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* Abchurch Lane and Abchurch Yard – after the adjacent
St Mary Abchurch St Mary Abchurch is a Church of England church off Cannon Street in the City of London. Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, it is first mentioned in 1198–1199. The medieval church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and replace ...
* Adam's Court – thought to be for
Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586 – 24 February 1667/1668) was the Lord Mayor of the City of London and a Member of Parliament for the City of London from 1654 to 1655 and 1656–1658. Adams was born in 1586, at Wem, Shropshire, educated at ...
, master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers and later
Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powe ...
* Addle Hill – from an
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word for prince () * Addle Street – from an
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word for filth/dung, presumably descriptive, though also may be the same etymology as Addle Hill above * Alban Highwalk and St Albans Court – after the adjacent
St Alban, Wood Street St Alban's was a church in Wood Street, City of London. It was dedicated to Saint Alban. Of medieval origin, it was rebuilt in 1634, destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and rebuilt, this time to a Gothic design by Sir Christopher Wre ...
church, of which only the tower now remains * Albion Place (off London Wall) * Albion Way * Aldermanbury and Aldermanbury Square – the site of a burgh (enclosed settlement) of a Saxon-era
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* Alderman's Walk – formerly Dashwood's Walk, for Francis Dashwood, who lived here in the 18th century; it was changed when he became an
alderman An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many Jurisdiction, jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council membe ...
* Aldersgate Court and Aldersgate Street – the name ''Aldersgate'' is first recorded around 1000 in the form ''Ealdredesgate'', i.e. 'gate associated with a man named Ealdrād'. The gate, constructed by the Romans in the 2nd or 3rd centuries when
London Wall The London Wall was a defensive wall first built by the Romans around the strategically important port town of Londinium in AD 200, and is now the name of a modern street in the City of London. It has origins as an initial mound wall and di ...
was constructed, probably acquired its name in the late Saxon period *
Aldgate Aldgate () was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London. It gives its name to Aldgate High Street, the first stretch of the A11 road, which included the site of the former gate. The area of Aldgate, the most common use of ...
, Aldgate Avenue and Aldgate High Street – thought to be an alteration of ''Old Gate''; others think it stems from ''Ale Gate'' (after a local inn) or ''All Gate'' (as it was open to all) 'Aldermary Churchyard – Aldgate Ward', A Dictionary of London (1918)
accessed: 21 May 2007
* Allhallows Lane – after the church of
All-Hallows-the-Great All-Hallows-the-Great was a church in the City of London, located on what is now Upper Thames Street, first mentioned in 1235. Destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666, the church was rebuilt by the office of Sir Christopher Wren. All-Hallo ...
and
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, both destroyed in the
Great Fire of 1666 The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the ...
; the Great was rebuilt by
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 ...
, but was demolished in 1894 * Amen Corner and Amen Court – by association with the nearby
St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...
*
America Square America Square is a street and small square in London, off Crosswall and located near Minories. The square was built in about 1760 and dedicated to the American colonies. America Square was developed as part of Square, Crescent and Circus un ...
– laid out in 1767–1770 by George Dance the Younger and named in honour of the
American colonies The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the United Colonies, were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. Founded in the 17th and 18th centur ...
* Andrewes Highwalk – presumably after Lancelot Andrewes, rector of the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate Church * Angel Court – named after a long demolished inn of this name * Angel Lane * Angel Street – after a demolished inn of this name; formerly Angle Alley * Apothecary Street – after the nearby Worshipful Society of Apothecaries * Appold Street * The Arcade (Liverpool Street) – presumably descriptive * Arthur Street – ''unknown'' * Artillery Lane – this formerly led to the Tasel Close Artillery Yard, which stood here in the 17th–18th centuries * Artizan Street * Ashentree Court – after the ashen trees formerly located here at the Whitefriars' monastery * Athene Place * Austin Friars and Austin Friars Passage and Austin Friars Square – after
Austin Friars Austin Friars is a coeducational independent day school located in Carlisle, England. The Senior School provides secondary education for 350 boys and girls aged 11–18. There are 150 children aged 4–11 in the Junior School and the Nursery ha ...
, a medieval friary which stood here in the Medieval period *
Ave Maria Lane Ave Maria Lane is a street in the City of London, to the west of St. Paul's Cathedral. It is the southern extension of Warwick Lane, between Amen Corner and Ludgate Hill. On the feastday of Corpus Christi, monks would say prayers in a proces ...
– after the
Hail Mary The Hail Mary ( la, Ave Maria) is a traditional Christian prayer addressing Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical passages featured in the Gospel of Luke: the Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary (the Annunciation) and Mary's ...
(Ave Maria), by association with the nearby St Paul's Cathedral * The Avenue (Cutlers Gardens) – presumably descriptive


