The Bridewell Theatre

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Linda Webb Hungerford Stairs Added: 27 Sep 2021 05:51 GMT	Hungerford Stairs In 1794 my ancestor, George Webb, Clay Pipe Maker, lived in Hungerford Stairs, Strand. Source: Wakefields Merchant & Tradesmens General Directory London Westminster 1794 Source: Hungerford Stairs Reply
Roy Batham Covent Garden Added: 7 Jan 2022 07:17 GMT	Smithy in Longacre John Burris 1802-1848 Listed 1841 census as Burroughs was a blacksmith, address just given as Longacre. Source: Batham/Wiseman - Family Tree Reply
Jeff Owen Owen Street, EC1V Added: 20 Mar 2021 16:18 GMT	Owen’s School Owen Street is the site of Owen’s Boys’ School. The last school was built in 1881 and was demolished in the early 1990s to make way for the development which stand there today. It was a “Direct Grant” grammar school and was founded in 1613 by Dame Alice Owen. What is now “Owen’s Fields” was the playground between the old school and the new girls’ school (known then as “Dames Alice Owen’s School” or simply “DAOS”). The boys’ school had the top two floors of that building for their science labs. The school moved to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire in 1971 and is now one of the top State comprehensive schools in the country. The old building remained in use as an accountancy college and taxi-drivers’ “knowledge” school until it was demolished. The new building is now part of City and Islington College. Owen’s was a fine school. I should know because I attended there from 1961 to 1968. Reply
Scott Hatton Blackmoor Street, WC2B Added: 11 Sep 2020 19:47 GMT	Millions Of Rats In Busy London The Daily Mail on 14 April 1903 reported "MILLIONS OF RATS IN BUSY LONDON" A rat plague, unprecedented in the annals of London, has broken out on the north side of the Strand. The streets principally infested are Catherine street, Drury lane, Blackmore street, Clare Market and Russell street. Something akin to a reign of terror prevails among the inhabitants after nightfall. Women refuse to pass along Blackmore street and the lower parts of Stanhope street after dusk, for droves of rats perambulate the roadways and pavements, and may be seen running along the window ledges of the empty houses awaiting demolition by the County Council in the Strand to Holborn improvement scheme. The rats, indeed, have appeared in almost-incredible numbers. "There are millions of them," said one shopkeeper, and his statement was supported by other residents. The unwelcome visitors have been evicted from their old haunts by the County Council housebreakers, and are now busily in search of new homes. The Gaiety Restaurant has been the greatest sufferer. Rats have invaded the premises in such force that the managers have had to close the large dining room on the first floor and the grill rooms on the ground floor and in the basement. Those three spacious halls which have witnessed many as semblages of theatre-goers are now qui:e deserted. Behind the wainscot of the bandstand in the grillroom is a large mound of linen shreds. This represents 1728 serviettes carried theee by the rats. In the bar the removal of a panel disclosed the astonishing fact that the rats have dragged for a distance of seven or eight yards some thirty or forty beer and wine bottles and stacked them in such a fashion as to make comfortable sleeping places. Mr Williams. the manager of the restaurant, estimates that the rats have destroyed L200 worth of linen. Formerly the Gaiety Restaurant dined 2000 persons daily; no business whatever is now done in this direction. Reply
Bruce McTavish Lambeth North Added: 11 Mar 2021 11:37 GMT	Kennington Road Lambeth North station was opened as Kennington Road and then Westminster Bridge Road before settling on its final name. It has a wonderful Leslie Green design. Reply
