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The Barbican is a residential estate built during the 1960s and the 1970s in the City of London.

During World War II, the City suffered serious damage and loss of life. The Cripplegate ward was virtually demolished and by 1951 the resident population of the City stood at 5,324 of whom 48 lived in Cripplegate. Discussions began in 1952 about the future of the site, and the decision to build new residential properties was taken by the Court of Common Council on 19 September 1957.

The estate was built between 1965 and 1976, on a 35-acre site that had been bombed in World War II. The complex was designed by architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, whose first work was the ground-breaking Golden Lane Estate immediately north of the Barbican. The estate of 40 acres was officially opened in 1969 and is now home to around 4000 people living in 2014 flats. The flats reflect the widespread use in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s of concrete as the visible face of the building.

It contains, or is adjacent to, the Barbican Arts Centre, the Museum of London, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Barbican public library and the City of London School for Girls, forming the Barbican Complex. The complex is a prominent example of British brutalist architecture and is Grade II listed as a whole with the exception of the former Milton Court. Milton Court once contained a fire station, medical facilities and some flats and was demolished to allow the construction of a new apartment complex which also contains additional facilities for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

The residential estate consists of 13 terrace blocks, grouped around a lake and green squares. The main buildings rise up to seven floors above a podium level, which links all the facilities in the Barbican, providing a pedestrian route above street level. Some maisonettes are built into the podium structure. There is no vehicular access within the estate, but there are some car parks at the periphery of the estate. Public car parks are located within the Barbican Centre.

What is now Barbican station was opened by the Metropolitan Railway in December 1865 when they extended their original route between Paddington and Farringdon.

The station was first called Aldersgate Street, this being the name of the street on which it stands. This changed to Aldersgate on 1 November 1910, then to Aldersgate and Barbican in 1923, and to the present name from 1 December 1968.

The station replaced an earlier building at 134 Aldersgate Street, which for many years had a sign claiming ’This was Shakespeare’s House’. Although the building was very close to the nearby Fortune Playhouse, there is no documentary evidence that Shakespeare lived here; a subsidy roll from 1598 shows a William Shakespeare as owner of the property, but there is nothing to indicate that it is the playwright.


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C Hobbs   
Added: 31 Jan 2024 23:53 GMT   

George Gut (1853 - 1861)
George Gut, Master Baker lived with his family in Long Lane.
George was born in Bernbach, Hesse, Germany and came to the UK sometime in the 1840s. In 1849, George married an Englishwoman called Matilda Baker and became a nauralized Englishman. He was given the Freedom of the City of London (by Redemption in the Company of Bakers), in 1853 and was at that time, recorded as living at 3 Long Lane. In the 1861 census, George Gut was living at 11 Long Lane.

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Gillian   
Added: 17 Feb 2024 00:08 GMT   

No 36 Upper East Smithfield
My great great grandfather was born at No 36 Upper East Smithfield and spent his early years staring out at a "dead wall" of St Katharine’s Docks. His father was an outfitter and sold clothing for sailors. He describes the place as being backed by tenements in terrible condition and most of the people living there were Irish.

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Kevin Pont   
Added: 16 Feb 2024 20:32 GMT   

Name origin
Interestingly South Lambeth derives its name from the same source as Lambeth itself - a landing place for lambs.

But South Lambeth has no landing place - it is not on the River Thames

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Emma Beach   
Added: 18 Jan 2024 04:33 GMT   

William Sutton Thwaites
William Sutton Thwaites was the father of Frances Lydia Alice Knorr nee Thwaites�’�’she was executed in 1894 in Melbourne, Victoria Australia for infanticide. In the year prior to his marriage, to her mother Frances Jeanette Thwaites nee Robin, William Sutton was working as a tailor for Mr Orchard who employed four tailors in the hamlet of Mile End Old Town on at Crombies Row, Commercial Road East.

