Andrewes House, EC2Y

Andrewes House is a block on Fore Street.

Barbican
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Golden Lane Estate, EC1Y The Golden Lane Housing Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London.

Golden Lane Estate, EC1Y

Moorgate Moorgate was one of the gates in the London Wall but was one of the later gates of London, dating from the early 15th century.

Moorgate

Old Dick Whittington The Dick Whittington Inn at 24 Cloth Fair was a sixteenth century building and once part of a row of medieval buildings lining the street.

Old Dick Whittington

St Bartholomew’s Hospital St Bartholomew’s Hospital, also known simply as Barts and later more formally as The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew, is a hospital located at Smithfield in the City of London and founded in 1123.

St Bartholomew’s Hospital

St Michael-le-Querne St Michael-le-Querne, also called St Michael ad Bladum, was a parish church in the Farringdon Within Ward in the City of London.

St Michael-le-Querne

NEARBY STREETS

Adams Court, EC2R Adam’s Court is thought to be named for Sir Thomas Adams (City of London)

Adams Court, EC2R

Addle Street, EC2V Addle Street, there from ancient times, was a victim of the bulldozer after the Second World War (City of London)

Addle Street, EC2V

Albion Way, EC1A Albion Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Albion Way, EC1A

Alder Castle House, EC2V Alder Castle House can be found on Noble Street (City of London)

Alder Castle House, EC2V

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 Square, EC2V

Aldermanbury, EC2V Aldermanbury is the Saxon name for ’Eldermen’ (elder statesmen) and ’bury’ (house) (City of London)

Aldermanbury, EC2V

Alders Court, EC1Y Ball Court, EC1 was renamed as Alders Court, EC1 in 1936 (City of London)

Alders Court, EC1Y

Aldersgate Street, EC1A Aldersgate Street is located on the west side of the Barbican Estate (Barbican)

Aldersgate Street, EC1A

Alfred Close, EC2Y Alfred Close (Alfred’s Close) was a 1939 renaming of the former Alfred’s Place (Barbican)

Alfred Close, EC2Y

Alphabeta Building, EC2A Alphabeta Building is sited on Worship Street (Shoreditch)

Alphabeta Building, EC2A

Alto House, EC1A Alto House is located on Newbury Street (City of London)

Alto House, EC1A

Andrewes Highwalk, EC2Y Andrewes Highwalk is named for Lancelot Andrewes, rector of the nearby St Giles-without-Cripplegate Church (Barbican)

Andrewes Highwalk, EC2Y

Andrewes House, EC2Y Andrewes House is a block on Fore Street (Barbican)

Andrewes House, EC2Y

Angel Court Tower, EC2R Angel Court Tower is a block on Angel Court (City of London)

Angel Court Tower, EC2R

Angel Court, EC2R Angel Court is named after a long demolished inn of this name (City of London)

Angel Court, EC2R

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)

Angel Street, EC1A

Arab Banking Corp. House, EC2R Arab Banking Corp. House can be found on Moorgate (City of London)

Arab Banking Corp. House, EC2R

Austin Friars, EC2N Austin Friars was an Augustinian friary from its foundation in the 1260s, until its dissolution in 1538 (City of London)

Austin Friars, EC2N

Australian Avenue, EC2Y Australian Avenue ran north out of The Crescent (Jewin Crescent) to the road formerly known as Barbican (now Beech Street) (Barbican)

Australian Avenue, EC2Y

Barbican Court, EC1A Barbican Court was bombed during the Second World War (Barbican)

Barbican Court, EC1A

Barbican, EC2Y Before becoming part of Beech Street, a road called Barbican had its own presence (Barbican)

Barbican, EC2Y

Bartholomew Close, EC1A Bartholomew Close is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Bartholomew Close, EC1A

Bartholomew Passage, EC1A Bartholomew Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Bartholomew Passage, EC1A

Bartholomew Place, EC1A Bartholomew Place is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Bartholomew Place, EC1A

Basildon House, EC2R Basildon House is a block on Moorgate (City of London)

Basildon House, EC2R

Basinghall Avenue, EC2V Basinghall Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Basinghall Avenue, EC2V

Basinghall Street, EC2V Basinghall Street joins Gresham Street to the south (City of London)

Basinghall Street, EC2V

Bassishaw Highwalk, EC2V Bassishaw Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Bassishaw Highwalk, EC2V

Bastion Highwalk, EC2Y Bastion Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Bastion Highwalk, EC2Y

