Corbet Court, EC3V

Corbet Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area.

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On 1 January 1659, Samuel Pepys started his famous daily diary and maintained it for ten years. The diary has become perhaps the most extensive source of information on this critical period of English history. Pepys never considered that his diary would be read by others. The original diary consisted of six volumes written in Shelton shorthand, which he had learned as an undergraduate on scholarship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. This shorthand was introduced in 1626, and was the same system Isaac Newton used when writing.

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Parkers Row, SE1 Added: 9 Jan 2025 18:51 GMT	Parkers Row, SE1 My great great grandmother, and her soon to be husband, lived in Parker’s Row before their marriage in St James in June 1839. Thier names were - Jane Elizabeth Turner and Charles Frederick Dean. She was a hat trimmer and he was a tailor. Reply
Lindsay Trott Lockside, E14 Added: 1 Jan 2025 17:55 GMT	Lockside not on 1939 Register I have the Denby family living in Lockside in 1938 but it does not appear on the 1939 Register. Reply
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Dave Hinves Bacon Street, E1 Added: 27 Nov 2024 03:55 GMT	he was a School Teacher Henry sailed from Graves End 1849 on ’The Woodbridge’ arrived South Australia 1850. In 1858 he married Julia Ann Walsh at Burra, South Australia, they had 3 children, and 36 grand children. Died 24 June 1896 at Wilmington, South Australia. He is my 1st cousin 3x removed. Reply
Kevin Pont St George’s Square, SW1V Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT	St Georges Square This is rather lovely and well worth a visit! Reply
Simon Chapman Blossom Place, E1 Added: 22 Nov 2024 17:47 GMT	Blossom Place My Great Great Grandmother, Harriett Robbins lived in 2 Blossom Place in 1865 before marrying my Great Great Grandfather. They moved to 23 Spitall Square. Reply
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All Hallows Staining All Hallows Staining was a church located at the junction of Mark Lane and Dunster Court.

All Hallows Staining

Bank of England The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom.

Bank of England

Bevis Marks Synagogue Bevis Marks Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom.

Bevis Marks Synagogue

London Metal Exchange The London Metal Exchange (LME) is the futures exchange with the world’s largest market in options and futures contracts on base and other metals.

London Metal Exchange

St Katharine Cree St Katharine Cree is a Church of England church on the north side of Leadenhall Street near Leadenhall Market.

St Katharine Cree

St Mary Axe St Mary Axe was a medieval parish in the City of London whose name survives as that of the street which formerly occupied it.

St Mary Axe

St Mary Axe St Mary Axe was a mediaeval church situated just north of Leadenhall Street on a site now occupied by Fitzwilliam House.

St Mary Axe

St Olave Hart Street St Olave’s Church is a Church of England church located on the corner of Hart Street and Seething Lane.

St Olave Hart Street

NEARBY STREETS

20 Fenchurch Street, EC3M 20 Fenchurch Street is a commercial skyscraper in the City of London. (City of London)

20 Fenchurch Street, EC3M

Abchurch Lane, EC4N Abchurch Lane was first mentioned as Abbechurche Lane in 1291 (City of London)

Abchurch Lane, EC4N

Abchurch Yard, EC4N First mentioned in 1732, Abchurch Yard was built on the St Mary Abchurch churchyard (City of London)

Abchurch Yard, EC4N

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

Adams Court, EC2R

AIG Building, EC3M AIG Building is sited on Fenchurch Street (City of London)

AIG Building, EC3M

All Hallows Court, EC3M All Hallows Court ran on the northern side of All Hallows Lombard Street church (City of London)

All Hallows Court, EC3M

Allianz House, EC3V Allianz House is a block on St Benet’s Place (City of London)

Allianz House, EC3V

Ball Alley, EC3M Ball Alley existed on maps between the 1750s and 1950s (City of London)

Ball Alley, EC3M

Ball Court, EC3V Ball Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Ball Court, EC3V

Bartholomew Lane, EC3V Bartholomew Lane runs between the junction of Lothbury and Throgmorton Street in the north to Threadneedle Street in the south. (City of London)

Bartholomew Lane, EC3V

Bell Inn Yard, EC3M Bell Inn Yard has also been simply ’Bell Yard’ on maps (City of London)

Bell Inn Yard, EC3M

Bengal Court, EC3V Bengal Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Bengal Court, EC3V

Billiter Square, EC3M Billiter Square is a former square in the City of London (City of London)

Billiter Square, EC3M

Billiter Street, EC3M Billiter Street was once home to a medieval bell foundry (City of London)

Billiter Street, EC3M

Birchin Lane, EC3V Birchin Lane was owned by a medieval gentleman called Birchervere (City of London)