Source: 1861 England Census Class: Rg 9; Piece: 293; Folio: 20; Page: 2; GSU roll: 542608

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NEARBY STREETS
Addle Street, EC2V Addle Street, there from ancient times, was a victim of the bulldozer after the Second World War (City of London)
Albemarle Way, EC1M Albemarle Way was named after Elizabeth, Dowager Duchess of Albermarle, who lived at Newcastle House nearby in the 18th century (Clerkenwell)
Albion Courtyard, EC1A Albion Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (City of London)
Albion Place, EC1M Albion Place was formerly George Court (Clerkenwell)
Albion Way, EC1A Albion Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Alder Castle House, EC2V Alder Castle House can be found on Noble Street (City of London)
Aldermanbury Square, EC2V At the centre of Saxon London, the aldermen (elder statesmen of City wards) met in a ’bury’ (house) in a time before the Guildhall was built (City of London)
Aldermanbury, EC2V Aldermanbury is the Saxon name for ’Eldermen’ (elder statesmen) and ’bury’ (house) (City of London)
Alders Court, EC1Y Ball Court, EC1 was renamed as Alders Court, EC1 in 1936 (City of London)
Aldersgate Street, EC1A Aldersgate Street is located on the west side of the Barbican Estate (Barbican)
Alfred Close, EC2Y Alfred Close (Alfred’s Close) was a 1939 renaming of the former Alfred’s Place (Barbican)
Alleyn House, EC1Y Alleyn House is a block on Chequer Street (Clerkenwell)
Alto House, EC1A Alto House is located on Newbury Street (City of London)
Andrewes Highwalk, EC2Y Andrewes Highwalk is named for Lancelot Andrewes, rector of the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate Church (Barbican)
Andrewes House, EC2Y Andrewes House is a block on Fore Street (Barbican)
Angel Street, EC1A Angel Street runs between King Edward Street in the west and St Martin’s Le Grand in the east (City of London)
Aylesbury Street, EC1V Aylesbury Street - after the earl of Aylesbury who owned a house near here in the 17th century (Clerkenwell)
Bale’s Court, EC1M Bale’s Court was a small courtyard off White Horse Alley (Clerkenwell)
Baltic Street East, EC1Y Baltic Street East was built by a timber merchant around 1810 who named local streets after trade-related activities (Clerkenwell)
Baltic Street West, EC1Y Baltic Street is split into east and west halves (City of London)
Banner House, EC1Y Banner House is a block on Banner Street (Clerkenwell)
Banner Street, EC1Y Banner Street was named after the Banner family, late 18th century landowners in the area (Clerkenwell)
Barbican Court, EC1A Barbican Court was bombed during the Second World War (Barbican)
Barbican, EC2Y Before becoming part of Beech Street, a road called Barbican had its own presence (Barbican)
Bartholomew Close, EC1A Bartholomew Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Bartholomew Passage, EC1A Bartholomew Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Bartholomew Place, EC1A Bartholomew Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Basinghall Avenue, EC2V Basinghall Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)
Basinghall Street, EC2V Basinghall Street joins Gresham Street to the south (City of London)
Basterfield House, EC1Y Basterfield House is located on Unnamed Road (City of London)
Bastion Highwalk, EC2Y Bastion Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Bear Alley, EC4A Bear Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
Beech Street, EC2Y Beech Street is the western extension of Chiswell Street (Barbican)
Ben Jonson House, EC1Y Ben Jonson House is sited on Golden Lane (Barbican)
Ben Jonson House, EC2Y Ben Jonson House is a block on Golden Lane (Barbican)
Benjamin Street, EC1M Benjamin Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Farringdon)
Berkeley Court, EC1M Berkeley Court ran south out of Berkley Street (now Briset Street) (Clerkenwell)
Berry Street, EC1M Berry Place and Berry Street were named after Thomas Berry, local early 19th century landowner (Clerkenwell)
Blake Tower, EC2Y Blake Tower is located on Fann Street (Barbican)
Boundary House, EC1M Boundary House is a block on Charterhouse Street (City of London)
Bowater House, EC1Y Bowater House is sited on Fann Street (City of London)
Brackley Street, EC2Y Brackley Street was named after Viscount Brackley - the title given to the eldest sons of the Earl of Bridgewater who owned a townhouse on Bridgewater Square (Barbican)