Beech Street, EC2Y Beech Street is the western extension of Chiswell Street (Barbican)

Beech Street, EC2Y

Bells Alley, EC2N Bells Alley is a road in the SW6 postcode area (City of London)

Bells Alley, EC2N

Ben Jonson House, EC1Y Ben Jonson House is sited on Golden Lane (Barbican)

Ben Jonson House, EC1Y

Ben Jonson House, EC2Y Ben Jonson House is a block on Golden Lane (Barbican)

Ben Jonson House, EC2Y

Blacksea House, EC2A Blacksea House is a block on Wilson Street (Shoreditch)

Blacksea House, EC2A

Blackwell House, EC2V Blackwell House is sited on Guildhall Yard (City of London)

Blackwell House, EC2V

Blake Tower, EC2Y Blake Tower is located on Fann Street (Barbican)

Blake Tower, EC2Y

Blomfield Street, EC2M Charles James Blomfield was an energetic churchman who became Bishop of London in 1828 (City of London)

Blomfield Street, EC2M

Bornhill Street, EC2A Bornhill Street is a location in London (Clerkenwell)

Bornhill Street, EC2A

Bowater House, EC1Y Bowater House is sited on Fann Street (City of London)

Bowater House, EC1Y

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)

Brackley Street, EC2Y

Bradford Avenue, EC2Y Bradford Avenue was a street of warehouses (Barbican)

Bradford Avenue, EC2Y

Brandon Mews, EC2Y Brandon Mews is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Brandon Mews, EC2Y

Breton House, EC2Y Breton House is a block on Golden Lane (Barbican)

Breton House, EC2Y

Brewers Hall Gardens, EC2V Brewers Hall Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Brewers Hall Gardens, EC2V

Bridgewater Square, EC1Y Bridgewater Square is an historic square near to the Barbican (Barbican)

Bridgewater Square, EC1Y

Britannic House, EC2M Britannic House is a block on Finsbury Circus (City of London)

Britannic House, EC2M

Broad Street Place, EC2M Broad Street Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Broad Street Place, EC2M

Bryer Court, EC2Y Bryer Court is a block on Bridgewater Square (Barbican)

Bryer Court, EC2Y

Bull and Mouth Street, EC2V Bull and Mouth Street ran between King Edward Street and St Martin’s Le Grand (City of London)

Bull and Mouth Street, EC2V

Cap House, EC1A Cap House is a building on Long Lane (City of London)

Cap House, EC1A

Carey Lane, EC2V Carey Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Carey Lane, EC2V

Carthusian Street, EC1A Carthusian Street is a road in the EC1A postcode area (Barbican)

Carthusian Street, EC1A

Chapel Street, EC2Y In 1939, Chapel Street briefly became Chapel Lane (Barbican)

Chapel Street, EC2Y

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 Square, EC1M

Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y Cherry Tree Walk is a road in the EC1Y postcode area (Barbican)

Cherry Tree Walk, EC1Y

Chiswell Street, EC1Y Chiswell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)

Chiswell Street, EC1Y

Christopher Street, EC2A Christopher Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)

Christopher Street, EC2A

Churchyard Path, EC1A Churchyard Path runs up to the church of St Bartholomew (City of London)

Churchyard Path, EC1A

City Gate House, EC2A City Gate House is a block on Finsbury Square (Clerkenwell)

City Gate House, EC2A

City Greenyard, EC2Y City Greenyard - or simply Green Yard - was swept away to build the Barbican area (Barbican)

City Greenyard, EC2Y

City Place House, EC2V City Place House is a block on Basinghall Street (City of London)

City Place House, EC2V

City Tower, EC2V City Tower is a block on Unnamed Road (City of London)

City Tower, EC2V

Cloth Court, EC1M Cloth Court is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (Barbican)

Cloth Court, EC1M

Cloth Fair, EC1A Cloth Fair stands where the original Bartholomew Fair was held in medieval times. (City of London)

Cloth Fair, EC1A

Cloth Street, EC1M Cloth Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (Barbican)

Cloth Street, EC1M

Coach & Horses Yard, EC1A Coach & Horses Yard lay behind the Coach & Horses pub at 71 Bartholomew Close (City of London)

Coach & Horses Yard, EC1A

Coleman Street, EC2V Coleman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Coleman Street, EC2V

Compter Passage, EC2V Compter Passage is a location in London (City of London)

Compter Passage, EC2V

Copthall Avenue, EC2N Copthall Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area (City of London)

