Acorn Street, EC2M

Acorn Street, Bishopsgate, was named from an old tavern sign.

The Bishopsgate entrance to Acorn Street
Credit: Charles Goss (1864-1946)

The writer Dodsley said that it was named after the" Acorn," which stood on the site of the King’s Arms Tavern, Bishopsgate. An acorn was one of the badges of the Arundel family but there is no evidence that they had any connection with the neighbourhood.

Adams Court near Old Broad Street, probably bears the name of a former owner of the property. Sir Thomas Adams was Lord Mayor in 1645.

Once called both Acorn Court and Acorn Alley it originally ran west from Bishopsgate to Skinner Street, appearing in John Strype’s Survey of London (1598).

It seems to have been rebuilt in 1799.

Acorn Street was finally demolished to make way for an expansion to Liverpool Street station.

Main source:	Abbot of St. Alban's Inn - Adam's Court \| British Hist
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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
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
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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
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
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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
Martin Eaton Shoreditch Added: 14 Oct 2021 03:56 GMT	Boundary Estate Sunbury, Taplow House. Reply
STEPHEN JACKSON Fellows Court, E2 Added: 14 Nov 2021 17:25 GMT	Fellows Court, E2 my family moved into the tower block 13th floor (maisonette), in 1967 after our street Lenthall rd e8 was demolished, we were one of the first families in the new block. A number of families from our street were rehoused in this and the adjoining flats. Inside toilet and central heating, all very modern at the time, plus eventually a tarmac football pitch in the grounds,(the cage), with a goal painted by the kids on the brick wall of the railway. Reply
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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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Lilian Knowles House, E1 Lilian Knowles House is a block on Crispin Street.

Lilian Knowles House, E1

Little Paternoster Row, E1 Little Paternoster Row was once known as French Alley.

Little Paternoster Row, E1

Little Pearl Street , Little Pearl Street is an old East End street.

Little Pearl Street ,

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

Liverpool Street, EC2M

Lolesworth Close, E1 Lolesworth Close is a short cul-de-sac on the east side of Commercial Street which was originally the western extremity of Flower and Dean Street.

Lolesworth Close, E1

London Fruit Exchange, E1 London Fruit Exchange is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

London Fruit Exchange, E1

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

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

Lowndes House, EC1Y

Magpie Alley, E1 Magpie Alley was an old name for the western section of Fleur de Lys Street.

Magpie Alley, E1

Market Street, E1 Market Street serves Spitalfields Market.

Market Street, E1

Mcauley House, E1 Mcauley House is a building on Wentworth Street.

Mcauley House, E1

Middlesex Street, E1 Middlesex Street is home to the Petticoat Lane Market.

Middlesex Street, E1

Molesworth Street , Molesworth Street is an old East End street.

Molesworth Street ,

Monmouth House, E1 Residential block

Monmouth House, E1

Moor Alley, EC2M Moor Alley ran from Norton Folgate to Moor’s Garden.

Moor Alley, EC2M

Moorâ€™s Garden, EC2P Moor’s Garden was buried under the platforms of Liverpool Street station.

Moorâ€™s Garden, EC2P

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

Moorgate House, EC2A

Nantes Passage, E1 Nantes Passage (also Church Passage) was built for Huguenot weavers.

Nantes Passage, E1

Nathaniel Close, E1 Nathaniel Close consists of houses and flats built in the early 1980s.

Nathaniel Close, E1

New Bethnal Green Chai , New Bethnal Green Chai is an old East End street.

New Bethnal Green Chai ,

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 Evershed House, E1 New Evershed House is located on Old Castle Street.

New Evershed House, E1

New Goulston Street, E1 New Goulston Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

New Goulston Street, E1

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

New Liverpool House, EC2M

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

New North Place, EC2A

New Street, New Street is an old East End street.

New Street,

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

New Street, EC2M

North Street, E1 North Street was one of the named entrance streets into Old Spitalfields Market.

North Street, E1

Norton Folgate, E1 Norton Folgate links Bishopsgate and Shoreditch High Street.

Norton Folgate, E1

Norvin House, E1 Norvin House can be found on Commercial Street.

Norvin House, E1

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 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.

Old Castle Street, E1

Osborn House, E1 Osborn House is a block on Middlesex Street.

Osborn House, E1

Osborne House, EC2M Osborne House is a block on Devonshire Square.

Osborne House, EC2M

Palmer Street, Palmer Street is an old East End street.

Palmer Street,

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

Park House, EC2M

Park Lane City Apartments, E1 Park Lane City Apartments is a block on Middlesex Street.