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* Back Alley – presumably descriptive * Back Passage – presumably descriptive * Bakers Hall Court – after the nearby hall of the
Worshipful Company of Bakers The Worshipful Company of Bakers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Bakers' Guild is known to have existed in the twelfth century. From the Corporation of London, the Guild received the power to enforce regulations for b ...
* Ball Court * Baltic Street West – the streets here were built by a timber merchant circa 1810 who named them after trade-related activities; Baltic refers to the Baltic softwood trade * Barbon Alley – after Nicholas Barbon, 17th-century economist * Barley Mow Passage – after a former inn here of this name, possibly by reference to alcohol, or else a corruption of the nearby St Bartholomew's church and hospital * Barnard's Inn – named after Lionel Barnard, owner of a town house (or 'inn') here in the mid-15th century * Bartholomew Close and Bartholomew Place – after St Bartholomew's Priory, which stood here and is remembered in the names of the local hospital and two churches *
Bartholomew Lane Bartholomew Lane, in the City of London, runs between the junction of Lothbury and Throgmorton Street in the north to Threadneedle Street in the south. The lane is bordered on its western side by the Bank of England.St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange was a church and parish in the City of London located on Bartholomew Lane, off Threadneedle Street. Recorded since the 13th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, then rebuilt by ...
church, demolished in 1840 * Bartlett Court, Bartlett Street and Bartletts Passage – after Thomas Bartlett, court printer to Edward VI, who owned property here * Basinghall Avenue and
Basinghall Street Bassishaw is a ward in the City of London. Small, it is bounded by wards: Coleman Street, east; Cheap, south; Cripplegate, north; Aldersgate, west. It first consisted of Basinghall Street with the courts and short side streets off it,
– thought to be after land owned here by the people of Basa or Basing (in
Old Basing Old Basing is a village in Hampshire, England, just east of Basingstoke. It was called ''Basengum'' in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and ''Basinges'' in the Domesday Book. Etymology The root ''Bas'' derives from the Latin word '' basilīa'' - the no ...
, Hampshire), or possibly after a mansion house of the Bassing (or Basing) family, who were prominent in the City beginning in the 13th century ''Book 2, Ch. 6: Bassishaw Ward'', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 549–51
accessed: 21 May 2007
* Bassishaw Highwalk – after the Bassishaw ward in which it is located * Bastion Highwalk – presumably after the adjacent Roman bastion ruins * Bear Alley – thought to be after a former inn of this name * Beech Gardens and Beech Street – after
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trees which formerly stood here; the name is an old one, recorded as ''Bechestrete'' in the 13th century * Beehive Passage – after a former tavern here of this name * Bengal Court – presumably after the former British colony of
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* Bell Court * Bell Inn Yard – after a former inn of this name * Bell Wharf Lane – unknown, possibly after a former tavern of this name; formerly Emperor's Head Lane, after an inn here * Ben Jonson Place – after
Ben Jonson Benjamin "Ben" Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for t ...
, 17th-century playwright and poet * Bennet's Hill – after the adjacent St Benet's church *
Bevis Marks Bevis Marks, classified as part of the A1211, is a short street (about 150 m long) in the ward of Aldgate in the City of London. Traffic runs northwest in a one-way direction into Camomile Street, and parallel to Houndsditch which runs sou ...
– corruption of ''Bury Marks'', after a former house on this site given to
Bury St Edmunds Abbey The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England, until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. It is in the town that grew up around it, Bury St Edmunds in the county of Suffolk, England. It was ...
in the 1100s; ''mark'' is thought to note a boundary here * Billiter Court and Billiter Street – after former belzeter (bell foundry) located here * Birchin Lane – unknown, though suggested to come from the
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('beard carver' i.e. a barber's); it has had several variations on this name in the past, including Berchervere, Berchenes and Birchen * Bishop's Court *
Bishopsgate Bishopsgate was one of the eastern gates in London's former defensive wall. The gate gave its name to the Bishopsgate Ward of the City of London. The ward is traditionally divided into ''Bishopsgate Within'', inside the line wall, and ''Bishop ...
, Bishopsgate Arcade and Bishopsgate Churchyard – after one of the city gates that formerly stood here, thought to commemorate Saint
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,
Bishop of London A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
in the 7th century * Blackfriars Bridge, Blackfriars Court, Blackfriars Lane, Blackfriars Passage and Blackfriars Underpass – after the former Dominican (or Black friars, after their robes) friary that stood here 1276–1538 * Blomfield Street – after Charles James Blomfield,
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1828–1856 * Bloomberg Arcade – after its owners/developers Bloomberg L.P. * Bolt Court – thought to be after a former tavern called the Bolt-in-Tun * Bond Court – after a 17th-century property developer of this name * Booth Lane * Botolph Alley and Botolph Lane – after the St Botolph Billingsgate church which stood near here, destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 *
Bouverie Street Bouverie Street is a street in the City of London, off Fleet Street, which once was the home of some of Britain's most widely circulated newspapers as well as the Whitefriars Priory. The offices of the ''News Chronicle'',''Liberal Democrat News' ...
– after William Bouverie, 1st Earl of Radnor * Bow Churchyard and Bow Lane – after the adjacent
St Mary-le-Bow The Church of St Mary-le-Bow is a Church of England parish church in the City of London. Located on Cheapside, one of the city's oldest and most important thoroughfares, the church was founded in 1080 by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury. Rebui ...
church; it was formerly known as Hosier Lane (after the local stocking making trade), and prior to that Cordewanere Street (meaning 'leather-workers') * Brabant Court – thought to be after the Dutch/Belgian province of this name, though possibly a corruption of a personal name (prior to the 18th century it was known as Braben Court, and before that Brovens Court) * Brackley Street – after the
Earls of Bridgewater Earl of Bridgewater was a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, once for the Daubeny family (1538) and once for the Egerton family (1617). From 1720 to 1803, the Earls of Bridgewater also held the title of Duke of Bridgewa ...
, also called the
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, who owned a house near here * Braidwood Passage – presumably after 19th-century fireman
James Braidwood James Braidwood (1800–1861) was a Scottish firefighter who was the first "Master of Engines", in the world's first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824. He was the first director of the London Fire Engine Establishment (the brigade w ...
* Brandon Mews - after Robert Brandon (d.1369), granted the lordship of the manor Barbican in 1336 by Edward III * Bread Street – after the bakery trade that formerly took place here * Bream's Buildings – thought to be named for its 18th-century builder * Breton Highwalk – presumably after the 16th–17th-century poet
Nicholas Breton Nicholas Breton (also Britton or Brittaine) (c. 1545/53 – c. 1625/6) was a poet and prose writer of the English Renaissance. Life Nicholas belonged to an old family settled at Layer Breton, Essex. His father, William Breton, a London merchant ...
* Brewer's Hall Gardens – after the adjacent
Worshipful Company of Brewers The Worshipful Company of Brewers is one of the livery companies of the City of London. London brewers are known to have organised as a group in the 13th century. Their first royal charter was granted by Henry VI in 1438. In 1643, Parliamen ...
hall * Brick Court – as this was home to the first set of brick buildings in the area * Bride Court, Bride Lane, St Bride's Avenue, St Bride's Passage and St Bride Street – after the adjacent
St Bride's Church St Bride's Church is a church in the City of London, England. The building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672 in Fleet Street in the City of London, though Wren's original building was largely gutted by fire d ...
* Bridewell Place – after the adjacent
St Bride's Church St Bride's Church is a church in the City of London, England. The building's most recent incarnation was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672 in Fleet Street in the City of London, though Wren's original building was largely gutted by fire d ...
and a well that was formerly located here in the early Middle Ages; the name was later given to
Bridewell Palace Bridewell Palace in London was built as a residence of King Henry VIII and was one of his homes early in his reign for eight years. Given to the City of London Corporation by his son King Edward VI for use as an orphanage and place of correc ...
(demolished in the 1860s) * Bridgewater Highwalk, Bridgewater Square and Bridgewater Street – after the
Earls of Bridgewater Earl of Bridgewater was a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England, once for the Daubeny family (1538) and once for the Egerton family (1617). From 1720 to 1803, the Earls of Bridgewater also held the title of Duke of Bridgewa ...
, also called the Viscounts Brackley, who owned a house near here * Britannic Highwalk * Broadgate and Broadgate Circle – developed in the late 1980s, presumably named for the former Broad Street station on this site and the adjacent
Bishopsgate Bishopsgate was one of the eastern gates in London's former defensive wall. The gate gave its name to the Bishopsgate Ward of the City of London. The ward is traditionally divided into ''Bishopsgate Within'', inside the line wall, and ''Bishop ...
* Broad Lane, Broad Street Avenue, New Broad Street and Old Broad Street – simply a descriptive name, dating to the early Middle Ages; the northernmost section was formerly 'New Broad Street'; however, this has now switched onto an adjacent side street * Broken Wharf – this wharf fell into disrepair owing to a property dispute in the 14th century * Brown's Buildings * Brushfield Street – after Thomas Brushfield, Victorian-era representative for this area at the
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; the westernmost section, here forming the boundary with Tower Hamlets, was formerly called Union Street * Bucklersbury and Bucklersbury Passage – after the Buckerel/Bucherel family who owned land here in the 1100s * Budge Row – formerly home to the drapery trade; a ''budge''/''boge'' was a type of lamb's wool * Bull's Head Passage – thought to be after an inn or shop of this name * Bunyan Court – after the author John Bunyan, who attended the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate church * Burgon Street – after Dean Burgon of
St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...
; prior to 1885 it was called New Street * Bury Court and Bury Street – after a former house on this site given to
Bury St Edmunds Abbey The Abbey of Bury St Edmunds was once among the richest Benedictine monasteries in England, until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. It is in the town that grew up around it, Bury St Edmunds in the county of Suffolk, England. It was ...
in the 1100s * Bush Lane – thought to be after a former inn of this name *
Byward Street Byward Street is a road in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London. It forms part of the A3211 route and, if travelling eastward, is a short continuation of Lower Thames Street from a junction with Great Tower Street, to ...
– after the adjacent Byward Tower of the
Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separa ...