Copthall Avenue, EC2N

Copthall Avenue, EC2R Copthall Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)

Copthall Avenue, EC2R

Cotton Street, EC2Y Cotton Street was situated off Australian Avenue (Barbican)

Cotton Street, EC2Y

Crescent House, EC1M Crescent House is sited on Goswell Road (City of London)

Crescent House, EC1M

Cripplegate Street, EC1Y Cripplegate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Barbican)

Cripplegate Street, EC1Y

Cromwell Tower, EC2Y Cromwell Tower is a block on Silk Street (Barbican)

Cromwell Tower, EC2Y

Cross Key Court, EC2R After 1939, the new name for Sun Court, Great Swan Alley was Cross Key Court, EC2 (City of London)

Cross Key Court, EC2R

Crown House, EC1M Crown House is a building on Goswell Road (Barbican)

Crown House, EC1M

Cullum Welch House, EC1M Cullum Welch House is a block on Golden Lane (City of London)

Cullum Welch House, EC1M

Cuthbert Harrowing House, EC1Y Cuthbert Harrowing House is a block on Fann Street (Barbican)

Cuthbert Harrowing House, EC1Y

Davies House, EC2A Davies House is a block on Sun Street (Shoreditch)

Davies House, EC2A

Defoe House, EC2Y Defoe House is part of the Barbican development, north of Thomas More Garden (Barbican)

Defoe House, EC2Y

Dominion Street, EC2M Dominion Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Dominion Street, EC2M

Drapers Gardens, EC2N Drapers Gardens is a block in Copthall Avenue (City of London)

Drapers Gardens, EC2N

Duke Street, EC1A Duke Street ran off Smithfield, becoming part of Little Britain in 1885 (City of London)

Duke Street, EC1A

East Passage, EC1A East Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

East Passage, EC1A

East Street, EC2M East Street was the name of the road leading out of Finsbury Circus (City of London)

East Street, EC2M

Eldon Street, EC2M Eldon Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Eldon Street, EC2M

Elephant Yard, EC2Y Elephant Yard was the coaching yard which used to belong to the Elephant Inn, demolished in the 1840s (Barbican)

Elephant Yard, EC2Y

Errol Street, EC1Y Errol Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)

Errol Street, EC1Y

Fann Street, EC1Y Fann Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Barbican)

Fann Street, EC1Y

Ferroners House, EC2Y Ferroners House (Barbican)

Ferroners House, EC2Y

Finsbury Avenue, EC2M Finsbury Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Finsbury Avenue, EC2M

Finsbury Circus Gardens, EC2M Finsbury Circus Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Finsbury Circus Gardens, EC2M

Finsbury Circus House, EC2M Finsbury Circus House is a block on Eldon Street (City of London)

Finsbury Circus House, EC2M

Finsbury Circus, EC2M Finsbury Circus replaced the last of the open Moorfields in 1812 (City of London)

Finsbury Circus, EC2M

Finsbury Court, EC2A Finsbury Court was obliterated in a redevelopment programme taking in Finsbury Pavement (Clerkenwell)

Finsbury Court, EC2A

Finsbury Pavement, EC2M Finsbury Pavement was the first pavement of firm ground north of the marshy Moorfields (Moorgate)

Finsbury Pavement, EC2M

Finsbury Square, EC2A Finsbury Square is a 0.7-hectare square in central London which includes a six-rink grass bowling green (Clerkenwell)

Finsbury Square, EC2A

Finsbury Street, EC2A Finsbury Street is a road in the EC2Y postcode area (Clerkenwell)

Finsbury Street, EC2A

Florin Court, EC1A Florin Court is a classic Art Deco building in Clerkenwell (Barbican)

Florin Court, EC1A

Fore Street Avenue, EC2Y Fore Street Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Fore Street Avenue, EC2Y

Fore Street, EC2Y Located near the Barbican Centre in the City of London, Fore Street stretches from Wood Street to Fore Street Avenue, with Moor Lane joining its northern side. (Barbican)

Fore Street, EC2Y

Fortune House, EC1Y Fortune House is a block on Fortune Street (Clerkenwell)

Fortune House, EC1Y

Fortune Street, EC1Y Fortune Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)

Fortune Street, EC1Y

Foster Lane, EC2V Foster Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Foster Lane, EC2V

Founders Court, EC2R Founders Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)

Founders Court, EC2R

Gilbert Bridge, EC2Y Gilbert Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Gilbert Bridge, EC2Y

