Hallows-the-Great and Less.

Allhallows Lane, EC4R

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

Angel Court, EC2R

Angel Lane, EC4R Angel Lane was formerly Angel Passage.

Angel Lane, EC4R

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

Arthur Street, EC4R

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

Austin Friars, EC2N

Ball Alley, EC3M Ball Alley existed on maps between the 1750s and 1950s.

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

Ball Court, EC3V

Bankside, SE1 Bankside is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Bankside, SE1

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

Bartholomew Lane, EC3V

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

Basing Lane, EC4M

Bell Inn Yard, EC3M Bell Inn Yard has also been simply ’Bell Yard’ on maps.

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

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Benbow House, SE1 Benbow House is a block on New Globe Walk

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

Bengal Court, EC3V

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

Birchin Lane, EC3V

Bishopsgate, EC3V Bishopsgate is named after one of the original eight gates in the London Wall.

Bishopsgate, EC3V

Black Raven Alley, EC4R Black Raven Alley ran south from 105 Upper Thames Street down to Swan Wharf, just to the west of London Bridge.

Black Raven Alley, EC4R

Botolph Alley, EC3R Botolph Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Botolph Alley, EC3R

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

Botolph Lane, EC3R

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

Bow Churchyard, EC2V

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

Bow Lane, EC4M

Brabant Court, EC3M Brabant Court off Philpot Lane, probably marks the site of a settlement of immigrants from Brabant, a province now split between Belgium and the Netherlands.

Brabant Court, EC3M

Bread Street Hill, EC4V Bread Street Hill was the southern continuation of Bread Street, running between Old Fish Street and Thames Street.

Bread Street Hill, EC4V

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

Bread Street, EC4M

Broken Wharf, EC4V Broken Wharf is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Broken Wharf, EC4V

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

Bucklersbury House Walbrook, EC4N

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

Bucklersbury, EC4N

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

Budge Row, EC4N

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

Bulls Head Passage, EC3M

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

Bush Lane, EC4R

Cannon Bridge, EC4R Cannon Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Cannon Bridge, EC4R

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

Cannon Street, EC4R

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

Capel Court, EC2R

Cardinal Cap Alley, SE1 Cardinal Cap Alley is an alley in Bankside.

Cardinal Cap Alley, SE1

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

Carey Lane, EC2V

Castle Court, EC3V Castle Court leads off Birchin Lane.

Castle Court, EC3V

Centennium House, EC3R A block within the EC3R postcode

Centennium House, EC3R

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

Change Alley, EC3V

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

Cheapside, EC2V

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

Clements Lane, EC4N

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

Cloak Lane, EC4N

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

College Hill, EC4R

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

College Street, EC4R

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

Corbet Court, EC3V

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

Cornhill, EC3V

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

Cousin Lane, EC4R

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

Crown Court, EC2V

Custom House Walkway, EC3R Custom House Walkway is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Custom House Walkway, EC3R

Dark Horse Walk, EC3R Dark Horse Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Dark Horse Walk, EC3R

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

Distaff Lane, EC4V

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

Dowgate Hill, EC4R

Eastcheap, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode

Eastcheap, EC3M

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

Eastcheap, EC3R

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

Exchange Steps, EC3V

Fenchurch Mews, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode

Fenchurch Mews, EC3M

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

Finch Lane, EC3V

Fish Street Hill, EC3M Fish Street Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Fish Street Hill, EC3M

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

Foster Lane, EC2V

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

Founders Court, EC2R

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

Fredericks Place, EC2V

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

French Ordinary Court, EC3M

Friday Street, EC4V Friday Street is a small street in the City of London.

Friday Street, EC4V

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

Garlick Hill, EC4N

George Yard, EC3V George Yard is a yard off of Lombard Street.

George Yard, EC3V

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

Goldsmith Street, EC2V

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

Gracechurch Street, EC3V

Grant’s Quay Wharf, EC3R Grant?s Quay Wharf is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Grant’s Quay Wharf, EC3R

Great St Thomas Apostle, EC4R Great St Thomas A postle, a rather odd streetname, between Garlick Hill and Queen Street.

Great St Thomas Apostle, EC4R

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

Great St Thomas, EC4R

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

Gresham Street, EC2V

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

Grocers’ Hall Court, EC2R

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

Guildhall Buildings, EC2V

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

Gutter Lane, EC2V

Hanseatic Walk, EC4R Hanseatic Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Hanseatic Walk, EC4R

Hanseatic Walk, EC4R Hanseatic Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Hanseatic Walk, EC4R

Heath Lodge, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Heath Lodge, SE1

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

High Timber Street, EC4V

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

Idol Lane, EC3R

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

Ironmonger Lane, EC2V

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

King Street, EC2V

King William Street, EC4N The northern section of King William Street runs diagonally northwards of the Monument junction.

