Byward Street, EC3R

Road in/near Tower Hill, existing between 1895 and now

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Byward Street was laid out between 1895 and 1906.

Byward Street was built because of the construction of the District Line underneath required the demolition of the older Black Swan Court which itself had been built the successor to a Roman thoroughfare.

It provided access to the Crown Gate of the Byward Tower. A byword was a password spoken to and by beefeaters.

A number of retail outlets and restaurants now line Byward Street. All Bar One occupies the building that was Mark Lane Station and its former access provides a subway under the road.


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Ball Alley, EC3M Ball Alley existed on maps between the 1750s and 1950s (City of London)
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Beer Lane, EC3R Beer Lane ran from the east end of Great Tower Street to Lower Thames Street (City of London)
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Cottons Lane, SE1 Cottons Lane is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (London Bridge)
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Crutched Friars, EC3N Crutched Friars is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (City of London)
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Custom House Walkway, EC3R Custom House Walkway is part of the Thames Path (City of London)
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Dunster Court, EC3R Dunster Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
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Exchange Steps, EC3V Exchange Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)
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Fenchurch Mews, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode (City of London)
Fenchurch Place, EC3M Fenchurch Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)
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French Horn Yard, EC3N French Horn Yard is a former courtyard (Tower Hill)
French Ordinary Court, EC3M French Ordinary Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)
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Ibex House, EC3N Residential block (Tower Gateway)
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John Street, John Street is an old East End street (Tower Gateway)
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King Street, E1W King Street was once next to Queen Street (Tower Hill)
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Lanthorne Tower, EC3N Lanthorne Tower is sited on Unnamed Road (Tower Hill)
Leadenhall Market, EC3M Leadenhall Market is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)
Leadenhall Place, EC3V Leadenhall Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)
Leadenhall Street, EC3A Leadenhall Street - historic home to both the East India Company and Lloyd’s of London. (Clerkenwell)
Leadenhall Street, EC3M Leadenhall Street is a road in the EC3N postcode area (City of London)
Leadenhall Street, EC3V Leadenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)
Leadenhall Street, EC3V Leadenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)
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Lime Street, EC3M The name Lime Street comes from the lime burners who once sold lime from there for use in construction (City of London)
Little Prescot Street, E1 Little Prescot Street once ran off Royal Mint Street (Tower Gateway)
Lloyd’s Avenue, EC3N A street within the EC3N postcode (City of London)
Lloyd’s Building, EC3M Lloyd’s Building is a block on Lime Street (City of London)
Lloyds Avenue, EC3N Lloyds Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (City of London)
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London Street, EC3M London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
Lovat Lane, EC3R Lovat Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
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Mark Lane, EC3R Mark Lane links Great Tower Street and Fenchurch Street (City of London)
Michael’s House, E1 Michael’s House is a block on Alie Street
Middle Tower, EC3N Middle Tower is a building on Three Quays Walk (Tower Hill)
Mincing Lane, EC3R Mincing Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
Minories, EC3N Minories is one of the old streets of the City of London (Aldgate)
Minster Court, EC3R Minster Court can be found on Mincing Lane (City of London)
Mitre Street, EC3A Mitre Street connects Creechurch Lane with the Aldgate (City of London)
Monument Street, EC3R Monument Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
Munster Court, EC3R Munster Court is a road in the SW6 postcode area (City of London)
Muscovy Street, EC3R Muscovy Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (Tower Hill)
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New London Street, EC3R New London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
Newman’s Court, EC3V Newman’s Court is an old courtyard situated off Cornhill (City of London)
Newnham Street, Newnham Street is an old East End street
Nicholas Lane, EC3V Nicholas Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)
North Tenter Street, E1 North Tenter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
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Paul’s Walk, EC3N A street within the EC3N postcode (River Thames)
Peek House, EC3 Peek House can be found on Eastcheap (City of London)
Peek House, EC3M Peek House is a block on Eastcheap (City of London)
Peninsular House, EC3R Peninsular House is a block on Monument Street (City of London)
Pepys Street, EC3N Pepys Street links Seething Lane in the west to Cooper’s Row in the east (Tower Hill)
Petty Wales, EC3R Petty Wales is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (Tower Hill)
Philpot Lane, EC3M Philpot Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)
Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode (City of London)
Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode (City of London)
Plantation Lane, EC3M Plantation Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