Gilbert House, EC2Y Gilbert House is a block on Gilbert Bridge (Barbican)

Gilbert House, EC2Y

Glasshouse Yard, EC2Y Glasshouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (Barbican)

Glasshouse Yard, EC2Y

Glyn House, EC1Y Glyn House is a block on City Road (Clerkenwell)

Glyn House, EC1Y

Goldsmith Street, EC2V Goldsmith Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Goldsmith Street, EC2V

Great Arthur House, EC1Y Great Arthur House is a building on Fann Street (City of London)

Great Arthur House, EC1Y

Great Swan Alley, EC2R Great Swan Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)

Great Swan Alley, EC2R

Great Winchester Street, EC2N Great Winchester Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area (City of London)

Great Winchester Street, EC2N

Gresham Street, EC2V Gresham Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Gresham Street, EC2V

Guildhall Buildings, EC2V Guildhall Buildings connects Basinghall Street with the Guildhall area (City of London)

Guildhall Buildings, EC2V

Guildhall House, EC2V Guildhall House is a block on Gresham Street (City of London)

Guildhall House, EC2V

Guildhall Yard, EC2V Guildhall Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Guildhall Yard, EC2V

Gutter Lane, EC2V Gutter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Gutter Lane, EC2V

Habib House, EC2R Habib House is a block on Moorgate (City of London)

Habib House, EC2R

Half Moon Court, EC1A Halfmoon Court is the southern most of five passages leading eastward from Kinghorn Street (City of London)

Half Moon Court, EC1A

Hayne Street, EC1A Hayne Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Hayne Street, EC1A

Honey Lane, EC2V Honey Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Honey Lane, EC2V

Italia Conti House, EC1M Italia Conti House can be found on Goswell Road (City of London)

Italia Conti House, EC1M

Jacob’s Well Passage, EC2Y This seems to have been named after a Jacob’s Well sign, which seems to have been a familiar one in the 17th and 18th centuries (Barbican)

Jacob’s Well Passage, EC2Y

Jewin Crescent, EC2Y Jewin Crescent - as The Crescent - existed from the end of the eighteenth century (Barbican)

Jewin Crescent, EC2Y

Jewin Street, EC2Y Jewin Street was a street was lined with warehouses by firms related to the garment trade, including drapery, button, straw hat and sewing machine importers and furriers. (Barbican)

Jewin Street, EC2Y

Joseph Rotblat Building, EC1A Joseph Rotblat Building is a building on Glasshouse Yard (Barbican)

Joseph Rotblat Building, EC1A

Kayam House, EC2A Kayam House is a block on Paul Street (Shoreditch)

Kayam House, EC2A

King Edward Street, EC1A King Edward Street runs from Newgate Street in the south to Little Britain in the north (City of London)

King Edward Street, EC1A

Kinghorn Street, EC1A Kinghorn Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Kinghorn Street, EC1A

King’s Arms Yard, EC2R King’s Arms Yard runs east from Moorgate Street (City of London)

King’s Arms Yard, EC2R

Lackington Street, EC2M Lackington Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area (City of London)

Lackington Street, EC2M

Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y Lamb’s Passage was formerly Great Swordbearers (Sword Bearers) Alley (Clerkenwell)

Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y

Langthorn Court, EC2N Langthorn Court is an historic courtyard in the City of London (City of London)

Langthorn Court, EC2N

Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y Lauderdale Tower is the westernmost tower in the Barbican, facing onto Lauderdale Place (Barbican)

Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y

Lawrence Lane, EC2V Lawrence Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Lawrence Lane, EC2V

Lindsey Street, EC1A Lindsey Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Lindsey Street, EC1A

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)

Little Britain, EC1A

Little Winchester Street, EC2N Little Winchester Street used to run south off London Wall (City of London)

Little Winchester Street, EC2N

London Wall, EC2M London Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

London Wall, EC2M

London Wall, EC2Y London Wall is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)

London Wall, EC2Y

Long Lane, EC1A Long Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Long Lane, EC1A

Longbow House, EC1Y Longbow House is a block on Chiswell Street (Clerkenwell)

Longbow House, EC1Y

Lothbury, EC2R Lothbury is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)

Lothbury, EC2R

Love Lane, EC2V Love Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Love Lane, EC2V

Lowndes House, EC1Y Lowndes House is located on City Road (Clerkenwell)

Lowndes House, EC1Y

Mason’s Avenue, EC2V A street within the EC2V postcode (City of London)

Mason’s Avenue, EC2V

Michael House, EC1Y Michael House is a block on Chiswell Street (Clerkenwell)