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Camomile Street Camomile Street is a short street in the City of London, the financial and historic centre of London. Description It is a westward continuation of Bevis Marks, linking that street to Houndsditch (via Outwich Street) and a junction with Bishops ...
– after the camomile formerly grown here for medicine * Canon Alley – presumably in reference to the adjacent
St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...
* Cannon Street – a contraction of the 14th-century ''Candlewick Street'', meaning a street where candle-makers were based * Capel Court – after William Capel,
Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powe ...
in the early 16th century * Carlisle Avenue – unknown * Carmelite Street – after the
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order (known as the White friars), who were granted land here by
Edward I Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal o ...
* Carter Court and Carter Lane – after the cratering trade that formerly took place here, or possibly also after someone with this name * Carthusian Street – after the Carthusian monks who lived near here in the Middle Ages * Castle Baynard Street – after Castle Baynard which formerly stood here * Castle Court – after a former inn of this name * Catherine Wheel Alley – after a former inn of this name, which was named for the Catherine wheel on the coat of arms of the Worshipful Company of Turners * Cavendish Court – after the Cavendish family, Dukes of Devonshire, who owed a house near here in the 1600s * Chancery Lane – the former site of
Edward III Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring r ...
's office of the Master of the Rolls of Chancery * Change Alley – after the nearby Royal Exchange *
Charterhouse Square Charterhouse Square is a garden square, a pentagonal space, in Farringdon, in the London Borough of Islington, and close to the former Smithfield Meat Market. The square is the largest courtyard or yard associated with the London Charterhouse, m ...
and
Charterhouse Street Charterhouse Street is a street on the north side of Smithfield in the City of London. The road forms part of the City’s boundary with the neighbouring London Boroughs of Islington and Camden. It connects Charterhouse Square and Holborn Cir ...
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of Chartreuse, from
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, head monastery of the
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in
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; a nearby abbey was founded by monks of this order in 1371 *
Cheapside Cheapside is a street in the City of London, the historic and modern financial centre of London, which forms part of the A40 London to Fishguard road. It links St. Martin's Le Grand with Poultry. Near its eastern end at Bank junction, where ...
and Cheapside Passage – from , an
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word meaning 'market'; this was the western end of a market that stretched over the Eastcheap * Cheshire Court – after the adjacent
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pub *
Chiswell Street Chiswell Street is in Islington, London, England. Historic England have seven entries for listed buildings in Chiswell Street. Location The street, in St Luke's, Islington, runs east-west and forms part of the B100 road. At the west end it be ...
– either for old term meaning 'stony/gravelly earth', or a corruption of 'Choice Well', denoting a source of clean water * Church Cloisters – after the adjacent St Mary-at-Hill church; Church Passage till 1938 * Church Court – after the adjacent
Temple Church The Temple Church is a Royal peculiar church in the City of London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters. It was consecrated on 10 February 1185 by Patriarch Heraclius of J ...
* Church Entry – after the former
St Ann Blackfriars St Ann Blackfriars was a church in the City of London, in what is now Ireland Yard in the ward of Farringdon Within. The church began as a medieval parish chapel, dedicated to St Ann, within the church of the Dominicans (the order after whom th ...
church which burned down in the 1666 fire * Circus Place – after the adjacent Finsbury Circus * Clements Lane and St Clement's Court – after the adjacent
St Clement's, Eastcheap St Clement Eastcheap is a Church of England parish church in Candlewick Ward of the City of London. It is located on Clement's Lane, off King William Street and close to London Bridge and the River Thames. Clement was a disciple of St Peter the ...
church * Clerk's Place * Clifford's Inn Passage – after an inn (townhouse) given to
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by
Edward II Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir apparent to t ...
* Cloak Lane – unknown, though possibly from ''
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'', an old word for a sewer; prior to the mid-17th century it was Horseshoebridge Street, after a bridge that stood here over the
Walbrook Walbrook is a City ward and a minor street in its vicinity. The ward is named after a river of the same name. The ward of Walbrook contains two of the City's most notable landmarks: the Bank of England and the Mansion House. The street runs ...
* Cloth Court,
Cloth Fair Cloth Fair is a street in the City of London where, in medieval times, merchants gathered to buy and sell material during the Bartholomew Fair. Today, it is a short residential street to the east of Smithfield in the north-western part of the c ...
and Cloth Street – after a long-running cloth fair that was formerly held here * Clothier Street – after the former clothes market that operated here * Cobb's Court * Cock Hill – unknown, possibly from an old inn of this name * Cock Lane – thought to be after either cock rearing or cock fighting that formerly occurred here *
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 ...
and Coleman Street Buildings – possibly after a church of this name or a personal name, or literally after the coalmen who formerly lived in this area in the Middle Ages * College Hill, College Street and Little College Lane – after the adjacent St Michael Paternoster Royal, which was created as a collegiate church by
Richard Whittington Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423) of the parish of St Michael Paternoster Royal, City of London, was an English merchant and a politician of the late medieval period. He is also the real-life inspiration for the English folk tale ''Dick ...
in 1419; College Street was formerly Paternoster Street (meaning
rosary The Rosary (; la, , in the sense of "crown of roses" or "garland of roses"), also known as the Dominican Rosary, or simply the Rosary, refers to a set of prayers used primarily in the Catholic Church, and to the physical string of knots or b ...
makers and College Hill was Royal Street (a corruption of La Réole, France, where local wine merchants hailed from) * Compter Passage – presumably after the former Wood Street Compter * Cooper's Row – after an 18th-century property owner of this name; prior to this it was Woodruffe Lane, also thought to be after a property owner * Copthall Avenue, Copthall Buildings and Copthall Close – after a former 'copt hall' (crested hall) that stood here * Corbet Court – after a local 17th-century property developer * Cornhill – thought to be after the corn formerly grown or sold here * Cousin Lane – after either Joanna or William Cousin, the first a local landowner, the latter a 14th-century sheriff * Cowper's Court – after the Cowper family, local landowners * Crane Court – formerly Two Crane Court, possibly after a coat of arms of one of the local landowning families * Creechurch Lane and Creechurch Place – after the former
Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate The Holy Trinity Priory, also known as Christchurch Aldgate, was a priory of Austin canons ( Black Canons) founded around 1108 by the English queen Matilda of Scotland near Aldgate in London.St Katharine Cree church * Creed Court and Creed Lane – by association with the nearby
St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...
* Crescent – thought to be first crescent-shaped street in London * Cripplegate Street – after the former Cripplegate that stood here, referring either to a (
Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
for 'covered way') or the association with the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate church (St Giles is the patron saint of cripples) * Cromwell Highwalk and Cromwell Place – presumably after
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, who was married in the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate Church in 1620 * Crosby Square – after Crosby House, built for Sir John Crosby, 15th-century merchant and politician * Cross Keys Square – after a house or inn called Cross Keys that stood here in Tudor times * Cross Lane – descriptive; it was formerly Fowle Lane (literally 'foul') *
Crosswall Crosswall is a street in the City of London. At its western end, the street begins at a junction with Crutched Friars and Cooper's Row. At its eastern end, the street is a turn off Minories. It is home to America Square, the City of London Medic ...
– descriptive, as it crosses the boundary of the city wall * Crown Court * Crown Office Row – after the Clerks of the Crown Office formerly located here * Crutched Friars – after the Crutched Friars, a religious order who had a friary here in the early Middle Ages which was dissolved by
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* Cullum Street – after either Sir John Cullum, 17th-century sheriff who owned land here, or Thomas Cullum * Cunard Place – after the
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headquarters, formerly located here * Cursitor Street – after the Cursitors' office, established here in the 16th century * Custom House Walk – after the adjacent
Custom House A custom house or customs house was traditionally a building housing the offices for a jurisdictional government whose officials oversaw the functions associated with importing and exporting goods into and out of a country, such as collecting c ...
* Cutler Street and Cutlers Gardens Arcade – after the
Worshipful Company of Cutlers The Worshipful Company of Cutlers is one of the ancient Livery Companies of the City of London. It ranks 18th in the order of precedence of the Companies. The trade of knife-making and repairing was formed in the thirteenth century as a gui ...
, who owned land here


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* Dark House Walk – after a former inn here called the Darkhouse; it was formerly Dark House Lane, and prior to that Dark Lane * Dean's Court – after the
Dean of St Paul's The dean of St Paul's is a member of, and chair of the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in London in the Church of England. The dean of St Paul's is also ''ex officio'' dean of the Order of the British Empire. The current dean is Andrew Tremlett, ...
* Defoe Place – after the author
Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (; born Daniel Foe; – 24 April 1731) was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel ''Robinson Crusoe'', published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its ...
* Devonshire Row and Devonshire Square – after the Cavendish family, Dukes of Devonshire, who owed a house near here in the 1600s * Distaff Lane – formerly Little Distaff Lane, as it lay off the main Distaff Lane (now absorbed into Cannon Street); in Medieval times the area was home to a
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industry * Doby Court – thought to be after a local landowner; prior to 1800 called Maidenhead Court * Dorset Buildings and Dorset Rise – Salisbury Court, London home of the bishops of Salisbury, formerly stood near here; after the Dissolution of the Monasteries it passed to
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (153619 April 1608) was an English statesman, poet, and dramatist. He was the son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. He was a Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer. Biography Early life ...
* Dowgate Hill – after a former
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leading to the Thames here; it was formerly ''Duuegate'', Old English for 'dove' (possibly a personal name), or possibly simply from the word 'down' * Drapers Gardens – after the adjacent Worshipful Company of Drapers building * Dukes Place – after Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, who inherited a house near here from his uncle Thomas Audley, who had gained the land following the Dissolution of the Monasteries * Dunster Court – corruption of St Dunstan's Court, as it lay in the parish of
St Dunstan-in-the-East St Dunstan-in-the-East was a Church of England parish church on St Dunstan's Hill, halfway between London Bridge and the Tower of London in the City of London. The church was largely destroyed in the Second World War and the ruins are now a publi ...
* Dyer's Buildings – after almshouses owned by the
Worshipful Company of Dyers The Worshipful Company of Dyers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Dyers' Guild existed in the twelfth century; it received a Royal Charter in 1471. It originated as a trade association for members of the dyeing industry ...
formerly located here


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* Eastcheap – as it was the eastern end of the former Cheapside market * East Harding Street and West Harding Street – after local 16th-century property owner Agnes Harding, who bequeathed the surrounding area to the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths for the upkeep of widows * East Passage – presumably descriptive * East Poultry Avenue and West Poultry Avenue – after the meat trade here at Smithfield Market * Eldon Street – after
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, (4 June 1751 – 13 January 1838) was a British barrister and politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1801 and 1806 and again between 1807 and 1827. Background and education Eldon ...
, Lord Chancellor in the early 19th century, or a tavern named after him * Elm Court – after the elm trees in the Temple Gardens * Essex Court – presumably after the earls of Essex, who owned a townhouse near here (hence the nearby Essex Street) * Exchange Arcade, Exchange Place and Exchange Square