Park Lane City Apartments, E1

Parliament Court, E1 Parliament Court was laid out in the 1680s as part of the development of the Old Artillery Ground.

Parliament Court, E1

Paxton House, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Paxton House, E1

Pearl Street, Pearl Street is an old East End street.

Pearl Street,

Pecks Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Pecks Yard, E1

Petticoat Square, E1 A street within the postcode

Petticoat Square, E1

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

Pindar Street, EC2A

Plough Yard, EC2A Plough Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area.

Plough Yard, EC2A

Pomell Way, E1 Pomell Way is a road in the E1 postcode area

Pomell Way, E1

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

Primrose Street, EC2A

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

Primrose Street, EC2A

Princelet Street, E1 Princelet Street started its life as Princes Street.

Princelet Street, E1

Principal Place, EC2A Principal Place is a location in London.

Principal Place, EC2A

Puma Court, E1 Puma Court was formerly known as Red Lion Court.

Puma Court, E1

Quaker Street, E1 Quaker Street was at first called Westbury Street.

Quaker Street, E1

Resolution Plaza, E1 Resolution Plaza is a location in London.

Resolution Plaza, E1

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

River Plate House, EC2M

Rose Court, E1 Rose Court runs off Widegate Street.

Rose Court, E1

Salesforce Tower, EC2N Salesforce Tower is a block on Bishopsgate.

Salesforce Tower, EC2N

Sandyâ€™s Row, E1 Sandy’s Row runs along the City of London boundary.

Sandyâ€™s Row, E1

Sandyâ€™s Street, EC2M Sandy’s Street disappeared when Middlesex Street was extended in the 1890s.

Sandyâ€™s Street, EC2M

Sclater Street, E1 Sclater Street connects Bethnal Green Road and Brick Lane.

Sclater Street, E1

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

Scrutton Street, EC2A

Selater Street, Selater Street is an old East End street.

Selater Street,

Seven Stars Yard, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Seven Stars Yard, E1

Sheba Place, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

Sheba Place, E1

Sheba Street, After 1893, the new name for Queen Street was Sheba Street, E1

Sheba Street,

Shepherd Street, Shepherd Street is an old East End street.

Shepherd Street,

Shepherds Place, Shepherds Place is an old East End street.

Shepherds Place,

Shield House, EC2M Shield House is a block on New Street.

Shield House, EC2M

Shoreditch High Street, E1 Shoreditch High Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area.

Shoreditch High Street, E1

Silwex House, E1 Residential block

Silwex House, E1

Sloane Apartments, E1 Sloane Apartments is sited on Old Castle Street.

Sloane Apartments, E1

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

South Street, E1 South Street provided access from Brushfield Street into Spitalfields Market.

South Street, E1

Spital Square, E1 Spital Square was started in 1733.

Spital Square, E1

Spital Yard, E1 Spital Yard is a mews of 17th century origins, serving the backs of houses on Norton Folgate and Spital Square.

Spital Yard, E1

St Clements House, E1 St Clements House is a building on Leyden Street.

St Clements House, E1

St. John’s Drive, E1 A street within the E1 postcode

St. John’s Drive, E1

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

Stapleton House, EC2A

Steward Street, E1 Steward Street ran further north originally that it does now.

Steward Street, E1

Stothard Place, E1 Stothard Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

Stothard Place, E1

Strype Street, E1 John Strype, who became an antiquary, historian and parson was the son of a Huguenot weaver and born near here in 1643.

Strype Street, E1

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

Tenter Ground, E1 Tenter Ground is one of the notable streetnames of Spitalfields.

Tenter Ground, E1

The Arcade, EC2A The Arcade is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area.

The Arcade, EC2A

The Broadgate Tower, EC2A A street within the EC2A postcode

The Broadgate Tower, EC2A

The Community Centre, E1 The Community Centre is a location in London.

The Community Centre, E1

The Steward Building, E1 The Steward Building can be found on Steward Street.

The Steward Building, E1

Thrawl Street, E1 Originally built by Henry Thrall around 1656, Thrawl Street ran east-west from Brick Lane across a former tenter field owned by the Fossan brothers, Thomas and Lewis.

Thrawl Street, E1

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

Throgmorton Avenue, EC2N

Toynbee Street, E1 Toynbee Street, formerly Shepherd Street, was laid out in 1810-24 and redeveloped in 1927-36 as part of the London County Council’s Holland estate.

Toynbee Street, E1

Unicorn House, E1 Unicorn House can be found on Shoreditch High Street.

Unicorn House, E1

Unicorn House, EC2A Unicorn House is a building on Shoreditch High Street.