Michael House, EC1Y

Middle Street, EC1A Middle Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Middle Street, EC1A

Middlesex Passage, EC1A Middlesex Passage is a location in London (City of London)

Middlesex Passage, EC1A

Milk Street, EC2V Milk Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Milk Street, EC2V

Milton Court, EC2Y Milton Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Milton Court, EC2Y

Milton Street, EC2Y Milton Street was formerly known as Grub Street (Barbican)

Milton Street, EC2Y

Mitre Court, EC2V Mitre Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Mitre Court, EC2V

Monkwell House, EC2Y Monkwell House is a building on Barbican Highwalk (City of London)

Monkwell House, EC2Y

Monkwell Square, EC2Y Monkwell Square is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Monkwell Square, EC2Y

Moor House, EC2Y Moor House is a block on Fore Street Avenue (City of London)

Moor House, EC2Y

Moor Place, EC2M Moor Place is the successor street to Short Street (City of London)

Moor Place, EC2M

Moorfields Highwalk, EC2Y Moorfields Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Moorfields Highwalk, EC2Y

Moorfields, EC2M Moorfields is the successor street to Little Moorfields which dated from the mid eighteenth century (City of London)

Moorfields, EC2M

Moorgate Hall, EC2M Moorgate Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Moorgate Hall, EC2M

Moorgate Place, EC2R Moorgate Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)

Moorgate Place, EC2R

Moorgate, EC2R Moorgate takes its name from a gate in the wall around London and is a rather late-built street within the City of London (City of London)

Moorgate, EC2R

New Broad Street, EC2M New Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

New Broad Street, EC2M

New Liverpool House, EC2M New Liverpool House can be found on Eldon Street (City of London)

New Liverpool House, EC2M

New Union Street, EC2Y New Union Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)

New Union Street, EC2Y

Newbury Street, EC1A Newbury Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Newbury Street, EC1A

Newgate Street, EC1A Newgate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Newgate Street, EC1A

Newgate Street, EC2V Newgate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Newgate Street, EC2V

Noble Street, EC2V Noble Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Noble Street, EC2V

Nomura House, EC1A Nomura House is a block on St Martin’s Le Grand (City of London)

Nomura House, EC1A

Oat Lane, EC2V Oat Lane has been marked on London maps since 1600 and before (City of London)

Oat Lane, EC2V

Old Broad Street, EC2N Old Broad Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area (City of London)

Old Broad Street, EC2N

One Ropemaker Street, EC2Y One Ropemaker Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)

One Ropemaker Street, EC2Y

Park House, EC2M Park House is a block on Finsbury Circus (City of London)

Park House, EC2M

Paul’s Alley, EC2Y Paul’s Alley ran along the former northern edge of London’s main Jewish cemetary (Barbican)

Paul’s Alley, EC2Y

Pickax Street, EC2Y Pickax Street once ran from Long Lane to Goswell Road (which before 1864 was called Goswell Street) (Barbican)

Pickax Street, EC2Y

Plough Court, EC2Y Plough Court was renamed as part of Barbican in 1939 (Barbican)

Plough Court, EC2Y

Preachers Court, EC1M Mountjoy House is a building on Monkwell Square (Barbican)

Preachers Court, EC1M

Priest’s Court, EC2V Priest?s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Priest’s Court, EC2V

Primrose Street, EC2A Primrose Street is a location in London (Clerkenwell)

Primrose Street, EC2A

Princes House, EC2V Princes House is a block on Gresham Street (City of London)

Princes House, EC2V

Queen Isabella Way, EC1A Queen Isabella Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (City of London)

Queen Isabella Way, EC1A

Red Cross Street, EC2Y Red Cross Street once ran to the junction of Beech Street and Golden Lane (Barbican)

Red Cross Street, EC2Y

Rising Sun Court, EC1A Since 1939, Rising Sun Court has been extended to Long Lane. (City of London)

Rising Sun Court, EC1A

River Plate House, EC2M River Plate House is a block on Finsbury Circus (City of London)

River Plate House, EC2M

Roman House, EC2Y Roman House is a building on St Alphage Garden (Barbican)

Roman House, EC2Y

Ropemaker Street, EC2M Ropemaker Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Moorgate)

Ropemaker Street, EC2M

Saddlers House, EC2V Saddlers House can be found on Gutter Lane (City of London)

Saddlers House, EC2V

Salisbury House, EC2M Salisbury House can be found on London Wall (City of London)