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* Falcon Court – after a former inn or shop of this name * Falcon Highwalk *
Fann Street Fann Street is a street in the City of London. It runs west–east, from its junction with Aldersgate Street and Goswell Road in the west, to the junction with Golden Lane in the east. In its original form of Fann's Alley the street was almost ...
– thought to be named after a local property owner or tradesman of this name *
Farringdon Street Farringdon Road is a road in Clerkenwell, London. Route Farringdon Road is part of the A201 route connecting King's Cross to Elephant and Castle. It goes southeast from King's Cross, crossing Rosebery Avenue, then turns south, crossing Cl ...
– from Sir William or Nicholas de Farnedon/Faringdon, local sheriffs or aldermen in the 13th century * Fen Court, Fenchurch Avenue, Fenchurch Buildings, Fenchurch Place and
Fenchurch Street Fenchurch Street is a street in London linking Aldgate at its eastern end with Lombard Street and Gracechurch Street in the west. It is a well-known thoroughfare in the City of London financial district and is the site of many corporate office ...
– after a fen which was formerly located near here, and possibly the former
St Gabriel Fenchurch St Gabriel Fenchurch (or Fen Church as recorded on the Ordnance Survey) was a parish church in the Langbourn Ward of the City of London, destroyed in the Great Fire of London and not rebuilt. History The church stood between Rood Lane and Min ...
*
Fetter Lane Fetter Lane is a street in the ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London. It forms part of the A4 road and runs between Fleet Street at its southern end and Holborn. History The street was originally called Faytor or Faiter Lane, then Fe ...
and New Fetter Lane – formerly Fewter Lane, a Medieval term for an idler, stemming originally from the
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('lawyer') * Finch Lane – after Robert Fink (some sources: Aelfwin Finnk), who paid for the rebuilding of the former
St Benet Fink St Benet Fink was a church and parish in the City of London located on what is now Threadneedle Street. Recorded since the 13th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666, then rebuilt to the designs of Sir Christop ...
Church in the 13th century; the church was destroyed in the 1666 Fire, and its replacement demolished in the 1840s * Finsbury Avenue, Finsbury Avenue Square, Finsbury Circus – after a Saxon burgh (settlement) owned by someone called FinnMills, D. (2000). ''Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names''. . * Fish Street Hill, Fish Wharf and Old Fish Street Hill – after the former local fish trade here, centred on Billingsgate Fish Market * Fishmongers Hall Wharf – after the adjacent
Fishmongers' Hall Fishmongers' Hall (sometimes shortened in common parlance to Fish Hall) is a listed building, Grade II* listed building adjacent to London Bridge. It is the headquarters of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, one of the 110 livery companies of ...
* Fleet Place,
Fleet Street Fleet Street is a major street mostly in the City of London. It runs west to east from Temple Bar at the boundary with the City of Westminster to Ludgate Circus at the site of the London Wall and the River Fleet from which the street was na ...
and Old Fleet Lane – after the now covered
river Fleet The River Fleet is the largest of London's subterranean rivers, all of which today contain foul water for treatment. Its headwaters are two streams on Hampstead Heath, each of which was dammed into a series of ponds—the Hampstead Ponds an ...
which flowed near here * Fore Street and Fore Street Avenue – named after its location in front of the City walls * Fort Street – after the former armoury and artillery grounds located near here *
Foster Lane Foster Lane is a short street within Cheap (ward), Cheap ward, in the City of London. It is situated northeast of St Paul's Cathedral and runs southbound Gresham Street to Cheapside. "Foster" is a corruption of 'St Vedast' to whom St Vedast Fost ...
– corruption of Vedast, after the adjacent St Vedast Church * Founders' Court – after the
Worshipful Company of Founders The Worshipful Company of Founders is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, England. The Founders, or workers in brass and bronze, were incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1614. However, with the development of technology, the a ...
, who were formerly based here * Fountain Court – after the 17th-century fountain located here * Frederick's Place – after John Frederick, Lord Mayor of London in 1661 * French Ordinary Court – former site of an 'ordinary' (cheap eating place) for the local French community in the 17th century * Friar Street – after the former Dominican friary that stood here 1276–1538 * Friday Street – after the former local fish trade here, with reference to the popularity of fish on this day owing to the Catholic Friday Fast; the street formerly extended all the way to Cheapside * Frobisher Crescent – after the explorer
Martin Frobisher Sir Martin Frobisher (; c. 1535 – 22 November 1594) was an English seaman and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in north-eastern Canada ...
, who is buried in the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate * Fruiterers Passage – after the
Worshipful Company of Fruiterers The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers is a livery company of the city of London originally and presently concerned with the fruit trade, and a charitable institution. History The Company was founded in 1463 and received a Royal Charter in 1605. ...
, formerly based here * Furnival Street – after the nearby Furnival's Inn, owned by Sir Richard Furnival in the late 1500s * Fye Foot Lane – corruption of ''five foot'', after its original breadth; formerly Finamour Lane, after an individual with this surname


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* Garden Court – after the adjacent Temple Gardens * Gardner's Lane – unknown, though thought to be after a local property owner; formerly called Dunghill Lane in the 18th century * Garlick Hill – as it led to the former Garlick Hythe, a wharf where garlic was unloaded from ships * George Yard – after the adjacent
George and Vulture The George and Vulture is a restaurant in London. There has been an inn on the site, which is off Lombard Street, London, Lombard Street in the historic City of London district, since 1142.The "George and Vulture" in "Pickwick Papers" Cedric Cha ...
pub, or another pub of this name formerly located here * Giltspur Street – thought to be the former location of a spurriers * Gloucester Court * Godliman Street – thought to be after
Godalming Godalming is a market town and civil parish in southwest Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, at the confluence of the Rivers Wey and Ock. The civil parish covers and includes the settleme ...
, Surrey, a family bearing this name, or the selling of godalmins (a type of skin/leather); it was formerly Paul's Chain, after the chain placed here to prevent access to St Paul's churchyard *
Golden Lane Golden Lane ( cs, Zlatá ulička) is a street situated in Prague Castle, Czech Republic. Originally built in the 16th century to house Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II's castle guards, it takes its name from the goldsmiths that lived there ...
– formerly Goldynglane, thought to be after a local property owner of the name Golding/Golda * Goldsmith Street – after the nearby Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths * Goodman's Court and Goodman's Yard – thought to be after the Goodman family, local farmers in the 16th century * Gophir Lane – formerly Gofaire Lane, thought to be for Elias Gofaire, 14th-century property owner * Goring Street – unknown; prior to 1885 known as Castle Court, after a former inn *
Goswell Road Goswell Road, in Central London, is an end part of the A1. The southern part ends with one block, on the east side, in City of London; the rest is in the London Borough of Islington, the north end being Angel. It crosses Old Street/Clerkenwell ...
– there is dispute over the origins of the name, with some sources claiming the road was named after a nearby garden called 'Goswelle' or 'Goderell' which belonged to
Robert de Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk Robert Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG (9 August 1298 – 4 November 1369) was an English peer. He was created Earl of Suffolk in 1337. Early life Born 9 August 1298, Robert Ufford was the second but eldest surviving son of Robert Ufford, 1st B ...
, whilst others state it derives from ''God's Well'', and the traditional pagan practice of well-worship, and others a 'Gode Well' formerly located here * Gough Square – after Richard Gough, wool merchant, local landowners in the early 1700s * Gracechurch Street – formerly Garscherch Street, Grass Church Street and Gracious Street, presumably after a local church (mostly likely St Benet Gracechurch and/or grassy area * Grand Avenue – presumably descriptive * Grant's Quay Wharf * Gravel Lane – descriptive, after its gravelly texture * Great Bell Alley – formerly just Bell Alley, it was named for a former inn * Great Eastern Walk (
Liverpool Street station Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. It is the t ...
) – presumably descriptive, or after the
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company * Great New Street, Little New Street, Middle New Street, New Street Court, New Street Square – built in the mid-1600s, and named simply as they were then new * Great St Helen's and St Helen's Place – after the adjacent
St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate St Helen's Bishopsgate is an Anglican church in London. It is located in Great St Helen's, off Bishopsgate. It is the largest surviving parish church in the City of London. Several notable figures are buried there, and it contains more monuments ...
and former priory here of the same name * Great St Thomas Apostle – after the St Thomas the Apostle church, destroyed in the Great Fire * Great Swan Alley – after a former inn here called The White Swan * Great Tower Street – after the adjacent
Tower of London The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separa ...
* Great Trinity Lane, Little Trinity Lane and Trinity Lane – after the former Holy Trinity the Less church, demolished 1871 * Great Winchester Street – following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the nearby
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was acquired by Sir William Powlet, Lord Treasurer; his son Lord Winchester renamed it for himself * Green Arbour Court – thought to be from a 17th-century inn * The Green Yard * Gresham Street – after
Thomas Gresham Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder (; c. 151921 November 1579), was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 G ...
, merchant and founder the Royal Exchange; the western part of this street was formerly known as Lad Lane, and the eastern part Cat Eaton Street (named literally after the cats here); they were amalgamated in 1845 * Greyfriars Passage – after the
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order, also known as the Grey friars, who owned land here in the Middle Ages * Greystoke Place – after a local 18th-century property owner of this name; prior to this it was Black Raven Alley, after a local inn * Grocer's Hall Court and Grocer's Hall Gardens – after the adjacent
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* Groveland Court * Guildhall Buildings and Guildhall Yard – after the adjacent
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* Guinness Court * Gunpowder Square * Gutter Lane – corruption of ''Guthrun''/''Godrun'', thought to be after an early Danish landowner


