Gresham Street in the
City of London is named after the English merchant and financier
Thomas Gresham.
It runs from the junction of
Lothbury and
Moorgate at its eastern end, to
St. Martin's Le Grand
St. Martin's Le Grand is a former liberty within the City of London, and is the name of a street north of Newgate Street and Cheapside and south of Aldersgate Street. It forms the southernmost section of the A1 road.
College of canons and col ...
in the west. Gresham Street was created in 1845 by widening and amalgamating Cateaton Street, Maiden Lane, St. Anne's Lane and Lad Lane.
["Gresham Street"]
in
The nearest
London Underground stations are
St Paul's, which can be reached via St. Martin's Le Grand to the south from its western end, and
Bank, via Princes Street, a short distance to the south from its eastern end.
Overview
A famous
coaching inn
The coaching inn (also coaching house or staging inn) was a vital part of Europe's inland transport infrastructure until the development of the railway, providing a resting point ( layover) for people and horses. The inn served the needs of tra ...
, ''
The Swan With Two Necks'', once stood on the former Lad Lane, at the junction of Gresham Street with Milk Street – one of the historic side-streets which leads off to the south towards
Cheapside. Other ancient side-roads leading towards Cheapside are
Foster Lane, Gutter Lane,
Ironmonger Lane, and
Old Jewry. Leading north off Gresham Street are Noble Street, Staining Lane, Aldermanbury,
Basinghall Street and
Coleman Street
Coleman Street is one of the 25 ancient wards of the City of London and lies on the City's northern boundary with the London Borough of Islington.
The ward, which includes land lying on either side of the former city wall, takes its name from ...
.
Wood Street, home to the
City of London Police
The City of London Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the City of London, including the Middle and Inner Temples. The force responsible for law enforcement within the remainder of the London region, ou ...
headquarters, crosses Gresham Street and leads both north and south.
There is a memorial garden on the site of
St. Mary Aldermanbury
St Mary Aldermanbury was a parish church in the City of London first mentioned in 1181 and destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. Rebuilt in Portland stone by Christopher Wren, it was again gutted by the Blitz in 1940, leaving only th ...
, a
Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS (; – ) was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches ...
church, that, following damage in
the Blitz, was dismantled and rebuilt in
Fulton, Missouri. Near the
Guildhall—perhaps Gresham Street's most notable site—is the church of
St. Lawrence Jewry
St Lawrence Jewry next Guildhall is a Church of England guild church in the City of London on Gresham Street, next to Guildhall. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and rebuilt to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren. It is the ...
, also by Wren.
Gresham Street is home to the
Lloyds Banking Group's headquarters and also to
Investec,
Alliance Trust and Rensburg Sheppards.
It formed part of the
marathon course of the
2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
.
See also
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List of eponymous roads in London
References
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Streets in the City of London