King William Street, EC4N

King William Street, EC4R King William Street runs from a junction with Lombard Street to Monument junction from where continues south into London Bridge.

King William Street, EC4R

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

King’s Arms Yard, EC2R

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

Lambeth Hill, EC4V

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

Laurence Pountney Hill, EC4R

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

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4N

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

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4R

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

Lawrence Lane, EC2V

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

Leadenhall Market, EC3M

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

Leadenhall Market, EC3M

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

Leadenhall Place, EC3V

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

Leadenhall Street, EC3M

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

Leadenhall Street, EC3V

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

Leadenhall Street, EC3V

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

Little Trinity Lane, EC4V

Lockesley Square, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Lockesley Square, SE1

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

Lombard Court, EC3V

Lombard Street, EC3V Lombard Street has a history stretching back to medieval times.

Lombard Street, EC3V

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

London Bridge, EC4R

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

Lothbury, EC2R

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

Lovat Lane, EC3R

Lower Thames Street, EC3R Lower Thames Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Lower Thames Street, EC3R

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

Mansion House Place, EC3V

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

Manson House Place, EC3V

Marlborough Gardens, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Marlborough Gardens, SE1

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

Martin Lane, EC4N

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

Milk Street, EC2V

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

Minster Pavement, EC3R

Monument Street, EC3R Monument Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Monument Street, EC3R

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

New Change, EC4M

New Globe Walk, SE1 New Globe Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

New Globe Walk, SE1

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

Nicholas Lane, EC3V

Nicholas Lane, EC4N Nicholas Lane has two non-contiguous sections, separated by King William Street.

Nicholas Lane, EC4N

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

No 1 Poultry, EC2R

Old Billingsgate Walk, EC3R Old Billingsgate Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

Old Billingsgate Walk, EC3R

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

Old Broad Street, EC2N

Old Change Court, EC4V Old Change Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Old Change Court, EC4V

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

Old Jewry, EC2R

Oystergate Walk, EC4R Oystergate Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Oystergate Walk, EC4R

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

Pancras Lane, EC4N

Paternoster Row, EC4M Paternoster Row is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Paternoster Row, EC4M

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

Philpot Lane, EC3M

Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode

Plantain Gardens, EC3M

Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode

Plantain Gardens, EC3M

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

Plantation Lane, EC3M

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

Plantation Place, EC3R

Plough Court, EC4R Plough Court was named for the Plough tavern which stood here.

Plough Court, EC4R

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

Popes Head Alley, EC3V

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

Poultry, EC2R

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

Priest’s Court, EC2V

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

Princes Street, EC2R

Providian House, EC3R A block within the EC3R postcode

Providian House, EC3R

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

Pudding Lane, EC3R

Queen St Place, EC4R Queen St Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Queen St Place, EC4R

Queen Street Place, EC4R Queen Street Place is a location in London.

Queen Street Place, EC4R

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

Queen Street, EC4N

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

Queen Street, EC4R

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

Queen Victoria Street, EC2R

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

Queen Victoria Street, EC4V

Queenhithe, EC4V Queenhithe is a small and ancient ward of the City of London, situated by the River Thames and a minor street.

Queenhithe, EC4V

Riverside Walk East, EC3R Riverside Walk East runs down to the Thames from Lower Thames Street.

Riverside Walk East, EC3R

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

Rood Lane, EC3M

Rose Alley, SE1 Rose Alley is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Rose Alley, SE1

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

Royal Court, EC3V

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

Royal Exchange Avenue, EC2R

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

Royal Exchange Buildings, EC3V

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

Royal Exchange Steps, EC2R

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

Royal Exchange, EC3V

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

Russia Row, EC2V

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

Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M

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

Sky Garden, EC3M

Southwark Bridge, SE1 This is a street in the EC4R postcode area

Southwark Bridge, SE1

St Dunstans Hill, EC3R St Dunstans Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

St Dunstans Hill, EC3R

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

St Georges Lane, EC3R

St Mary At Hill, EC3R St Mary At Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area.

St Mary At Hill, EC3R

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

St Michaels Alley, EC3V

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

St Michaels Rectory, EC3V

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

St Swithin’s Lane, EC4N

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

Stew Lane, EC4V

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

Suffolk Lane, EC4R

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

Swan Lane, EC4R

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

Talbot Court, EC3V

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

The Courtyard, EC3V

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

Threadneedle Street, EC2N

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

Threadneedle Street, EC3V

Three Cranes Wharf, EC4R Three Cranes Wharf is one of the streets of London in the EC4R postal area.