Bernard Miller Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 12 Apr 2022 17:36 GMT	My mother and her sister were born at 9 Windsor Terrace My mother, Millie Haring (later Miller) and her sister Yetta Haring (later Freedman) were born here in 1922 and 1923. With their parents and older brother and sister, they lived in two rooms until they moved to Stoke Newington in 1929. She always said there were six rooms, six families, a shared sink on the first floor landing and a toilet in the backyard. Reply
MCNALLY Blackfriars Added: 17 May 2021 09:42 GMT	Blackfriars (1959 - 1965) I lived in Upper Ground from 1959 to 1964 I was 6 years old my parents Vince and Kitty run the Pub The Angel on the corner of Upper Ground and Bodies Bridge. I remember the ceiling of the cellar was very low and almost stretched the length of Bodies Bridge. The underground trains run directly underneath the pub. If you were down in the cellar when a train was coming it was quite frightening Reply
Tom Blackfriars Added: 21 May 2021 23:07 GMT	Blackfriars What is, or was, Bodies Bridge? Reply
Richard Roques Hungerford Stairs Added: 21 Jan 2021 16:53 GMT	Buckingham Street residents Here in Buckingham Street lived Samuel Pepys the diarist, Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling Reply
Talbot Yard, SE1 Added: 27 Jul 2021 14:31 GMT	correction Chaucer did not write Pilgrims Progress. His stories were called the Canterbury Tales Reply
sam Burdett Street, SE1 Added: 31 Dec 2021 00:54 GMT	Burdett Street, SE1 I was on 2nd July 1952, in Burdett chambers (which is also known as Burdett buildings)on Burdett street Reply
All bar one Added: 3 Jun 2021 15:50 GMT	All Bar One The capitalisation is wrong Reply
Erin Windsor Terrace, N1 Added: 2 May 2022 01:33 GMT	Windsor Terrace, N1 hello Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Richard Lake De Laune Street, SE17 Added: 28 Sep 2022 09:37 GMT	Trade Union Official John William Lake snr moved with his family to 22 De Laune Street in 1936. He was the London Branch Secretary for the Street Masons, Paviours and Road Makers Union. He had previously lived in Orange St now Copperfield St Southwark but had been forced to move because the landlord didn’t like him working from home and said it broke his lease. John William snr died in 1940. His son John William Lake jnr also became a stone mason and at the end of World War two he was responsible for the engraving of the dates of WW2 onto the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Reply
Julie Well Walk, NW3 Added: 22 Sep 2022 18:30 GMT	Well Walk, NW3 (1817 - 1818) The home of Benthy, the Postman, with whom poet John Keats and his brother Tom lodged from early 1817 to Dec., 1818. They occupied the first floor up. Here Tom died Dec. 1, 1818. It was next door to the Welles Tavern then called ’The Green Man’." From collected papers and photos re: No. 1 Well Walk at the library of Harvard University. Source: No. 1, Well Walk, Hampstead. \| HOLLIS for Reply
Wedlake Street Baths Added: 4 Sep 2022 15:42 GMT	Superman 2 I worked here in 1977. The scene in the prison laundry in Superman 2 was filmed here. Reply
TUM The Underground Map Added: 27 Aug 2022 10:22 GMT	The Underground Map Michael Faraday successfully demonstrated the first electrical transformer at the Royal Institute, London. Reply
Admin Tower Bridge, SE1 Added: 26 Aug 2022 15:19 GMT	Bus makes a leap A number 78 double-decker bus driven by Albert Gunter was forced to jump an accidentally opening Tower Bridge. He was awarded a £10 bonus. Reply
Admin Paddington Added: 26 Aug 2022 12:44 GMT	The world’s first underground train The very first underground train left Paddington on the new Metropolitan Railway bound for Farringdon Street. Reply
Admin Baker Street Added: 26 Aug 2022 12:41 GMT	Baker Street Baker Street station opened on the Metropolitan Railway - the world’s first underground line. Reply
Admin Olympia Added: 26 Aug 2022 12:17 GMT	TV comes to Olympia Over 7000 people queued to see the first high definition television pictures on sets at the Olympia Radio Show. The pictures were transmitted by the BBC from Alexandra Palace, introduced by Leslie Mitchell, their first announcer. Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Alsatia Alsatia was the name given to an area lying north of the River Thames covered by the Whitefriars monastery.