Unicorn House, EC2A

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

Union Court, EC2N

Union Place, E1 Union Place was a small alleyway off Quaker Street.

Union Place, E1

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

Vandy Street, EC2A

Victoria Avenue, E1 This is a street in the EC2M postcode area

Victoria Avenue, E1

Victoria House, E1 Victoria House is a block on Middlesex Street.

Victoria House, E1

Victoria House, EC2A Victoria House is a location in London.

Victoria House, EC2A

Wendt House, E1 Wendt House can be found on Shoreditch High Street.

Wendt House, E1

Wentworth Street, E1 Wentworth Street runs east-west from the junction of Brick Lane, Osborn Street and Old Montague Street to Middlesex Street.

Wentworth Street, E1

Wheler House, E1 Wheler House is a block on Quaker Street.

Wheler House, E1

Wheler Street, E1 Wheler Street runs north from Commercial Street.

Wheler Street, E1

White Lion Street, White Lion Street is an old East End street.

White Lion Street,

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

Whitecross Place, EC2M

Whites Row, E1 White’s Row is a narrow thoroughfare running east-west from Commercial Street to Crispin Street.

Whites Row, E1

Wide Gate Street, Wide Gate Street is an old East End street.

Wide Gate Street,

Widegate Street, E1 Widegate Street is now a short street connecting Middlesex Street and Sandy’s Row.

Widegate Street, E1

Wilkes Street, E1 Wilkes Street is a street of early eighteenth century houses, some of which were refronted in the early nineteenth century.

Wilkes Street, E1

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

Windsor Street, EC2M Windsor Street was formerly a named street of the area.

Windsor Street, EC2M

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.

Worship Street, EC2A

NEARBY PUBS

All Bar One

All Bar One Bishopsgate

All Bar One Houndsditch

Blackwall Tunnel The Old Kings Head is located at 28 Holywell Row, EC2.

Blackwall Tunnel

Commercial Tavern The Commercial Tavern is on Commercial Street.

Commercial Tavern

Crab Tavern

Devonshire Terrace

Dirty Dick’s Established in 1745 as The Old Jerusalem, the drinking house took the name of Dirty Dick’s in 1814.

Dirty Dick’s

Dirty Martini Dirty Martini is a pub near Liverpool Street station.

Dirty Martini

George Bar

Hamilton Hall

Horse And Groom The Horse And Groom is on Curtain Road.

Singer

Tapster This is a bar in Liverpool Street station.

Tapster

Ten Bells The Ten Bells has existed in various guises since the middle of the 18th century.

Ten Bells

The Bell The Bell is on the non-City of London side of Middlesex Street.

The Bell

The Botanist

The Breakfast Club

The Bull The Bull dates back to the 17th century and stands on Devonshire Row.

The Bull

The Culpeper The Culpeper used to be called the Princess Alice.

The Fox

The Primrose The Primrose was a pub on the corner of Norton Folgate and Primrose Street.

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Bank station Credit: IG/steven.maddison TUM image id: 1653840363 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Great Synagogue of London (1810) Credit: Thomas Rowlandson (1756â TUM image id: 1518368926 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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. Credit: Unknown TUM image id: 1518792376 Licence:	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. Credit: Wellcome Images TUM image id: 1518792844 Licence:	Bevis Marks Synagogue Credit: John Salmon TUM image id: 1519475277 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Exterior of St Katherine Cree, City of London Credit: Prioryman TUM image id: 1519729630 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St James Duke Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux TUM image id: 1520552156 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Third Goodmans Fields Theatre, Great Alie Street (1801) Credit: W. W. Hutchings TUM image id: 1520855916 Licence:	Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) addressing a "smoking debate" at Toynbee Hall (1902) TUM image id: 1660651336 Licence: CC BY 2.0	A drawing published in 1907 of the west front of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories Credit: Uncredited TUM image id: 1523993568 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Petticoat Lane in the 1920s Credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) TUM image id: 1523993996 Licence:	The gravestone of English poet William Blake in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground Credit: https://careergappers.com/ TUM image id: 1622643378 Licence:	Whitechapel Gallery Credit: LeHaye/Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1556738899 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Etching of All Hallows Staining tower, drawn in 1922 Credit: Public domain TUM image id: 1585749143 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Mark Lane station Credit: London Transport TUM image id: 1585759751 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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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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Petticoat Lane in the 1920s
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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.
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Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane) on the site of Sandy’s Row (1912)
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The Primrose pub on the corner of Norton Folgate/Bishopsgate and Primrose Street (1912) The Primrose, which had existed since at least since 1839, was demolished in 1987
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