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* Half Moon Court – after a former inn of this name * Hammett Street – after its 18th-century builder Benjamin Hammett, also
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in 1797 *
Hanging Sword Alley Hanging Sword Alley is an alley in the Alsatia district of London, running between Whitefriars Street and Salisbury Square, close to Fleet Street. History The alley was first known as Ouldwood Alley in the 16th century, when it was in the manor ...
– thought to be after a former inn, shop or fencing school of this name * Hanseatic Walk – presumably in reference to
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* Hare Place – after Hare House which formerly stood here; formerly Ram Alley, a noted criminal area, prompting the name change * Harp Alley – thought to be after a former 17th-century inn of this name * Harp Lane – after the Harp brewhouse which formerly stood here * Harrow Place – thought to be named for a harrow-making shop formerly located here after a former inn of this name * Hart Street – unknown, formerly ''Herthstrete'' and ''Hertstrete'', possibly after the hearthstone trade here * Hartshorn Alley – after the Hart's Horn inn which formerly stood here * Haydon Street and Haydon Walk – after John Heydon, Master of the Ordnance 1627–42, who lived near here * Hayne Street – after Haynes timber merchants and carpenters, who owned a shop here after a former inn of this name * Hen and Chicken Court – after former here of this name * Heneage Lane and Heneage Place – after Thomas Heneage, who acquired a house here after the dissolution of the nearby abbey *
High Holborn High Holborn ( ) is a street in Holborn and Farringdon Without, Central London, which forms a part of the A40 route from London to Fishguard. It starts in the west at the eastern end of St Giles High Street and runs past the Kingsway and Sou ...
,
Holborn Holborn ( or ) is a district in central London, which covers the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Camden and a part ( St Andrew Holborn Below the Bars) of the Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London. The area has its roots ...
,
Holborn Circus Holborn Circus is a five-way junction at the western extreme of the City of London, specifically between Holborn (St Andrew) and its Hatton Garden (St Alban) part. Its main, east–west, route is the inchoate A40 road. It was designed by the en ...
and
Holborn Viaduct Holborn Viaduct is a road bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it (which forms part of the A40 route). It links Holborn, via Holborn Circus, with Newgate Street, in the City of London financial district, passing over ...
– thought to be from ''hollow bourne'', i.e. the
river Fleet The River Fleet is the largest of London's subterranean rivers, all of which today contain foul water for treatment. Its headwaters are two streams on Hampstead Heath, each of which was dammed into a series of ponds—the Hampstead Ponds an ...
which formerly flowed in a valley near here. The ''High'' stems from the fact that rode led away from the river to higher ground. ''Circus'' is a British term for a road junction, and ''
viaduct A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...
'' is a self-explanatory term. * High Timber Street – after a former timber hythe (
wharf A wharf, quay (, also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more berths (mooring locatio ...
), recorded here from the late 13th century * Hind Court * Hogarth Court – the artist William Hogarth formerly lodged here at a local tavern * Honey Lane – after honey that was formerly sold here as art of the Cheapside market * Hood Court * Hope Square * Hosier Lane – after the former hosiery trade based here *
Houndsditch Houndsditch is a street running through parts of the Portsoken and Bishopsgate Without wards of the City of London; areas which are also a part of the East End of London. The road follows the line of the outside edge of the ditch which once ran ...
– generally thought to be literally after a local ditch where dead dogs were dumped; however, others think it may refer to a nearby kennels * Huggin Court and Huggin Hill – formerly Hoggen Lane, as hogs were kept here * Hutton Street


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* Idol Lane – formerly Idle Lane, it may be a personal name or denote local idlers * India Street – after the former warehouses here of the
East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...
; prior to 1913 it was George Street * Inner Temple Lane – after the adjacent
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* Ireland Yard – after haberdasher William Ireland, who owned a house here in the 1500s *
Ironmonger Lane Ironmonger Lane is a narrow one-way street in the City of London running southbound between Gresham Street and Cheapside. Ironmonger Lane has maintained the same name since at least the 12th century when it was recorded as Ismongerelane; "isen" ...
– an ancient name, after the former ironmongery trade here


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* Jewry Street – after the former Jewish community which was based here; formerly Poor Jewry Street * John Carpenter Street – after John Carpenter, Town Clerk of London in the mid-15th century * John Milton Passage – after the author
John Milton John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem '' Paradise Lost'', written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political ...
* John Trundle Highwalk – after
John Trundle John Trundle (1575–1629) was a London publisher and bookseller. Trundle was born in Chipping Barnet, Herefordshire, but moved to London when regulations issued by the Star Chamber restricted printing to London, Oxford and Cambridge. He served an ...
, 16th–17th-century author and book seller * John Wesley Highwalk – after
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, founder of
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* Johnsons Court – after a local 16th-century property owning family of this name; the connection with
Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709  – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The ''Oxford ...
is coincidental


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* Keats Place * Kennett Wharf Lane – after its late 18th-century owner * Kinghorn Street – formerly King Street, renamed in 1885 to avoid confusion with many other streets of this name * Kingscote Street – formerly King Edward Street (for Edward VI), renamed in 1885 to avoid confusion with the street of this name off Newgate Street * King Street – built after the Great Fire and named for Charles II * King Edward Street – named for Edward VI, who turned the adjacent Greyfriars monastery into a hospital; it was formerly known as Stinking Lane * King William Street – named for William IV, reigning monarch when the street was built in 1829–1835 * King's Arms Yard – named after a former inn of this name *
King's Bench Walk King's Bench Walk is a street in Temple, London, Temple, in the City of London. It is mainly made up of barristers' chambers. History King's Bench Walk is located in the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court. The other three Inns of Court ...
– named for the adjacent housing for lawyers of the
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* Knightrider Court and
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– thought to be literally a street where knights used to ride


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* Lakeside Terrace – descriptive * Lambert Jones Mews – after Lambert Jones, Victorian-era councilman * Lambeth Hill – corruption of ''Lambert''/''Lambart'', local property owner * Langthorn Court – named after a former property owner of this name * Lauderdale Place – named for the
Earls of Lauderdale Earl of Lauderdale is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The current holder of the title is Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale. The title was created in 1624 for John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire. The second Ea ...
, who owned a house here * Laurence Pountney Hill and Laurence Pountney Lane – after the former
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church, built by
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but destroyed in the Great Fire * Lawrence Lane – after the nearby St Lawrence Jewry church *
Leadenhall Market Leadenhall Market is a covered market in London, located on Gracechurch Street but with vehicular access also available via Whittington Avenue to the north and Lime Street to the south and east, and additional pedestrian access via a number of ...
, Leadenhall Place and
Leadenhall Street __NOTOC__ Leadenhall Street () is a street in the City of London. It is about and links Cornhill, London, Cornhill in the west to Aldgate in the east. It was formerly the start of the A11 road (England), A11 road from London to Norwich, but th ...
– after the Leaden Hall, a house owned by Sir Hugh Neville in the 14th century * Lime Street – Medieval name denoting a place of lime kilns * Limeburner Lane – after the lime-burning trade formerly located here * Lindsey Street – unknown *
Little Britain Little Britain may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little Britain'' (sketch show), a British radio and then TV show ** ''Little Britain USA'', an American spin-off * "Little Britain", a song by Dreadzone from the 1995 album '' Second Light'' ...
– thought to be after Robert le Bretoun, 13th-century local landowner, probably from
Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
* Little Somerset Street * Liverpool Street – built in 1829 and named for
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. He held many important cabinet offices such as Foreign Secret ...
, Prime Minister 1812–1827 * Lloyd's Avenue – as the headquarters of the
Lloyd's Register Lloyd's Register Group Limited (LR) is a technical and professional services organisation and a maritime classification society, wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and ...
(named for
Lloyd's Coffee House A 19th-century drawing of Lloyd's Coffee House Lloyd's Coffee House was a significant meeting place in London in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was opened by Edward Lloyd (c. 1648 – 15 February 1713) on Tower Street in 1686. The establis ...
) were located here * Lombard Court and Lombard Lane – from
Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
, as this area was home to a community from there; the name was altered from Lombard Street to avoid confusion with the other street of this name * Lombard Street – from the wool merchants from
Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
who traded and lent money here from the 13th century onwards *
London Bridge Several bridges named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel. It r ...
– self-explanatory; for centuries this was the only bridge crossing the Thames * London Street and New London Street – named after local 18th-century property owner John London, not the city; the 'New' section was a later extension *
London Wall The London Wall was a defensive wall first built by the Romans around the strategically important port town of Londinium in AD 200, and is now the name of a modern street in the City of London. It has origins as an initial mound wall and di ...
– after the city wall which formerly ran along this route (though there are still some ruins visible) * Long Lane – a descriptive name *
Lothbury Lothbury is a short street in the City of London. It runs east–west with traffic flow in both directions, from Gresham Street's junction with Moorgate to the west, and Bartholomew Lane's junction with Throgmorton Street to the east. History ...
– meaning 'burgh of Lotha/Hlothere', a 7th-century name * Lovat Street – thought to be either a corruption of Lucas Lane, after a local landowner, or for Lord Lovat, local politician; it was formerly Love Lane, probably a euphemism for prostitution, and changed to avoid confusion with the other city lane of this name * Love Lane – unknown, but possible with reference to the prostitution that occurred here in the 16th century; it was formerly Roper Lane, probably after the rope-making trade, but possibly after a person with this surname *
Lower Thames Street Thames Street, divided into Lower and Upper Thames Street, is a road in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London. It forms part of the busy A3211 route (prior to being rebuilt as a major thoroughfare in the late 1960s, it ...
and
Upper Thames Street Thames Street, divided into Lower and Upper Thames Street, is a road in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London. It forms part of the busy A3211 route (prior to being rebuilt as a major thoroughfare in the late 1960s, it ...
– thought to mark the bank of the Thames in Roman/Saxon times * Ludgate Broadway,
Ludgate Circus Ludgate Circus is a road junction in the City of London where Farringdon Street/New Bridge Street (the A201) crosses Fleet Street/Ludgate Hill. (Ludgate Hill is a gentle rise to St Paul's Cathedral.) Fleet Street was the only direct road betwe ...
, Ludgate Hill and Ludgate Square – the former city gate of this name that formerly stood here, thought to be an
Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
term for 'postern-gate'