Alsatia

City Temple The City Temple is a Nonconformist church on Holborn Viaduct.

City Temple

City Thameslink City Thameslink is a central London railway station within the City of London, with entrances on Ludgate Hill and Holborn Viaduct.

City Thameslink

Fleet Market The Fleet Market was a market erected in 1736 on the newly culverted River Fleet.

Fleet Market

Old and New London: Temple Bar Temple Bar was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, in 1670–72.

Old and New London: Temple Bar

St Gregory by St Paul’s St Gregory’s by St Paul’s was a parish church in the Castle Baynard ward of the City of London.

St Gregory by St Paul’s

St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street was a church in Castle Baynard ward of the City of London, located on the corner of Old Fish Street and Old Change, on land now covered by post-War development.

St Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street

St Peter, Paul’s Wharf St Peter, Paul’s Wharf, was a parish church in the City of London.

St Peter, Paul’s Wharf

Temple Bar Temple Bar is the point in London where Fleet Street, City of London, becomes the Strand, Westminster, and where the City of London traditionally erected a barrier to regulate trade into the city.

Temple Bar

Thavie’s Inn Thavie’s Inn was a former Inn of Chancery, associated with Lincoln’s Inn, established at Holborn, near the site of the present side street and office block still known as Thavies Inn Buildings.

Thavie’s Inn

The Temple The Temple is one of the main legal districts in London and a notable centre for English law.

The Temple

NEARBY STREETS

Addle Hill, EC4V Addle Hill, formerly Addle Street, originally ran from Upper Thames Street from Carter Lane.

Addle Hill, EC4V

Amen Corner, EC4M Originally called Amen Lane, this short path forms the approach road to Amen Court.

Amen Corner, EC4M

Amen Court, EC4M Many of the highways and byways around the precincts of St Paul’s Cathedral bear names which have ecclesiastical origins.

Amen Court, EC4M

Andrews Crosse, EC4A Andrews Crosse stood on the site of the courtyard of the former Andrews Crosse Inn.

Andrews Crosse, EC4A

Angel Street, EC1A Angel Street runs between King Edward Street in the west and St Martin’s Le Grand in the east.

Angel Street, EC1A

Apothecary Street, EC4V Apothecary Street - the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries is nearby.

Apothecary Street, EC4V

Ashentree Court, EC4Y Ashentree Court was named after the ashen trees formerly located here at the Whitefriars’ monastery.

Ashentree Court, EC4Y

Ave Maria Lane, EC4M Ave Maria Lane is the southern extension of Warwick Lane, between Amen Corner and Ludgate Hill.

Ave Maria Lane, EC4M

Barnard’s Inn, EC4A Barnard’s Inn lies near Holborn Circus.

Barnard’s Inn, EC4A

Bartlett’s Buildings, EC4A Bartlett’s Buildings was the name of a street situated off of Holborn Circus

Bartlett’s Buildings, EC4A

Bear Alley, EC4A Bear Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Bear Alley, EC4A

Bell Yard, EC4A Bell Yard is a small lane off the Strand where the Bell hostel once stood.

Bell Yard, EC4A

Bishop’s Court, EC4M Bishop?s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Bishop’s Court, EC4M

Bishop’s Court, WC2A Bishop’s Court lies off Chancery Lane.

Bishop’s Court, WC2A

Black Friars Lane, EC4V Black Friars Lane was known as Water Lane until 1940.

Black Friars Lane, EC4V

Blackfriars Bridge, EC4V Blackfriars Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Blackfriars Bridge, EC4V

Blackfriars Lane, EC4V Blackfriars Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Blackfriars Lane, EC4V

Blackfriars Underpass, EC4V Blackfriars Underpass is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Blackfriars Underpass, EC4V

Bolt Court, EC4A Bolt Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Bolt Court, EC4A

Bouverie Street, EC4Y Bouverie Street is named for the Pleydell-Bouveries, Earls of Radnor, who were landowners in this area.

Bouverie Street, EC4Y

Breams Buildings, EC4A Breams Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Breams Buildings, EC4A

Brick Court, EC4Y Brick Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Brick Court, EC4Y

Bride Court, EC4Y Bride Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Bride Court, EC4Y

Bride Lane, EC4Y Bride Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Bride Lane, EC4Y

Bridewell Place, EC4V Bridewell Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Bridewell Place, EC4V

Bridge Walk, EC4V Bridge Walk is a road in the SE8 postcode area

Bridge Walk, EC4V

Bull and Mouth Street, EC2V Bull and Mouth Street ran between King Edward Street and St Martin’s Le Grand.

Bull and Mouth Street, EC2V

Burgon Street, EC4V Burgon Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Burgon Street, EC4V

Carmelite Street, EC4Y Carmelite Street continues south from Whitefriars Street, which itself is just off Fleet Street.

