Shakespeare Tower, EC2Y

Block in/near Barbican

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FEBRUARY
23
2001
Shakespeare Tower can be found on Beech Street.






NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Bunhill Fields Bunhill Fields was in use as a burial ground from 1665 until 1854.
Golden Lane Estate, EC1Y The Golden Lane Housing Estate is a 1950s council housing complex in the City of London.
Hicks Hall Hicks Hall (1611 - 1778) was a building in St John Street, Clerkenwell.
Honourable Artillery Company Museum The Honourable Artillery Company Museum opened in 1987.
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.
Museum of the Order of St John The Museum of the Order of St John in Clerkenwell, London, tells the story of the Venerable Order of Saint John.
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.
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.
Wesley’s Chapel Wesley’s Chapel - originally the City Road Chapel - is a Methodist church built under the direction of John Wesley.
Whitefield’s Tabernacle Whitefield’s Tabernacle is a former church at the corner of Tabernacle Street and Leonard Street.

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 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)
Australian Avenue, EC2Y Australian Avenue ran north out of The Crescent (Jewin Crescent) to the road formerly known as Barbican (now Beech Street) (Barbican)
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)
Baroda House, EC1Y Baroda House is located on City Road (Clerkenwell)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Britannic House, EC2M Britannic House is a block on Finsbury Circus (City of London)
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)
Bunhill Row, EC1Y Bunhill Row is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal 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)
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)
Chiswell Street, EC1Y Chiswell Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Churchyard Path, EC1A Churchyard Path runs up to the church of St Bartholomew (City of London)
City Greenyard, EC2Y City Greenyard - or simply Green Yard - was swept away to build the Barbican area (Barbican)
City Place House, EC2V City Place House is a block on Basinghall Street (City of London)
City Road, EC1Y City Road is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
City Tower, EC2V City Tower is a block on Unnamed Road (City of London)
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)
Cotton Street, EC2Y Cotton Street was situated off Australian Avenue (Barbican)
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)
Cross Key Court, EC2R After 1939, the new name for Sun Court, Great Swan Alley was Cross Key Court, EC2 (City of London)
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 part of the Barbican development, north of Thomas More Garden (Barbican)
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, EC1A East Market is part of Smithfield Market (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)
Elephant Yard, EC2Y Elephant Yard was the coaching yard which used to belong to the Elephant Inn, demolished in the 1840s (Barbican)
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)
Faulkners Alley, EC1M Faulkners Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
Ferroners House, EC2Y Ferroners House (Barbican)
Finsbury Court, EC2A Finsbury Court was obliterated in a redevelopment programme taking in Finsbury Pavement (Clerkenwell)
Finsbury Pavement, EC2M Finsbury Pavement was the first pavement of firm ground north of the marshy Moorfields (Moorgate)
Finsbury Street, EC2A Finsbury Street is a road in the EC2Y postcode area (Clerkenwell)
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 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)
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)
Glyn House, EC1Y Glyn House is a block on City Road (Clerkenwell)
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)
Great Swan Alley, EC2R Great Swan Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)
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)
Habib House, EC2R Habib House is a block on Moorgate (City of London)
Half Moon Court, EC1A Halfmoon Court is the southern most of five passages leading eastward from Kinghorn Street (City of London)
Harella House, EC1V Harella House is a building on Goswell Road (Clerkenwell)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Jewin Crescent, EC2Y Jewin Crescent - as The Crescent - existed from the end of the eighteenth century (Barbican)
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)
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)
Lackington Street, EC2M Lackington Street is a road in the EC2A postcode area (City of London)
Lamb’s Passage, EC1Y Lamb’s Passage was formerly Great Swordbearers (Sword Bearers) Alley (Clerkenwell)
Langthorn Court, EC2N Langthorn Court is an historic courtyard in the City of London (City of London)
Lauderdale Tower, EC2Y Lauderdale Tower is the westernmost tower in the Barbican, facing onto Lauderdale Place (Barbican)
Lexington Apartments, EC1Y Lexington Apartments is a block on City Road (Clerkenwell)
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 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)
Longbow House, EC1Y Longbow House is a block on Chiswell Street (Clerkenwell)
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)
Moor House, EC2Y Moor House is a block on Fore Street Avenue (City of London)
Moor Place, EC2M Moor Place is the successor street to Short Street (City of London)
Moorfields Highwalk, EC2Y Moorfields Highwalk is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
Moorfields, EC2M Moorfields is the successor street to Little Moorfields which dated from the mid eighteenth century (City of London)
Moorgate Hall, EC2M Moorgate Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (City of London)
Moorgate Place, EC2R Moorgate Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)
Mountjoy House, EC2Y Mountjoy House is a building on Monkwell Square (Barbican)
New Union Street, EC2Y New Union Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (City of London)
Newbury Street, EC1A Newbury Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1A postal area (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 House, EC1V Northburgh House is a building on Northburgh Street (Clerkenwell)
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)
One Ropemaker Street, EC2Y One Ropemaker Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (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)
Paul’s Alley, EC2Y Paul’s Alley ran along the former northern edge of London’s main Jewish cemetary (Barbican)
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)
Preachers Court The Charterhouse, EC1M Residential block (Clerkenwell)
Quaker Court, EC1Y Quaker Court is a block on Banner Street (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)
Ropemaker Street, EC2M Ropemaker Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Moorgate)
Roscoe Street, EC1Y Roscoe Street is one of the streets of London in the EC1Y postal area (Clerkenwell)
Salisbury House, EC2M Salisbury House can be found on London Wall (City of London)
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)
Smokehouse Yard, EC1M Smokehouse Yard is one of the streets of London in the EC1M postal area (Clerkenwell)
South Place, EC2M South Place is one of the streets of London in the EC2M postal area (Moorgate)
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 Giles Terrace, EC2Y St Giles Terrace lies alongside St Giles Cripplegate church (Barbican)
St Johns Lane, EC1M St Johns Lane 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 Postern, EC2Y The Postern is one of the streets of London in the EC2Y postal area (Barbican)
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)
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 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)
West Street, EC2M West Street led into Finsbury Circus (City of London)
Whitecross Street, EC1Y Whitecross Street was formerly a longer street in inner London. It now features a street market and a large housing estate (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, EC2Y The northern section Wood Street lies between London Wall and the Barbican (Barbican)


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