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* Mac's Place * Magpie Alley – after a former inn here of this name * Mansell Street – named after either local landowner
Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet Sir William Leman, 2nd Baronet (19 December 1637 – 18 July 1701) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1690 to 1695. Leman was the son of Sir William Leman, 1st Baronet and his wife Rebecca Prescot, daughter of Edward ...
for his wife Mary Mansell or Mansel Leman, also a local property owner in the 17th century * Mansion House Place and
Mansion House Street Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. It is a Grade I listed building. Designed by George Dance in the Palladian style, it was built primarily in the 1740s. The Mansion House is used for some of the City of Lon ...
– after the adjacent Mansion House * Mark Lane – unknown, though possibly a corruption of ''Martha''; formerly known as Martlane and Marke Lane * Martin Lane – after the former
St Martin Orgar St Martin Orgar was a church in the City of London in Martin Lane, off Cannon Street. Its name is said to derive from one Ordgarus (Odgarus, Orgarus, Ordgar, Orgar), a Dane who donated the church to the canons of St Paul’s. It is sometimes ...
church, demolished (save for the tower) in 1820 * Mason's Avenue – after the
Worshipful Company of Masons The Worshipful Company of Masons is one of the ancient Livery Companies of the City of London, number 30 in the order of precedence of the 110 companies. It was granted Arms in 1472, during the reign of King Edward IV; its motto is “God Is ...
, whose headquarters formerly stood here * Middle Street – descriptive * Middlesex Passage – formerly Middlesex Court, thought to be after Middlesex House which formerly stood here * Middlesex Street (
Petticoat Lane Petticoat Lane Market is a fashion and clothing market in Spitalfields, London. It consists of two adjacent street markets. Wentworth Street Market is open six days a week and Middlesex Street Market is open on Sunday only. The modern market ...
) and Petticoat Square – as this street forms the boundary of the city with the county of
Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...
, with the alternative name Petticoat stemming from the clothes market formerly held here; prior to 1602 it was known as Hog Lane after the animal * Middle Temple Lane – after the adjacent
Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn an ...
* Milk Street – after the milk and dairy trade that formerly occurred here in connection with the nearby Cheapside market *
Millennium Bridge Several bridges are known as the Millennium Bridge: * in the United Kingdom **Gateshead Millennium Bridge ** Lune Millennium Bridge, Lancaster ** Millennium Bridge, Glasgow ** Millennium Bridge, London ** Millennium Bridge (Salford Quays) ** Teesqua ...
– as it was built to commemorate the 2000 millennium * Milton Court and Milton Street – after an early 19th-century lease owner of this name, or possibly the poet
John Milton John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem '' Paradise Lost'', written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political ...
; prior to this it was Grub/Grubbe Street, after the former owner, or perhaps to a ''grube'' ('drain') * Mincing Lane – after /, a term for the nuns who formerly held property here prior to 1455 * Minerva Walk * Miniver Place – after the type of fur, named by connection with the nearby Skinner's Hall *
Minories Minories ( ) is the name of a small former administrative unit, and also of a street in central London. Both the street and the former administrative area take their name from the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate. Both are ...
– after a former church/convent here of the Little Sisters () nuns * Minster Court and Minster Pavement * Mitre Square and Mitre Street – after the former Mitre Inn which stood near here * Modern Court * Monkwell Square – after the former street here also of this name, variously recorded as ''Mogwellestrate'' or ''Mukewellestrate'', and thought to refer to a well owned by one Mucca * Montague Street – after Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, who owned a mansion here * Monument Street – after the nearby
Monument to the Great Fire of London The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a fluted Doric column in London, England, situated near the northern end of London Bridge. Commemorating the Great Fire of London, it stands at the junct ...
* Moorfields and Moorfield Highwalk – after the marshy moorlands that formerly stood here * Moorgate and Moorgate Place – after the gate, leading to the marshy moorlands beyond, that formerly stood here * Moor Lane and Moor Place – after the marshy moorlands that formerly stood here * Muscovy Street – after the
Muscovy Company The Muscovy Company (also called the Russia Company or the Muscovy Trading Company russian: Московская компания, Moskovskaya kompaniya) was an English trading company chartered in 1555. It was the first major chartered joint ...
of Elizabethan times, or the Russian merchants formerly based here


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* Nettleton Court * Nevill Lane * New Bell Yard * New Bridge Street – named in 1765 as it leads to the then-new Blackfriars Bridge * Newbury Street – formerly New Street, renamed 1890 to avoid confusion with other streets of this name * Newcastle Close – either after a former inn called the Castle located here, or after the
city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
, with reference to the coal trade here * Newcastle Court * New Change, New Change Passage and Old Change Court – formerly Old Change, and named for a former mint and gold exchange here * New Court – built circa 1700 and named simply because it was then new * Newgate Street – after a new gate built here in the 1000s; the eastern part of this street was formerly Bladder Street, after the bladder selling trade here * Newman's Court – after Lawrence Newman, who leased land here in the 17th century * New Street – named simply as it was new when first built * New Union Street – named as it united Moor Lane and Moorfields; it was formerly Gunn Alley * Nicholas Lane and Nicholas Passage – after the former
St Nicholas Acons St Nicholas Acons was a parish church in the City of London. In existence by the late 11th century, it was destroyed during the Great Fire of London of 1666 and not rebuilt. History The church was situated on the west side of Nicholas Lane in ...
church, destroyed in the Great Fire * Noble Street – after Thomas de Noble, local 14th-century property developer * Northumberland Alley – after Northumberland House, house of the Earls of Northumberland, which formerly stood here * Norton Folgate – the former word a corruption of ''North Town'', and the latter after the local Folgate family * Norwich Street – unknown; formerly Norwich Court, and prior to that Magpie Yard, probably from a local inn * Nun Court – thought to be after a local builder/property owner


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* Oat Lane – as oats were formerly sold here in the Middle Ages * Octagon Arcade (Broadgate) *
Old Bailey The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands, is a criminal court building in central London, one of several that house the Crown Court of England and Wales. The s ...
– after a bailey fortification that formerly stood here * Old Billingsgate Walk – after the former watergate of this name, the derivation of ''Billings'' is unknown *
Old Jewry Old Jewry is a one-way street in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London. It is located within Coleman Street ward and links Poultry to Gresham Street. The street now contains mainly offices for financial companies. The ...
– after a Saxon-era settlement of Jews here, thought to be termed ''Old'' following the Edict of Expulsion of all Jews from England by
Edward I Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vassal o ...
* Old Mitre Court – after a former tavern of this name here * Old Seacole Lane – thought to be after the coal trade that came from the sea and up the
river Fleet The River Fleet is the largest of London's subterranean rivers, all of which today contain foul water for treatment. Its headwaters are two streams on Hampstead Heath, each of which was dammed into a series of ponds—the Hampstead Ponds an ...
here * Old Watermen's Walk * Outwich Street – after either ''Oteswich''/''Ottewich'', meaning 'Otho's dwelling', a name for this area of London in the early Middle Ages or the former
St Martin Outwich St Martin Outwich was a parish church in the City of London, on the corner of Threadneedle Street and Bishopsgate. Of medieval origin, it was rebuilt at the end of the 18th century and demolished in 1874. Early history A church of St Martin w ...
church, named for the Outwich family, demolished 1874 * Oystergate Walk – after a watergate here, and the
oyster Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but not al ...
trade * Oxford Court – after a former house here owned by the Earls of Oxford