Carmelite Street, EC4Y

Carter Lane, EC4M Carter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Carter Lane, EC4M

Carter Lane, EC4V Carter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Carter Lane, EC4V

Chancery Lane, WC2A Chancery Lane has formed the western boundary of the City of London since 1994, having previously been divided between the London boroughs of Westminster and Camden.

Chancery Lane, WC2A

Chichester Rents, WC2A Chichester Rents is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Chichester Rents, WC2A

Church Entry, EC4V Church Entry is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Church Entry, EC4V

Cliffords Inn Passage, EC4Y Cliffords Inn Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Cliffords Inn Passage, EC4Y

Cliffords Inn, EC4A Cliffords Inn is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Cliffords Inn, EC4A

Cock Lane, EC1A Cock Lane leads from Giltspur Street in the east to Snow Hill in the west.

Cock Lane, EC1A

Crane Court, EC4Y Crane Court lay beside the Two Crane Inn Tavern.

Crane Court, EC4Y

Creed Court, EC4M Creed Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Creed Court, EC4M

Creed Lane, EC4V Creed Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Creed Lane, EC4V

Crown Office Row, EC4Y Crown Office Row is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Crown Office Row, EC4Y

Cursitor Street, EC4A Cursitor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Cursitor Street, EC4A

Dean’s Court, EC4M Dean’s Court was a small alley off Old Bailey, on maps between 1750 and 1950.

Dean’s Court, EC4M

Deans Court, EC4V Deans Court is directly opposite the south west corner of St Paul’s Cathedral, on the south side of St Paul’s Churchyard.

Deans Court, EC4V

Devereux Court, EC4Y Devereux Court lies on the south side of the Strand, opposite the Law Courts.

Devereux Court, EC4Y

Distaff Lane, EC4V Distaff Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Distaff Lane, EC4V

Doctor Johnsons Buildings, EC4Y Doctor Johnsons Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Doctor Johnsons Buildings, EC4Y

Dorset Rise, EC4Y Dorset Rise is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Dorset Rise, EC4Y

East Harding Street, EC4A This is a street in the EC4A postcode area

East Harding Street, EC4A

Elliot’s Court, EC4M Elliot’s Court is featured on maps from 1750 to 1950.

Elliot’s Court, EC4M

Essex Court, EC4Y Essex Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Essex Court, EC4Y

Essex Street, EC4Y Essex Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Essex Street, EC4Y

Falcon Court, EC4Y Falcon Court is a courtyard off the south side of Fleet Street between Chancery Lane and Fetter Lane.

Falcon Court, EC4Y

Farringdon Road, EC1A Farringdon Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Farringdon Road, EC1A

Farringdon Road, EC4V Farringdon Road is a road in the EC4P postcode area

Farringdon Road, EC4V

Farringdon Road, EC4V Farringdon Road is a road in the EC4A postcode area

Farringdon Road, EC4V

Farringdon Street, EC1A The building of Farringdon Street is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the 19th century.

Farringdon Street, EC1A

Farringdon Street, EC4M Farringdon Street was constructed over the Fleet river.

Farringdon Street, EC4M

Fetter Lane, EC4A Fetter Lane is corrupted from ’Fautre’ which was the name for a spear rest - spears were made close by.

Fetter Lane, EC4A

Fleet Place, EC4M Fleet Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Fleet Place, EC4M

Fleet Street, EC4A Fleet Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Fleet Street, EC4A

Fleet Street, EC4Y Fleet Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Fleet Street, EC4Y

Fleur De Lis Court, EC4A Fleur De Lis Court was situated off Fetter Lane.

Fleur De Lis Court, EC4A

Fountain Court, EC4Y Fountain Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Fountain Court, EC4Y

Furnival Street, EC4A Furnival Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Furnival Street, EC4A

Garden Court, EC4Y Garden Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Garden Court, EC4Y

Giltspur Street, EC1A Giltspur Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Giltspur Street, EC1A

Godliman Street, EC4M Godliman Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Godliman Street, EC4M

Gough Square, EC4A Gough Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Gough Square, EC4A

Great New Street, EC4A Great New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Great New Street, EC4A

Groveland Court, EC4M Groveland Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Groveland Court, EC4M