Bradford Avenue, EC2Y Bradford Avenue was a street of warehouses (Barbican)
Braithwaite House, EC1Y Braithwaite House is a block on Bunhill Row (Clerkenwell)
Brandon Mews, EC2Y Brandon Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Breton House, EC2Y Breton House is a block on Golden Lane (Barbican)
Brewery Square, EC1V Brewery Square is a square surrounded by modern buildings in Clerkenwell (Clerkenwell)
Bridgewater Square, EC1Y Bridgewater Square is an historic square near to the Barbican (Barbican)
Briset Street, EC1M Briset Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Britton Street, EC1M Britton Street was named after Thomas Britten, a 17th century coalman. (Farringdon)
Broad Yard, EC1M Broad Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Bryer Court, EC2Y Bryer Court is a block on Bridgewater Square (Barbican)
Bull and Mouth Street, EC2V Bull and Mouth Street ran between King Edward Street and St Martin’s Le Grand (City of London)
Bunhill Fields, EC1Y Bunhill Fields is a road in the EC1Y postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Cap House, EC1A Cap House is a building on Long Lane (City of London)
Carthusian Street, EC1A Carthusian Street is a road in the EC1A postcode area (Barbican)
Central Markets, EC1A Central Markets is the address of traders within Smithfield Market (City of London)
Charterhouse Buildings, EC1A Charterhouse Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Charterhouse Mews, EC1A Charterhouse Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (City of London)
Charterhouse Square, EC1M Charterhouse Square is the largest courtyard associated with London Charterhouse, mostly formed of Tudor and Stuart architecture restored after the Blitz (Barbican)
Charterhouse Street, EC1A Charterhouse Street is a street on the northern boundary of the City of London (City of London)
Chequer Street, EC1Y Chequer Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y Cherry Tree Walk is a road in the EC1Y postcode area (Barbican)
Churchyard Path, EC1A Churchyard Path runs up to the church of St Bartholomew (City of London)
City Place House, EC2V City Place House is a block on Basinghall Street (City of London)
City Tower, EC2V City Tower is a block on Unnamed Road (City of London)
Clerkenwell Green, EC1M Clerkenwell Green is the street named after the historical green (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell House, EC1R Clerkenwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Clerkenwell Road, EC1M Clerkenwell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Cloth Court, EC1M Cloth Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (Barbican)
Cloth Fair, EC1A Cloth Fair stands where the original Bartholomew Fair was held in medieval times. (City of London)
Cloth Street, EC1M Cloth Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (Barbican)
Coach & Horses Yard, EC1A Coach & Horses Yard lay behind the Coach & Horses pub at 71 Bartholomew Close (City of London)
Cock Lane, EC1A Cock Lane leads from Giltspur Street in the east to Snow Hill in the west (City of London)
Coldwatch House, EC1A Coldwatch House is a block on Giltspur Street (City of London)
Cornwell House, EC1M Cornwell House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Cowcross Street, EC1M Cowcross Street links Farringdon station with Charterhouse Street (Clerkenwell)
Crescent House, EC1M Crescent House is sited on Goswell Road (City of London)
Crescent Row, EC1Y Crescent Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (City of London)
Cripplegate Street, EC1Y Cripplegate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Barbican)
Cromwell Tower, EC2Y Cromwell Tower is a block on Silk Street (Barbican)
Crown House, EC1M Crown House is a building on Goswell Road (Barbican)
Crozier Court, EC1M Abbot’s Place, NW6 (Clerkenwell)
Cullum Welch House, EC1M Cullum Welch House is a block on Golden Lane (City of London)
Cuthbert Harrowing House, EC1Y Cuthbert Harrowing House is a block on Fann Street (Barbican)
Defoe House, EC2Y Defoe House is a block on Beech Street (Barbican)
Denmark House, EC1M Denmark House is a block on Cowcross Street (Clerkenwell)
Domingo Street, EC1Y Domingo Street links Old Street with Baltic Street East (Clerkenwell)
Dufferin Avenue, EC1Y Dufferin Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Dufferin Street, EC1Y Dufferin Street runs between Bunhill Row and Whitecross Street (Clerkenwell)
Duke Street, EC1A Duke Street ran off Smithfield, becoming part of Little Britain in 1885 (City of London)