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* Pageantmaster Court * Pancras Lane – after
St Pancras, Soper Lane St Pancras, Soper Lane, was a parish church in the City of London, in England. Of medieval origin, it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt. History St Pancras, Soper Lane, was in the Ward of Cheap, City of London.
church which stood here until destroyed in the Great Fire; it was formerly Needlers Lane, after the needle making trade here * Panyer Alley – after a Medieval brewery here called the ''panyer'' (basket) * Paternoster Lane,
Paternoster Row Paternoster Row was a street in the City of London that was a centre of the London publishing trade, with booksellers operating from the street. Paternoster Row was described as "almost synonymous" with the book trade. It was part of an area cal ...
and
Paternoster Square Paternoster Square is an urban development, owned by the Mitsubishi Estate, next to St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London. The area, which takes its name from Paternoster Row, once centre of the London publishing trade, was devastated by aer ...
– after the paternoster (rosary) makers who formerly worked here * Paul's Walk * Pemberton Row – after
James Pemberton Sir James Pemberton (1550 – 8 September 1613) was an English goldsmith who was Lord Mayor of London in 1611. Pemberton was born in Wrightington, probably the son of a farmer of Heskin, Lancashire. He went to London in 1567 to take an appren ...
,
Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powe ...
in 1611 *
Pepys Street Pepys Street is a street in the City of London, linking Seething Lane in the west to Cooper's Row in the east. Savage Gardens crosses the street. When the Port of London Authority Building was erected in 1923, Colchester Street was extended to ...
– after 17th-century diarist
Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys (; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator. He served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament and is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade. Pepys had no mariti ...
, who lived and worked here * Peterborough Court – after the abbots of
Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...
, who prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries had a house here * Peter's Hill – after St Peter, Paul's Wharf church, which formerly stood here until destroyed in the 1666 fire * Petty Wales – unknown, but possibly after a Welsh community formerly based here *
Philpot Lane Philpot Lane is a short street in London, United Kingdom, running from Eastcheap in the south to Fenchurch Street in the north. It is named after Sir John Philpot, Lord Mayor of London from 1378 to 1379. It is the site of London's smallest pu ...
– commemorates prominent local family the Philpots; originally probably after John Philpot, 14th-century grocer * Pilgrim Street – thought to be a former route for pilgrims to
St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...
; formerly known as Stonecutters Alley and Little Bridge Street * Pindar Street – after
Paul Pindar Sir Paul Pindar (1565–1650) was a merchant and, from 1611 to 1620, was Ambassador of King James I of England to the Ottoman Empire. Born in Wellingborough and educated at Wellingborough School Pindar entered trade as the apprentice to an Itali ...
, 14th–16th-century diplomat, who had a house here * Pinner's Passage * Plaisterers Highwalk – after the nearby
Worshipful Company of Plaisterers The Worshipful Company of Plaisterers is one of the livery companies in the City of London. The Plaisterers' Company was incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1501 and whilst the spelling used in the charter was "Plaisterer", some later charters ...
* Plantation Lane * Playhouse Yard – after the
Blackfriars Playhouse The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) is a regional theatre company located in Staunton, Virginia, that focuses on the plays of William Shakespeare; his contemporaries Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Christopher Marlowe; and works related ...
, which stood here in the 17th century * Pleydell Court and Pleydell Street – formerly Silver Street, it was renamed in 1848 by association with the neighbouring Bouverie Street; the Bouverie family were by this time known as the Pleydell-Bouveries * Plough Court – thought to be either from an inn of this name, or an ironmongers; formerly Plough Yard * Plough Place – after the Plough/Plow, a 16th-century eating place located here * Plumtree Court – thought to be after either literally a plumtree, or else an inn of this name * Pope's Head Alley – after the Pope's Head Tavern which formerly stood here, thought to stem from the 14th-century Florentine merchants who were in Papal service * Poppins Court – shortening of Popinjay Court, meaning a parrot; it is thought to stem from the crest of
Cirencester Abbey Cirencester Abbey or St Mary's Abbey, Cirencester in Gloucestershire was founded as an Augustinian monastery in 1117 on the site of an earlier church, the oldest-known Saxon church in England, which had itself been built on the site of a Roman stru ...
(which featured the bird), who owned a town house here * Portsoken Street – after ''port-soke'', as it was a soke near a port (gate) of the City * Post Office Court – after the General Post Office which formerly stood near here *
Poultry Poultry () are domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, their meat or their feathers. These birds are most typically members of the superorder Galloanserae (fowl), especially the order Galliformes (which includes chickens, quails, a ...
– after the poultry which was formerly sold at the market here * Priest's Court – with allusion to the adjacent St Vedast Church * Primrose Hill – thought to be named after a builder of this name, or possibly the primroses which formerly grew here; formerly called Salisbury Court, as it approaches Salisbury Square * Primrose Street – thought to be named after a builder of this name, or possibly the primroses which formerly grew here * Prince's Street – named in reference to the adjacent King and Queen Streets * Printers Inn Court – after the printing industry which formerly flourished here * Printer Street – after the printing industry which formerly flourished here * Priory Court * Prudent Passage * Pudding Lane – from the former term ''pudding'' meaning animals' entrails, which were dumped here in Medieval times by local butchers; it was formerly Rothersgate, after a watergate located here *
Puddle Dock Puddle Dock is a street in Blackfriars in the City of London. It was once the site of one of London's docks, and was later the site of the Mermaid Theatre. The dock was filled in during redevelopment in the 1960s and 1970s. As a dock Berkele ...
– thought to be either descriptive (after the water here), or named for a local wharf owner of this name * Pump Court – after a former pump located here


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* Quaggy Walk * Quality Court – a descriptive name, as it was superior when built compared with the surrounding streets * Queenhithe – formerly ''Ethelredshythe'', after its founder King Æthelred the Unready, and ''hythe,'' meaning 'a wharf/landing place'; it was renamed after its later owner Matilda of Scotland, wife of
Henry I Henry I may refer to: 876–1366 * Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936) * Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955) * Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018) * Henry I of France (1008–1060) * Henry I the Long, Margrave of the No ...
* Queen Isabella Way – * Queens Head Passage – after a former house here called the Queens Head, demolished 1829 * Queen Street and Queen Street Place – named in honour of Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II * Queen Victoria Street – built in 1871 and named for the then reigning monarch


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* Rangoon Street – after the former warehouses here of the
East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...
, Burma then been part of British India * Red Lion Court – after a former inn of this name *
Regent Street Regent Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. It is named after George, the Prince Regent (later George IV) and was laid out under the direction of the architect John Nash and James Burton. It runs from Waterloo Place ...
– after the Prince Regent * Rising Sun Court – after the adjacent
pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
of this name * Robin Hood Court – thought to be after a former inn of this name * Rolls Buildings and Rolls Passage – the former site of a house containing the rolls of Chancery * Rood Lane – after a former rood (cross) set up at St Margaret Pattens in the early 16th century; it became an object of veneration and offering, which helped pay for the repair of the church, but was torn down in 1558 as an item of excessive superstition * Ropemaker Street – descriptive, after the rope making trade formerly located here * Rose Alley – after a former inn of this name * Rose and Crown Court * Rose Street – after a former tavern of this name here; it was formerly Dicer Lane, possibly after either a dice maker here, or a corruption of ''ditcher'' * Royal Exchange Avenue and Royal Exchange Buildings – after the adjacent Royal Exchange * Russia Row – possibly to commemorate
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
's entry into the
Napoleonic wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...