Gunpowder Square, EC4A Gunpowder Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Gunpowder Square, EC4A

Harcourt Buildings, EC4Y Harcourt Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Harcourt Buildings, EC4Y

Hardwicke Building, WC2A Hardwicke Building is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Hardwicke Building, WC2A

Hare Court, EC4Y Hare Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Hare Court, EC4Y

Hare Place, EC4Y Hare Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Hare Place, EC4Y

Harmsworth House, EC4Y Harmsworth House lies near the Inner Temple

Harmsworth House, EC4Y

Hat and Mitre Court, EC4Y Hat and Mitre Court is a road in the EC1M postcode area

Hat and Mitre Court, EC4Y

Hind Court, EC4Y Hind Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Hind Court, EC4Y

Holborn Viaduct, EC1A Holborn Viaduct is a road bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it.

Holborn Viaduct, EC1A

Hood Court, EC4Y Hood Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Hood Court, EC4Y

Inner Temple Lane, EC4Y Inner Temple Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Inner Temple Lane, EC4Y

Ireland Yard, EC4V Ireland Yard is an alleyway leading off of Playhouse Yard.

Ireland Yard, EC4V

John Carpenter Street, EC4Y John Carpenter was town clerk of the City of London in the fifteenth century, and founder of the City of London School.

John Carpenter Street, EC4Y

King Edward Street, EC1A King Edward Street runs from Newgate Street in the south to Little Britain in the north.

King Edward Street, EC1A

King’s Bench Walk Temple, EC4Y A street within the EC4Y postcode

King’s Bench Walk Temple, EC4Y

King’s Bench Walk, EC4Y King?s Bench Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

King’s Bench Walk, EC4Y

Kings Bench Walk, EC4Y Kings Bench Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Kings Bench Walk, EC4Y

Knightrider Court, EC4V Knightrider Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Knightrider Court, EC4V

Knightrider Street, EC4V Knightrider Street was supposedly a route that knights would take from the Tower of London to Smithfield, where jousts were held.

Knightrider Street, EC4V

Lamb Building, EC4Y Lamb Building is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Lamb Building, EC4Y

Limeburner Lane, EC4M Limeburner Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Limeburner Lane, EC4M

Little Britain, EC1A Little Britain is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Little Britain, EC1A

Little Essex Street, EC4Y Little Essex Street is one of the streets of London in the WC2R postal area.

Little Essex Street, EC4Y

Little New Street, EC4A Little New Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Little New Street, EC4A

Ludgate Broadway, EC4M Ludgate Broadway is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Ludgate Broadway, EC4M

Ludgate Circus, EC4M Ludgate Circus is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Ludgate Circus, EC4M

Ludgate Hill, EC4M Ludgate Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Ludgate Hill, EC4M

Ludgate Square, EC4M Ludgate Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Ludgate Square, EC4M

Magpie Alley, EC4Y Magpie Alley marks the position occupied by the dorter (dormitory) of the Friary of the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel, commonly called the Whitefriars Monastery

Magpie Alley, EC4Y

Masters House Temple Church, EC4Y Masters House Temple Church is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Masters House Temple Church, EC4Y

Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y Middle Temple Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y

Millennium Bridge, EC4V Millennium Bridge is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Millennium Bridge, EC4V

Mitre Court Buildings, EC4Y Mitre Court Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Mitre Court Buildings, EC4Y

New Bridge Street, EC4V New Bridge Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

New Bridge Street, EC4V

New Court, EC4V New Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

New Court, EC4V

New Fetter Lane, EC1N New Fetter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC1N postal area.

New Fetter Lane, EC1N

New Fetter Lane, EC4A New Fetter Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

New Fetter Lane, EC4A

New Street Square, EC4A New Street Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

New Street Square, EC4A

Newgate Street, EC1A Newgate Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Newgate Street, EC1A

Norwich Street, EC4A Norwich Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Norwich Street, EC4A

Old Bailey, EC4M Old Bailey is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Old Bailey, EC4M

Old Change Court, EC4V Old Change Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Old Change Court, EC4V

Old Mitre Court, EC4Y Old Mitre Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Old Mitre Court, EC4Y

Old Seacoal Lane, EC4M Old Seacoal Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Old Seacoal Lane, EC4M

Pageantmaster Court, EC4M Pageantmaster Court was Ludgate Court and renamed in the summer of 1993.