Plantation Place, EC3R Plantation Place takes its name from a previous Plantation House, once the recognised centre of the tea trade (City of London)
Plough Court, EC4R Plough Court was named for the Plough tavern which stood here (City of London)
Port of London Authority Building, EC3N Port of London Authority Building can be found on Trinity Square (Tower Hill)
Portsoken Street, EC3N Portsoken Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area (Tower Gateway)
Prescot House, E1 Prescot House is a block on Prescot Street (Tower Gateway)
Providian House, EC3R A block within the EC3R postcode (City of London)
Pudding Lane, EC3R Pudding Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
Queen Street, E1W Near the Tower of London was one of the many Queen Streets of London (Tower Hill)
Railway Place, Railway Place is an old East End street (City of London)
Rangoon Street, EC3N The East and West India Docks Company’s eastern trade gave its name to Rangoon Street (City of London)
Regis House, EC4 Regis House is a block on King William Street (City of London)
Regis House, EC4R Regis House is a block on King William Street (City of London)
Riverside Walk East, EC3R Riverside Walk East runs down to the Thames from Lower Thames Street (City of London)
Rood Lane, EC3M Rood Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)
Royal Court, EC3V Royal Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)
Royal Exchange Buildings, EC3V Royal Exchange Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)
Royal Mint Court, E1 Royal Mint Court is a block on Royal Mint Court (St Katherine Docks)
Saracen’s Head Yard, EC3N Saracen’s Head Yard was to the south of Aldgate (City of London)
Savage Gardens, EC3N Savage Gardens connects Crutched Friars in the north to Trinity Square in the south, crossing Pepys Street (Tower Hill)
Scarborough Street, E1 This is a street in the E1 postcode area
Seething Lane, EC3R Seething Lane is an old City of London street running north-south (City of London)
Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M Ship Tavern Passage is a City of London alleyway (City of London)
Shorter Street, EC3N Shorter Street was once part of Royal Mint Street (Tower Gateway)
Sky Garden, EC3M Sky Garden is a location in London (City of London)
St Clare House, EC3N St Clare House is sited on Minories (Aldgate)
St Clare Street, EC3N St Clare Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (Aldgate)
St Clement’s House, EC4N St Clement’s House is a block on Clement’s Lane (City of London)
St Dunstans Hill, EC3R St Dunstans Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
St Georges Lane, EC3R St Georges Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
St Katharine’s Way, E1W St Katharine’s Way is a road in the E1W postcode area (St Katherine Docks)
St Magnus House, EC3 St Magnus House is a block on Lower Thames Street (City of London)
St Mary At Hill, EC3R St Mary At Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)
St Michaels Alley, EC3V St Michael’s Alley was the centre of the 17th century London coffee house phenomenon (City of London)
St Michaels Rectory, EC3V St Michaels Rectory is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)
St Olaf House, SE1 St Olaf House is a block on Tooley Street (London Bridge)
St Thomas’s Tower, EC3N St Thomas’s Tower can be found on Unnamed Road (Tower Hill)
Sugar Quay Walk, EC3N Sugar Quay Walk is part of the Thames Path near to the Tower of London (River Thames)
Sugarloaf Court, EC3A Sugarloaf Court leads south off Leadenhall Street (City of London)
Sun Court, EC3V Sun Court is an old courtyard of Cornhill (City of London)
Swan Street, Swan Street is an old East End street (Tower Gateway)
Symons House, E1 Symons House is a building on Alie Street
Talbot Court, EC3V Talbot Court was next to the Talbot Inn until the Great Fire of London (City of London)
Tenter Street North, Tenter Street North is an old East End street
Tenter Street West, Tenter Street West is an old East End street
The Leadenhall Building, EC3 The Leadenhall Building is located on Leadenhall Street (City of London)
The Monument Building, EC3R The Monument Building is a block on Monument Street (City of London)
The Queen’s House, EC3N The Queen’s House is sited on Unnamed Road (Tower Hill)
The Queen’s Steps, EC3N The Queen’s Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (Tower Hill)
Tower Bridge Approach, E1W Tower Bridge Approach is a road in the E1W postcode area (Tower Hill)
Tower Bridge, SE1 Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge, built between 1886 and 1894 (River Thames)
Tower Hill Terrace, EC3N Tower Hill Terrace is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (Tower Hill)
Tower Hill, EC3N Tower Hill is a street and square, northwest of the Tower of London (Tower Hill)
Tower Pier, EC3N Tower Pier is a location in London (River Thames)
Tower Place East, EC3R A street within the EC3R postcode (Tower Hill)
Tower Place West, EC3R Tower Place West is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (Tower Hill)
Tower Place, EC3R Tower Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (Tower Hill)
Tower Walk, E1W Tower Walk is one of the streets of London in the E1W postal area (Tower Hill)
Trinity Square, EC3N Trinity Square lies to the north of the Tower of London (Tower Hill)
Upper East Smithfield, Upper East Smithfield is an old East End street (St Katherine Docks)
Vine Street, EC3N Vine Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3N postal area (City of London)
Wakefield Tower, EC3N Wakefield Tower is located on Unnamed Road (Tower Hill)
Walsingham House, EC3N Walsingham House is a block on Seething Lane (Tower Hill)
Wardrobe Tower, EC3N Wardrobe Tower is a building on Unnamed Road (Tower Hill)
West Tenter Street, E1 West Tenter Street is one of the streets of London in the E1 postal area
White Lion Court, EC3V White Lion Court is an old courtyard situated off Cornhill (City of London)
White Tower, EC3N White Tower is a block on Unnamed Road (Tower Hill)
Willis Building, EC3M Willis Building is a block on Lime Street (City of London)
XL House, EC3V XL House is a block on Gracechurch Street (City of London)


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