Salisbury House, EC2M

Saunderson House, EC1A Saunderson House is a block on Long Lane (City of London)

Saunderson House, EC1A

Seddon Highwalk, EC2Y Seddon Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Seddon Highwalk, EC2Y

Seddon House, EC2Y Seddon House is a block on Aldersgate Street (Barbican)

Seddon House, EC2Y

Shakespeare Tower, EC2Y Shakespeare Tower can be found on Beech Street (Barbican)

Shakespeare Tower, EC2Y

Silk Street, EC2Y Silk Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Silk Street, EC2Y

Silver Street, EC2V Silver Street was the location of a house in which William Shakespeare lived during his time in London (City of London)

Silver Street, EC2V

South Place, EC2M South Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Moorgate)

South Place, EC2M

Speed House, EC2Y Speed House is a block on Speed Highwalk (Barbican)

Speed House, EC2Y

St Alphage Garden, EC2Y St Alphage Garden is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)

St Alphage Garden, EC2Y

St Alphage Highwalk, EC2V St Alphage Highwalk is part of the Barbican (City of London)

St Alphage Highwalk, EC2V

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 Ann’s Lane, EC2V

St Giles Terrace, EC2Y St Giles Terrace lies alongside St Giles Cripplegate church (Barbican)

St Giles Terrace, EC2Y

St Martin’s Le Grand, EC2V St Martin’s Le Grand is a street north of Newgate Street and a former liberty within the City of London (City of London)

St Martin’s Le Grand, EC2V

Sun Court, EC1A In 1939, Sun Court became Rising Sun Court (City of London)

Sun Court, EC1A

Sun Street, EC2M Sun Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Sun Street, EC2M

Swedbank House, EC2M Swedbank House is a block on New Broad Street (City of London)

Swedbank House, EC2M

Telegraph Street, EC2R Telegraph Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)

Telegraph Street, EC2R

Templeton House, EC1Y Templeton House is a block on Chiswell Street (Barbican)

Templeton House, EC1Y

The Charterhouse, EC1M Residential block (Clerkenwell)

The Charterhouse, EC1M

The Postern, EC2Y The Postern is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

The Postern, EC2Y

Therese House, EC1M Therese House is a block on Glasshouse Yard (Barbican)

Therese House, EC1M

Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y Thomas More Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Thomas More Highwalk, EC2Y

Thomas More House, EC2Y Thomas More House is a block on Shaftesbury Place (Barbican)

Thomas More House, EC2Y

Three Nun Court, EC2V Three Nun Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2V postal area (City of London)

Three Nun Court, EC2V

Throgmorton Avenue, EC2N Throgmorton Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area (City of London)

Throgmorton Avenue, EC2N

Throgmorton Street, EC3V The name of Throgmorton Street is a corruption of the name of Nicholas Throckmorton, Elizabeth I’s ambassador to France and Scotland. (City of London)

Throgmorton Street, EC3V

Tokenhouse Yard, EC2R Tokenhouse Yard marked the site of the manufacturer of tokens that were used as the copper coinage of England before the reign of James I (City of London)

Tokenhouse Yard, EC2R

Vestry House, EC1A Vestry House is a block on Greyfriars Passage (City of London)

Vestry House, EC1A

Viscount Street, EC1Y Viscount Street was a new name for Charles Street after 1939 (Barbican)

Viscount Street, EC1Y

Wallside, EC2Y Wallside is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Wallside, EC2Y

Warnford Court, EC2N Warnford Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2N postal area (City of London)

Warnford Court, EC2N

Well Street, EC2Y Well Street ran from Jewin Street to Nicholl Square, taking its name from Crowder’s Well which, according to Stow, featured a pristine pool of water west of the parsonage (Barbican)

Well Street, EC2Y

West Street, EC2M West Street led into Finsbury Circus (City of London)

West Street, EC2M

Whitecross Place, EC2M Whitecross Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Whitecross Place, EC2M

Willoughby Highwalk, EC2Y Willoughby Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)

Willoughby Highwalk, EC2Y

Willoughby House, EC2Y Willoughby House is a building on Willoughby Highwalk (Barbican)

Willoughby House, EC2Y

Wilson Street, EC2A Wilson Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2A postal area (Shoreditch)

Wilson Street, EC2A

Wilson Street, EC2M Wilson Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)

Wilson Street, EC2M

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, EC2V

Wood Street, EC2Y The northern section Wood Street lies between London Wall and the Barbican (Barbican)

Wood Street, EC2Y

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