Pageantmaster Court, EC4M

Paper Buildings Temple, EC4Y Paper Buildings Temple is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Paper Buildings Temple, EC4Y

Paper Buildings, EC4Y Paper Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Paper Buildings, EC4Y

Paternoster Square, EC4M Paternoster Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Paternoster Square, EC4M

Paul’s Walk, EC4V Paul’s Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Paul’s Walk, EC4V

Pemberton Row, EC4A Sir James Pemberton was Lord Mayor of London in 1611, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.

Pemberton Row, EC4A

Peter’s Hill, EC4V Peter’s Hill is the northern access to the Millennium Bridge.

Peter’s Hill, EC4V

Pilgrim Street, EC4M Pilgrim Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Pilgrim Street, EC4M

Playhouse Yard, EC4V Playhouse Yard is named after the Blackfriars theatre which stood here in Shakespeare’s time and where his play’s were performed.

Playhouse Yard, EC4V

Pleydell Street, EC4Y Pleydell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Pleydell Street, EC4Y

Plough Place, EC4A Plough Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Plough Place, EC4A

Ploughs Place, EC4A Ploughs Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Ploughs Place, EC4A

Plowden Buildings, EC4Y Plowden Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Plowden Buildings, EC4Y

Plumtree Court, EC4A Plumtree Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Plumtree Court, EC4A

Poppins Court, EC4A Poppins Court is an historic alley off Fleet Street.

Poppins Court, EC4A

Priory Court, EC4M Priory Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Priory Court, EC4M

Puddle Dock, EC4V Puddle Dock is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Puddle Dock, EC4V

Pump Court, EC4Y Pump Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Pump Court, EC4Y

Quadrant Court, EC4M A street within the EC4M postcode

Quadrant Court, EC4M

Quadrant Court, EC4M A street within the EC4M postcode

Quadrant Court, EC4M

Quality Court, WC2A Quality Court is a courtyard, built around 1700.

Quality Court, WC2A

Queen Isabella Way, EC1A Queen Isabella Way is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area.

Queen Isabella Way, EC1A

Red Lion Court, EC4A Red Lion Court forms part of labyrinth of little passages behind the shops on the north side of Fleet Street.

Red Lion Court, EC4A

Rolls Buildings, EC4A Rolls Buildings is a road in the WC2A postcode area

Rolls Buildings, EC4A

Rolls Passage, WC2A Rolls Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Rolls Passage, WC2A

Rose Street, EC4M Rose Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Rose Street, EC4M

Salisbury Court, EC4Y Salisbury Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Salisbury Court, EC4Y

Salisbury Square, EC4Y Salisbury Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Salisbury Square, EC4Y

Serjeants Inn, EC4Y Serjeants Inn is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Serjeants Inn, EC4Y

Shoe Lane, EC4A Shoe Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Shoe Lane, EC4A

Southwark Bridge, EC4V Southwark Bridge is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area.

Southwark Bridge, EC4V

St Andrew Street, EC4A St Andrew Street is the northern extension of Shoe Lane.

St Andrew Street, EC4A

St Andrews Hill, EC4V St Andrews Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

St Andrews Hill, EC4V

St Bride Street, EC4A St Bride Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

St Bride Street, EC4A

St Brides Avenue, EC4Y St Brides Avenue is a narrow alley which leaves Fleet Street almost opposite Shoe Lane.

St Brides Avenue, EC4Y

St Paul’s Churchyard, EC4M By the beginning of the sixteenth century, St. Paul’s Churchyard was the chief centre of the book trade, not only for London, but for the whole country.

St Paul’s Churchyard, EC4M

Star Yard, WC2A Star Yard is one of the streets of London in the WC2A postal area.

Star Yard, WC2A

Stationers Hall Court, EC4M Stationers Hall Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Stationers Hall Court, EC4M

Stonecutter Street, EC4A Stonecutter Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Stonecutter Street, EC4A

Strand, EC4A This is a street in the EC4A postcode area

Strand, EC4A

Tallis House 2 Tallis Street, EC4Y Tallis House 2 Tallis Street is a location in London.