Eagle Court, EC1M Eagle Court is a courtyard situated off of Benjamin Street (Clerkenwell)
East Market, EC2Y East Market is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
East Passage, EC1A East Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
East Poultry Avenue, EC1A East Poultry Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Errol Street, EC1Y Errol Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Fann Street, EC1Y Fann Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Barbican)
Farringdon Road, EC1A Farringdon Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Farringdon Street, EC1A The building of Farringdon Street is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the 19th century. (City of London)
Faulkners Alley, EC1M Faulkners Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Ferroners House, EC2Y Ferroners House (Barbican)
Fitz Eylwin House, EC1A Fitz Eylwin House is a block on Holborn Viaduct (City of London)
Fleet House, EC1R Fleet House is sited on Clerkenwell Road (Farringdon)
Fleet Place House, EC4M Fleet Place House is a building on Fleet Place (City of London)
Florin Court, EC1A Florin Court is a classic Art Deco building in Clerkenwell (Barbican)
Fore Street Avenue, EC2Y Fore Street Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Fore Street, EC2Y Fore Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Fortune House, EC1Y Fortune House is a block on Fortune Street (Clerkenwell)
Fortune Street, EC1Y Fortune Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Garrett Street, EC1Y Garrett Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Gate House, EC1M Residential block (Clerkenwell)
Gilbert Bridge, EC2Y Gilbert Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Gilbert House, EC2Y Gilbert House is a block on Gilbert Bridge (Barbican)
Giltspur House, EC1A Giltspur House is a block on Giltspur Street (City of London)
Giltspur Street, EC1A Giltspur Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Glasshouse Yard, EC2Y Glasshouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (Barbican)
Golden Lane, EC1Y Golden Lane connects Old Street and Beech Street (Clerkenwell)
Goswell Road, EC1Y Goswell Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (City of London)
Grand Avenue, EC1A Grand Avenue runs through the centre of Smithfield Market (City of London)
Great Arthur House, EC1Y Great Arthur House is a building on Fann Street (City of London)
Great Sutton Street, EC1M Great Sutton Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1V postal area (Clerkenwell)
Greenhill House, EC1M Greenhill House is a block on Cowcross Street (City of London)
Greenhills Rents, EC1A Greenhills Rents is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (City of London)
Half Moon Court, EC1A Halfmoon Court is the southern most of five passages leading eastward from Kinghorn Street (City of London)
Hatfield House, EC1M Hatfield House is a block on Baltic Street West (City of London)
Hatfield House, EC1Y Hatfield House is a block on Baltic Street West (City of London)
Hayne Street, EC1A Hayne Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Haywards Place, EC1V Haywards Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
Holborn Viaduct, EC1A Holborn Viaduct is a road bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it (City of London)
Honduras Street, EC1Y Honduras Street dates from the 1810s (Clerkenwell)
Hosier Lane, EC1A Hosier Lane is named after the former hosiery trade based here. (City of London)
Infinity House, EC1 Infinity House is located on Britton Street (Farringdon)
Invicta House, EC1Y Invicta House is a block on Banner Street (Clerkenwell)
Italia Conti House, EC1M Italia Conti House can be found on Goswell Road (City of London)
Jarvis House, EC1A Jarvis House is a block on Smithfield Street (City of London)
Jerusalem Passage, EC1M Jerusalem Passage was named for an old public house, St John of Jerusalem, which stood at the northeast corner until 1760 (Clerkenwell)
Jewin Crescent Jewin Crescent - as The Crescent - existed from the end of the eighteenth century (Barbican)
Jewin Street, EC2Y Jewin Street (Barbican)
Joseph Rotblat Building, EC1A Joseph Rotblat Building is a building on Glasshouse Yard (Barbican)
King Edward Street, EC1A King Edward Street runs from Newgate Street in the south to Little Britain in the north (City of London)
Kinghorn Street, EC1A Kinghorn Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Klaco House, EC1M Klaco House is a block on St John’s Lane (Clerkenwell)