Three Cranes Wharf, EC4R

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

Trig Lane, EC4V A street within the EC4V postcode

Trig Lane, EC4V

Upper Cheapside Passage, EC2V A street within the EC2V postcode

Upper Cheapside Passage, EC2V

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

Upper Thames Street, EC4R

Vestry House, EC4R Residential block

Vestry House, EC4R

Walbrook, EC4N Walbrook is one of the streets of the Bank area.

Walbrook, EC4N

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

Warnford Court, EC2N

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

Watling Street, EC4M

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

Watling Street, EC4N

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

Well Court, EC4N

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

White Lion Court, EC2R

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Browns

City Golf & Health Clubs

Core

Crosse Keys

Dirty Martini Monument

Jamies

Jamies St Mary At Hill

Loose Cannon

Merchant House

Mermaid Tavern The Mermaid Tavern was a notable tavern during the Elizabethan era.

Mermaid Tavern

Number 25

Old Swan The Old Swan Inn was one of the most well-known in the City of London.

Planet of the Grapes Ltd

Reflex

Revolution

Runnymede

Salotto 31

Searcy’s Champagne Bar

The Bootlegger’s Club Ltd

The Four Sisters Townhouse

The Golden Fleece

The Green Man

The Hydrant, Equitable House

The Pelt Trader, Arch 3

The Tokenhouse The Tokenhouse is named for the nearby manufacturer of tokens that were used as the copper coinage of England before the 1680s.

The Tokenhouse

The Vintry

The Walrus & The Carpenter

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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.

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Bank station Credit: IG/steven.maddison TUM image id: 1653840363 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Postal area SE1 TUM image id: 1483541461 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	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:	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
Tate Modern viewed from Thames pleasure boat (2003) Credit: Christine Matthews TUM image id: 1557161613 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Southwark Street estate was opened in 1876. Originally there were 12 blocks, with 22 flats in each one. In the 1960s two blocks in the centre of the estate were demolished as part of a modernisation programme, which created a space for the construction of a children’s play area. In the 1990s a block near the estate boundary was pulled down, and some adjoining land was purchased. This enabled the building of new blocks with a frontage to Great Guildford Street, which include some shop units. TUM image id: 1657027225 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Southwark Cathedral Credit: IG/aleks london diary TUM image id: 1653856025 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"London Bridge from the Old Swan" by the Irish painter Hubert Pugh (1780) Shooting the tidal rapids at old London Bridge was dangerous; many passengers preferred to get off at the Old Swan, and walk. Immediately across the river in the painting is St Saviour’s Church, now Southwark Cathedral. Credit: Hubert Pugh (Bank of England Museum) TUM image id: 1623675815 Licence:	The Shard, taken from the Sky Garden on top of the ’Walkie-Talkie’ (2015) Credit: Wiki Commons/Colin TUM image id: 1644245063 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Coach & Horses stood at 71 Bartholomew Close, Smithfield from 1799 until the Second World War. Credit: Guildhall Library TUM image id: 1671490114 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Anchor, Bankside Credit: IG/meolafrancesco TUM image id: 1653841490 Licence: CC BY 2.0	HMS Belfast (2022) Credit: IG/city visual TUM image id: 1653838128 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The George Inn (1889) On Borough High Street and once known as the George and Dragon, the pub is the only surviving galleried London coaching inn. Credit: National Trust TUM image id: 1669912337 Licence:	Optician built into the facade of St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, c.1910 Credit: Bishopsgate Institute TUM image id: 1665401859 Licence:

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Bank station
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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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Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532
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Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station.
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The Southwark Street estate was opened in 1876. Originally there were 12 blocks, with 22 flats in each one. In the 1960s two blocks in the centre of the estate were demolished as part of a modernisation programme, which created a space for the construction of a children’s play area. In the 1990s a block near the estate boundary was pulled down, and some adjoining land was purchased. This enabled the building of new blocks with a frontage to Great Guildford Street, which include some shop units.
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Southwark Cathedral
Credit: IG/aleks london diary
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"London Bridge from the Old Swan" by the Irish painter Hubert Pugh (1780) Shooting the tidal rapids at old London Bridge was dangerous; many passengers preferred to get off at the Old Swan, and walk. Immediately across the river in the painting is St Saviour’s Church, now Southwark Cathedral.
Credit: Hubert Pugh (Bank of England Museum)
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The Anchor, Bankside
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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
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Adelaide House from above
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