Tallis House 2 Tallis Street, EC4Y

Tallis Street, EC4Y This street honours Thomas Tallis, composer whose name is engraved on the façade of the nearby former building of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Tallis Street, EC4Y

Temple Avenue, EC4Y Temple Avenue is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Temple Avenue, EC4Y

Temple Chambers, EC4Y Temple Chambers is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Temple Chambers, EC4Y

Temple Gardens, EC4Y Temple Gardens is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Temple Gardens, EC4Y

Temple Pier Victoria Embankment, WC2R Temple Pier Victoria Embankment is a location in London.

Temple Pier Victoria Embankment, WC2R

Three Barrels Walk, EC4V Three Barrels Walk is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Three Barrels Walk, EC4V

Took’s Court, EC4A Took’s Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Took’s Court, EC4A

Trig Lane, EC4V A street within the EC4V postcode

Trig Lane, EC4V

Tudor Street, EC4Y Tudor Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Tudor Street, EC4Y

Tweezer’s Alley, WC2R Tweezer’s Alley probably got its name after the tweezers used by smiths to heat items in the forge that stood there.

Tweezer’s Alley, WC2R

Upper Thames Street, EC4V Upper Thames Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Upper Thames Street, EC4V

Victoria Embankment, EC4Y Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment scheme of 19th-century civil engineering that reclaimed land next to the River Thames.

Victoria Embankment, EC4Y

Wardrobe Place, EC4V Wardrobe Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

Wardrobe Place, EC4V

Warwick Lane, EC4M This is a street in the EC4P postcode area

Warwick Lane, EC4M

Warwick Square, EC4M Warwick Square is one of the streets of London in the EC4M postal area.

Warwick Square, EC4M

Watergate, EC4Y Watergate is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Watergate, EC4Y

White Lion Hill, EC4V White Lion Hill is one of the streets of London in the EC4V postal area.

White Lion Hill, EC4V

Whitefriars Street, EC4Y Whitefriars Street is one of the streets of London in the EC4Y postal area.

Whitefriars Street, EC4Y

Wine Office Court, EC4A Wine Office Court is one of the streets of London in the EC4A postal area.

Wine Office Court, EC4A

NEARBY PUBS

Cella Karaoke Lounge This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Cella Karaoke Lounge

Corney & Barrow Wine Bars This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Corney & Barrow Wine Bars

Corney & Barrow, Unit 3, Stock Exch This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Corney & Barrow, Unit 3, Stock Exch

Dado 54 This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Dado 54

El Vino Blackfriars This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

El Vino Blackfriars

El Vino Fleet Street El Vino Fleet Street

El Vino Fleet Street

Grand Union This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Grand Union

Harrild and Sons This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Harrild and Sons

Harry’s Bar & Pizzeria This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Harry’s Bar & Pizzeria

Jamie’s Wine Bar and Restaurant This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Jamie’s Wine Bar and Restaurant

Jamies This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Jamies

Jamies This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Jamies

Kanaloa This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Kanaloa

Knights Templar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Knights Templar

Le Paris Grill This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Le Paris Grill

Magpie & Stump The Magpie and Stump is situated at 18 Old Bailey, EC4.

Magpie & Stump

Mermaid Theatre This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Mermaid Theatre

Patch This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Patch

Pegasus Bar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Pegasus Bar

Punch Tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Punch Tavern

Quarter Jacks, Grange St Pauls Hotel This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Quarter Jacks, Grange St Pauls Hotel

Rudd’s This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Rudd’s

Shaws Booksellers This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Shaws Booksellers

Slug and Lettuce This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Slug and Lettuce

St Brides Tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

St Brides Tavern

The Albion This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Albion

The Blackfriar This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Blackfriar

The Centre Page This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Centre Page

The Cockpit This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Cockpit

The Crown and Sugar Loaf This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Crown and Sugar Loaf

The Draft House This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Draft House

The Duke and Duchess This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Duke and Duchess

The Fable This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Fable

The George The George was at 25 Old Bailey.

The George

The Hack & Hop This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Hack & Hop

The Harrow This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Harrow

The Hoop & Grapes This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Hoop & Grapes

The Old Bell Tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Old Bell Tavern

The Paternoster This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Paternoster

The Rising Sun This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Rising Sun

The Saint This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The Saint

The White Swan This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

The White Swan

Tipperary This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Tipperary

Viaduct Tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Viaduct Tavern

Voltaire, Crowne Plaza Hotel This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Voltaire, Crowne Plaza Hotel

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

Ye Olde Cock Tavern This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Ye Olde Cock Tavern

Ye Olde London This pub existed immediately prior to the 2020 global pandemic and may still do so.