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* St Alphage Garden and St Alphage Highwalk – after the adjacent
St Alphege London Wall St Alphege or St Alphage London Wall was a church in Bassishaw Ward in the City of London, built directly upon London Wall. It was also known as St Alphege Cripplegate, from its proximity to Cripplegate. It is now operated as St&nb ...
church, now surviving only in ruins * St Andrew Street – after the adjacent St Andrew's Church * St Andrew's Hill – after the adjacent
St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe is a Church of England church located on Queen Victoria Street, London in the City of London, near Blackfriars station. History First mentioned around 1170, St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe was almost certainly founded conside ...
church * St Benet's Place – after the former St Benet Gracechurch which stood near here; destroyed in the Great Fire, its replacement was then demolished in 1868 * St Botolph Row and St Botolph Street – after the adjacent St Botolph's Aldgate church * St Clare Street – after a former church/convent here of the Little Sisters of St Clare * St Dunstan's Alley, St Dunstan's Hill and St Dunstan's Lane – after the former
St Dunstan-in-the-East St Dunstan-in-the-East was a Church of England parish church on St Dunstan's Hill, halfway between London Bridge and the Tower of London in the City of London. The church was largely destroyed in the Second World War and the ruins are now a publi ...
church, largely destroyed in the Blitz and now a small garden * St Dunstan's Court – after the nearby
St Dunstan-in-the-West The Guild Church of St Dunstan-in-the-West is in Fleet Street in the City of London. It is dedicated to Dunstan, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is of medieval origin, although the present building, with an octagonal ...
church * St Georges Court – after the former
St George Botolph Lane St George Botolph Lane was a church off Eastcheap, in the ward of Billingsgate in the City of London. The rear of the church overlooked Pudding Lane, where the fire of London started. It was first recorded in the twelfth century, and destroyed in ...
church nearby, demolished in 1904 * St Giles Terrace – after the adjacent St Giles-without-Cripplegate church * St James's Passage – after
St James Duke's Place St James Duke's Place was an Anglican parish church in the Aldgate ward of the City of London It was established in the early 17th century, rebuilt in 1727 and closed and demolished in 1874. History The area which was to become Duke's Place was o ...
church, demolished 1874 * St Katherine's Row – after the St Katherine Coleman church, demolished in 1926 * St Margaret's Close – after the adjacent
St Margaret Lothbury St Margaret Lothbury is a Church of England parish church on Lothbury in the City of London; it spans the boundary between Coleman Street Ward and Broad Street Ward. Recorded since the 12th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of ...
church * St Martin's le Grand – after a former church of this name here, demolished in 1538 * St Mary at Hill – after the St Mary-at-Hill church here *
St Mary Axe St Mary Axe was a medieval parish in the City of London whose name survives as that of the street which formerly occupied it. The Church of St Mary Axe was demolished in 1561 and its parish united with that of St Andrew Undershaft, which is ...
– after the former Church of St Mary Axe here, demolished in the 1500s * St Michael's Alley – after the adjacent
St Michael, Cornhill St Michael, Cornhill, is a medieval parish church in the City of London with pre-Norman Conquest parochial foundation. It lies in the ward of Cornhill. The medieval structure was lost in the Great Fire of London, and replaced by the present bui ...
church * St Mildred's Court – after the former St Mildred, Poultry church, demolished 1872 * St Olave's Court – after the former
St Olave Old Jewry St Olave's Church, Old Jewry, sometimes known as ''Upwell Old Jewry'', was a church in the City of London located between the street called Old Jewry and Ironmonger Lane. Destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the church was rebuilt by t ...
church here, of which only the tower remains * St Paul's Churchyard – after the adjacent
St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...
; the churchyard was formerly far more extensive, but has since been built over * St Peter's Alley – after the adjacent St Peter upon Cornhill church * St Swithins Lane – after the former
St Swithin, London Stone St Swithin, London Stone, was an Anglican Church in the City of London. It stood on the north side of Cannon Street, between Salters' Hall Court and St Swithin's Lane, which runs north from Cannon Street to King William Street and takes its name f ...
, largely destroyed in the Blitz and later demolished * Salisbury Court and Salisbury Square – after the London house of the bishops of Salisbury, located here prior to the Reformation * Salters Court – after the former hall of the
Worshipful Company of Salters The Worshipful Company of Salters is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, 9th in order of precedence. The Company originated as the Guild of Corpus Christi, which was granted a Royal Charter of incorporation in 1394. Further Char ...
, moved in 1600 * Salter's Hall Court – after the former hall of the
Worshipful Company of Salters The Worshipful Company of Salters is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, 9th in order of precedence. The Company originated as the Guild of Corpus Christi, which was granted a Royal Charter of incorporation in 1394. Further Char ...
, destroyed in the Blitz * Sandy's Row – after a builder or property owner of this name * Saracens Head Yard – after a former inn of this name *
Savage Gardens Savage Gardens is a minor street in the City of London, connecting Crutched Friars in the north to Trinity Square in the south, crossing Pepys Street. It was part-pedestrianised in 2011, with the carriageway remaining between Pepys Street and T ...
– after Thomas Savage, who owned a house here in the 1620s * Scott's Lane * Seething Lane – formerly ''Shyvethenestrat'' and ''Sivethenelane'', deriving from
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, meaning 'chaff/siftings', after the local corn threshing * Serjeants Inn – after the former Serjeant's Inn located here before the Blitz * Sermon Lane – thought to be after Adam la Sarmoner, 13th-century landowner * Shafts Court – named after a
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(or 'shaft') that formerly stood nearby at the junction of Leadenhall Street and St Mary Axe * Sherborne Lane – earlier Shirebourne Lane, alteration of the Medieval Shitteborelane, in reference to a public privy here * Ship Tavern Passage – after the nearby
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tavern * Shoe Lane – as this lane formerly led to a shoe-shaped landholding/field * Shorter Street *
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– thought to be named for its late 18th-century builder, or the
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trade formerly located here * Sise Lane – as it formerly led to
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church, which was dedicated to
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(later corrupted to ''Sythe'', then ''Sise'') * Skinners Lane – after the fur trade that was former prevalent here; it was formerly Maiden Lane, after a local inn or shop * Smithfield Street and West Smithfield – derives from the
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'smooth-field', a series of fields outside the City walls * Snow Hill and Snow Hill Court – formerly Snore Hill or Snowrehill, exact meaning unknown * Southampton Buildings – after Southampton House which formerly stood here, built for the bishops of Lincoln in the 12th century and later acquired by the earls of Southampton * South Place and South Place Mews – named as it is south of Moorfields * Southwark Bridge – as it leads to
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* Speed Highwalk – after
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, Stuart-era mapmaker, who is buried in the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate * Staining Lane – from Saxon-era , meaning place owned by the people of Staines * Staple Inn and Staple Inn Buildings – after the adjacent Staple Inn * Star Alley – after a former inn here of this name * Stationer's Hall Court – after the adjacent hall of the
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* Steelyard Passage – after the Hanseatic League Base, now under Cannon St. Station * Stew Lane – after a former stew (hot bath) here * Stonecutter Street – after the former stonecutting trade that took place here * Stone House Court – after a former medieval building here called the Stone House * Stoney Lane – simply a descriptive name, streets typically being mud tracks in former times * Suffolk Lane – after a former house here belonging to the dukes of Suffolk * Sugar Bakers Court – presumably descriptive * Sugar Quay Walk – presumably descriptive * Sun Court * Sun Street and Sun Street Passage – after a former inn of this name * Swan Lane – after a former inn here called the Olde Swanne; formerly Ebbgate, after a watergate here * Swedeland Court – after the former Swedish community based here


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* Talbot Court – after a former inn of this name (or ''Tabard'') * Tallis Street – after the 16th-century composer
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, by connection with the adjacent former Guildhall School of Music and Drama * Telegraph Street – renamed (from Bell Alley, after a former inn) when the General Post Office's telegraph department opened there * Temple Avenue and Temple Lane – after the adjacent
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legal district * The Terrace (off King's Bench Walk) – presumably descriptive * Thavies Inn – after a house here owned by the armourer Thomas (or John) Thavie in the 14th century * Thomas More Highwalk – after 16th-century author and statesman Thomas More * Threadneedle Street and Threadneedle Walk – originally Three Needle Street, after the sign on a needle shop located here, later corrupted due to the obvious collocation of 'thread' and 'needle' * Three Barrels Walk * Three Cranes Walk * Three Nun Court * Three Quays Walk * Throgmorton Avenue and
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– after 16th-century diplomat Nicholas Throckmorton; the Avenue was built in 1876 * Tokenhouse Yard – after a 17th-century token house here (a house selling tokens during coin shortages) * Took's Court – after local 17th-century builder/owner Thomas Tooke * Tower Hill Terrace – after the adjacent
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* Tower Royal – after a former Medieval tower and later royal lodging house that stood here; ''Royal'' is in fact a corruption of La Réole, France, where local wine merchants hailed from * Trig Lane – after one of several people with the surname Trigge, recorded here in the Middle Ages * Trinity Square – after the adjacent Trinity House * Trump Street – unknown, but thought to be after either a local builder or property owner or the local
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-making industry * Tudor Street – after the
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, with reference to
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's nearby
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* Turnagain Lane – descriptive, as it is a dead-end; recorded in the 13th century as ''Wendageyneslane''


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* Undershaft – named after a
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(or 'shaft') that formerly stood nearby at the junction of Leadenhall Street and St Mary Axe * Union Court – named as when built it connected Wormwood Street to Old Broad Street


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* Victoria Avenue – named in 1901 in honour of
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*
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– after
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, reigning queen at the time of the building of the Thames Embankment * Vine Street – formerly Vine Yard, unknown but thought to be ether from a local inn or a vineyard * Vintners Court – after the adjacent
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building; the area has been associated with the wine trade as far back as the 10th century * Viscount Street – formerly Charles Street, both names after the Charles Egerton, Viscount Brackley, of which there were three in the 17th–18th centuries


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* Waithman Street – after
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, Lord Mayor of London 1823–1833 *
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and Walbrook Wharf – after the
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stream which formerly flowed here, possibly with reference to the Anglo-Saxon meaning 'foreigner' (i.e. the native Britons, or 'Welsh') * Wardrobe Place and Wardrobe Terrace – after the
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which formerly stood here until destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 * Warwick Lane, Warwick Passage and Warwick Square – after the Neville family, earls of Warwick, who owned a house near here in the 1400s; formerly Old Dean's Lane, after a house here resided in by the Dean of St Paul's * Watergate – after a
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which stood here on the Thames * Water Lane – after a former watergate that stood here by the Thames; formerly Spurrier Lane * Watling Court and Watling Street – corrupted from the old name of Athelingestrate (Saxon Prince Street), by association with the more famous Roman
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* Well Court – after the numerous wells formerly located in this area * Whalebone Court * Whitecross Place * Whitecross Street – after a former white cross which stood near here in the 1200s * Whitefriars Street – after the
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order (known as the White friars), who were granted land here by
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* White Hart Court – after a former inn of this name * White Hart Street * White Horse Yard – after a former inn of this name * White Kennett Street – after White Kennett, rector of St Botolph's Aldgate in the early 1700s * White Lion Court – after a former inn of this name, destroyed by fire in 1765 * White Lion Hill – this formerly led to White Lion Wharf, which is thought to have been named after a local inn * White Lyon Court * Whittington Avenue – after
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, former Lord Mayor of London * Widegate Street – thought to be after a gate that formerly stood on this street; formerly known as Whitegate Alley * Willoughby Highwalk – presumably after Sir Francis Willoughby, who is buried in the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate Church * Wilson Street * Wine Office Court – after an office here that granted licenses to sell wine in the 17th century * Wood Street – as wood and fire logs were sold here as part of the Cheapside market *
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– after the wormwood formerly grown here for medicine * Wrestler's Court – after a former Tudor-era house here of this name


See also

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References

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City A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
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