Klamath House, EC1R Klamath House is a block on Clerkenwell Green (Clerkenwell)
Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y Lamb’s Passage was formerly Great Swordbearers (Sword Bearers) Alley (Clerkenwell)
Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y Lauderdale Tower is the westernmost tower in the Barbican, facing onto Lauderdale Place (Barbican)
Lindsey House, EC1M Lindsey House can be found on Charterhouse Street (City of London)
Lindsey Street, EC1A Lindsey Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Little Britain, EC1A Little Britain is a street in the City of London running from St Martin’s Le Grand in the east to West Smithfield. (City of London)
London Central Markets, EC4A London Central Markets is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
London Wall, EC2Y London Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)
Long Lane, EC1A Long Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Love Lane, EC2V Love Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)
Marylebone House, EC1M Marylebone House is a block on St John Street (Clerkenwell)
Memel Street, EC1Y Memel Street was built over the site of a former brewery in the 1810s (Clerkenwell)
Michael House, EC1Y Michael House is a block on Chiswell Street (Clerkenwell)
Middle Street, EC1A Middle Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Middlesex Passage, EC1A Middlesex Passage is a location in London (City of London)
Milton Court, EC2Y Milton Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Milton Street, EC2Y Milton Street was formerly known as Grub Street (Barbican)
Monkwell House, EC2Y Monkwell House is a building on Barbican Highwalk (City of London)
Monkwell Square, EC2Y Monkwell Square is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Moorfields Highwalk, EC2Y Moorfields Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Morley House, EC1A Morley House is a block on Holborn Viaduct (City of London)
Mountjoy House, EC2Y Mountjoy House is a building on Monkwell Square (Barbican)
Newbury Street, EC1A Newbury Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Newcastle Close, EC4A Newcastle Close - Newcastle Street until 1939 - was possibly called after a former inn called the Castle located here (City of London)
Noble Street, EC2V Noble Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)
Nomura House, EC1A Nomura House is a block on St Martin’s Le Grand (City of London)
Northburgh Street, EC1M Northburgh Street in the EC1V postcode is a western extension of the main part of the street (Clerkenwell)
Oat Lane, EC2V Oat Lane has been marked on London maps since 1600 and before (City of London)
Parchment House, EC1V Parchment House is located on Northburgh Street (Clerkenwell)
Passing Alley, EC1M Passing Alley is a road in the EC1M postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Peabody Tower, EC1Y Peabody Tower is a block on Golden Lane (Clerkenwell)
Penny Bank Chambers, EC1M Penny Bank Chambers is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Peter’s Lane, EC1M Peter’s Lane is named after the church which once stood close to the Cross Keys tavern. (Clerkenwell)
Pickax Street, EC2Y Pickax Street once ran from Long Lane to Goswell Road (which before 1864 was called Goswell Street) (Barbican)
Plough Court, EC2Y Plough Court was renamed as part of Barbican in 1939 (Barbican)
Plumtree Court, EC4A Plumtree Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area (City of London)
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PO Box 4, EC1A West Market Building is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Preachers Court The Charterhouse, EC1M Residential block (Clerkenwell)
Queen Isabella Way, EC1A Queen Isabella Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Red Cross Street, EC2Y Red Cross Street once ran to the junction of Beech Street and Golden Lane (Barbican)
Roman House, EC2Y Roman House is a building on St Alphage Garden (Barbican)
Roscoe Street, EC1Y Roscoe Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Sabian House, EC1M Sabian House is sited on Cowcross Street (Clerkenwell)
Saunderson House, EC1A Saunderson House is a block on Long Lane (City of London)
Seddon Highwalk, EC2Y Seddon Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Seddon House, EC2Y Seddon House is a block on Aldersgate Street (Barbican)
Shakespeare Tower, EC2Y Shakespeare Tower can be found on Beech Street (Barbican)