Ye Olde London

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Smithfield Market TUM image id: 1620388545 Licence:	The Hole In The Wall, Waterloo Credit: Virtual Tourist TUM image id: 1605093975 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The old wooden Temple Bar Credit: Walter Thornbury TUM image id: 1523115955 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Hopton’s Almshouses, Hopton Street, Bankside (1957) TUM image id: 1470953421 Licence:	Tate Modern viewed from Thames pleasure boat (2003) Credit: Christine Matthews TUM image id: 1557161613 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Saint John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, the main gateway to the Priory of Saint John of Jerusalem. The church was founded in the 12th century by Jordan de Briset, a Norman knight. Prior Docwra completed the gatehouse shown in this photograph in 1504. The gateway served as the main entry to the Priory, which was the center of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (the Knights Hospitallers). Credit: Henry Dixon (1880) TUM image id: 1557226611 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Great Arthur House, at the centre of the Golden Lane Estate, was the tallest residential building in Britain at the time of its construction. Credit: Steve F/Wiki commons TUM image id: 1582223961 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Southwark Street estate was opened in 1876. Originally there were 12 blocks, with 22 flats in each one. In the 1960s two blocks in the centre of the estate were demolished as part of a modernisation programme, which created a space for the construction of a children’s play area. In the 1990s a block near the estate boundary was pulled down, and some adjoining land was purchased. This enabled the building of new blocks with a frontage to Great Guildford Street, which include some shop units. TUM image id: 1657027225 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers’ chambers Credit: Wiki Commons/J D Mack TUM image id: 1660223325 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Castle on Cowcross Street, EC1 is the only pub in England that, alongside its pub sign, is permitted to display the three balls of a pawnbroker. Credit: Wiki Commons/oxyman TUM image id: 1653994847 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Illustration of Fleet Market Credit: William Henry Prior TUM image id: 1530111646 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Ring, Blackfriars Road, SE1 (1925) Although established as a boxing venue in 1910, the building dated from 1783 as the Surrey Congregational Chapel by the Reverend Rowland Hill - who reportedly opted for the unusual, circular design so that there would be no corners in which the devil could hide. The person responsible for overseeing the chapel’s conversion was Dick Burge, a former English middleweight champion from Cheltenham. The former place of worship was then a warehouse. Dick and his wife Bella Burge enlisted the help of local homeless people to clean out the building and transform it into a state fit for presenting boxing to the public. The Ring opened on 14 May 1910, with the Blackfriars arena soon staging events four to five times a week, and the name from the circular shape of the building. The term "boxing ring" is not derived from the name of the building, contrary to local legend, but - still from the capital - instead from the London Prize Ring Rules in 1743, which specified a small circle in the centre of the fight area where the boxers met at the start of each round. The term ’ringside seat’ dates from the 1860s. TUM image id: 1509724629 Licence:	Amen Court, EC4M TUM image id: 1493474208 Licence: CC BY 2.0	At the southern end of Carmelite Street in the City of London stood the Victorian-era Whitefriars Fire Station. Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1623066010 Licence:	Clerkenwell Green (1898) The water fountain shown here became public toilets. TUM image id: 1620298544 Licence:

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Smithfield Market
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The old wooden Temple Bar
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Hopton’s Almshouses, Hopton Street, Bankside (1957)
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Tate Modern viewed from Thames pleasure boat (2003)
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Middle Temple Lane looking towards Victoria Embankment (2008) The buildings are mainly occupied by barristers’ chambers
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The Castle on Cowcross Street, EC1 is the only pub in England that, alongside its pub sign, is permitted to display the three balls of a pawnbroker.
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Illustration of Fleet Market
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Amen Court, EC4M
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At the southern end of Carmelite Street in the City of London stood the Victorian-era Whitefriars Fire Station.
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View of Cloth Fair in 1884 showing the side entrance to St Bartholomew’s Priory, Smithfield.
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