Silk Street, EC2Y Silk Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Silver Street, EC2V Silver Street was the location of a house in which William Shakespeare lived during his time in London (City of London)
Smithfield Street, EC1A Smithfield Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Smokehouse Yard, EC1M Smokehouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Snow Hill, EC1A Snow Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)
Speed House, EC2Y Speed House is a block on Speed Highwalk (Barbican)
St Alphage Garden, EC2Y St Alphage Garden is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)
St Alphage Highwalk, EC2V St Alphage Highwalk is part of the Barbican (City of London)
St Ann’s Lane, EC2V St Ann’s Lane was the name for the west end of Gresham Street until the 1860s (City of London)
St Giles Terrace, EC2Y St Giles Terrace lies alongside St Giles Cripplegate church (Barbican)
St Jamess Walk, EC1R St Jamess Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC1R postal area (Clerkenwell)
St John’s Square, EC1M St John’s Square, south of Clerkenwell Road, is in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
St John’s Square, EC1M St John’s Square is split into two sections, north and south of Clerkenwell Road (Clerkenwell)
St Johns House, EC1M Residential block (Clerkenwell)
St Johns Lane, EC1M St Johns Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
St Johns Path, EC1M St Johns Path is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
St Johns Place, EC1M St Johns Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
St John’s Gate, EC1M St John’s Gate is a small named section of road leading to the gate of the same name (Clerkenwell)
St Mary’s Tower, EC1Y St Mary’s Tower is a block on Fortune Street (Clerkenwell)
Stanley Cohen House, EC1Y Stanley Cohen House is a block on Golden Lane (City of London)
Sutton Lane, EC1M Sutton Lane is a road in the EC1M postcode area (Clerkenwell)
Sutton Road, EC1M Sutton Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Sycamore Street, EC1Y Sycamore Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (City of London)
Templeton House, EC1Y Templeton House is a block on Chiswell Street (Barbican)
The Charterhouse, EC1M Residential block (Clerkenwell)
The Old Sessions House, EC1R The Old Sessions House is a block on Farringdon Lane (Clerkenwell)
The Postern, EC2Y The Postern is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
The Print House, EC1R The Print House is a block on Aylesbury Street (Clerkenwell)
The Red House, EC1V The Red House is a block on Clerkenwell Road (Clerkenwell)
Therese House, EC1M Therese House is a block on Glasshouse Yard (Barbican)
Thomas Ford House, EC1A Thomas Ford House is a block on Smithfield Street (City of London)
Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y Thomas More Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Thomas More House, EC2Y Thomas More House is a block on Shaftesbury Place (Barbican)
Timber Street, EC1Y Timber Street was formerly called Norway Street (Clerkenwell)
Turnagain Lane, EC4A Turnagain Lane is an ancient thoroughfare in the City of London. (City of London)
Turnmill Street, EC1 Turnmill Street appears in the works of Shakespeare (Farringdon)
Viscount Street, EC1Y Viscount Street was a new name for Charles Street after 1939 (Barbican)
Wallside, EC2Y Wallside is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Warwick House, EC1M Warwick House is a block on Cowcross Street (Farringdon)
Warwick Yard, EC1Y Warwick Yard is a road in the EC1Y postcode area (Clerkenwell)
West Smithfield, EC1A West Smithfield is the oldest street of the Smithfield area (City of London)
White Horse Alley, EC1M White Horse Alley, until after the Second World War, led north off Cowcross Street (Clerkenwell)
Whitecross Street, EC1Y Whitecross Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Willoughby Highwalk, EC2Y Willoughby Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Willoughby House, EC2Y Willoughby House is a building on Willoughby Highwalk (Barbican)
Wood Street, EC2V Wood Street was originally the main north–south route through the Roman Fort, discovered after Second World War bombing. (City of London)
Wood Street, EC2Y The northern section Wood Street lies between London Wall and the Barbican (Barbican)
Zinc House, EC1M Zinc House is a block on Cowcross Street (Clerkenwell)

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