Birchin Lane, EC3V

Bishopsgate, EC3V Bishopsgate is named after one of the original eight gates in the London Wall. (City of London)

Bishopsgate, EC3V

Brabant Court, EC3M Brabant Court off Philpot Lane, probably marks the site of a settlement of immigrants from Brabant, a province now split between Belgium and the Netherlands (City of London)

Brabant Court, EC3M

Bucklersbury, EC4N Bucklersbury is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area (City of London)

Bucklersbury, EC4N

Bulls Head Passage, EC3M Bulls Head Passage is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Bulls Head Passage, EC3M

Bury Court, EC3A Bury Court is located off St Mary Axe (City of London)

Bury Court, EC3A

Bury House, EC3A Bury House is a building on Bury Street (City of London)

Bury House, EC3A

Bury Street, EC3A Bury Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)

Bury Street, EC3A

Bush Lane, EC4R Bush Lane is thought to be named after a former inn of this name. (City of London)

Bush Lane, EC4R

Candlewick House, EC4N Candlewick House is a block on Cannon Street (City of London)

Candlewick House, EC4N

Cannon Street, EC4N Cannon Street runs nearly parallel with the River Thames, about 250 metres north of it, in the south of the City of London (City of London)

Cannon Street, EC4N

Capel Court, EC2R On the east side of the Bank of England turn into Bartholomew Lane. Capel Court is off to the east (City of London)

Capel Court, EC2R

Capital House, EC4N Capital House is a block on King William Street (City of London)

Capital House, EC4N

Castle Court, EC3V Castle Court leads off Birchin Lane (City of London)

Castle Court, EC3V

Change Alley, EC3V Change Alley is a thoroughfare between Lombard Street and Cornhill in London’s financial district (City of London)

Change Alley, EC3V

Clark’s Place, EC3V Clark’s Place - formerly Clark’s Alley - was a courtyard in the City of London (City of London)

Clark’s Place, EC3V

Clements Lane, EC4N Clements Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area (City of London)

Clements Lane, EC4N

Clothworkers Hall, EC3M Clothworkers Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)

Clothworkers Hall, EC3M

Corbet Court, EC3V Corbet Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Corbet Court, EC3V

Cornhill, EC3V Cornhill is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Cornhill, EC3V

Cree House, EC3A Cree House can be found on Creechurch Lane (City of London)

Cree House, EC3A

Creechurch Lane, EC3A Creechurch Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)

Creechurch Lane, EC3A

Cullum Street, EC3M Cullum Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)

Cullum Street, EC3M

Cunard Place, EC3A Cunard Place is an alleyway off Bury Street (City of London)

Cunard Place, EC3A

Dunster Court, EC3R Dunster Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)

Dunster Court, EC3R

Exchange Steps, EC3V Exchange Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Exchange Steps, EC3V

Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M Fenchurch Avenue runs from Lime Street to Billiter Street (City of London)

Fenchurch Avenue, EC3M

Fenchurch Buildings, EC3A Fenchurch Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)

Fenchurch Buildings, EC3A

Fenchurch Mews, EC3M A street within the EC3M postcode (City of London)

Fenchurch Mews, EC3M

Fenchurch Place, EC3M Fenchurch Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)

Fenchurch Place, EC3M

Fenchurch Street, EC3R Fenchurch Street links Gracechurch Street and Aldgate (City of London)

Fenchurch Street, EC3R

Finch Lane, EC3V Finch Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Finch Lane, EC3V

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

Founders Court, EC2R

Fountain House, EC3M Fountain House is a building on Fenchurch Street (City of London)

Fountain House, EC3M

French Ordinary Court, EC3M French Ordinary Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)

French Ordinary Court, EC3M

George Yard, EC3V George Yard is a yard off of Lombard Street (City of London)

George Yard, EC3V

Gracechurch Street, EC3V Gracechurch Street is in the heart of Roman Londinium - it runs directly over the site of the basilica and forum (City of London)

Gracechurch Street, EC3V

Great St Helen’s, EC3A This is a street in the EC3A postcode area (City of London)

Great St Helen’s, EC3A

Grocers’ Hall Court, EC2R Grocers? Hall Court is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)

Grocers’ Hall Court, EC2R

Hart Street, Hart Street is an old East End street (City of London)

Hart Street,

Hart Street, EC3R Hart Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)

Hart Street, EC3R

Heneage Lane, EC3A Heneage Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)

Heneage Lane, EC3A

Hogarth Court, EC3M Hogarth Court runs from Fenchurch Avenue to Fenchurch Street (City of London)

Hogarth Court, EC3M

Holland House, EC3A Holland House is a block on Bury Street (City of London)

Holland House, EC3A

James Court, EC3A James Court is an old East End street (City of London)

James Court, EC3A

King William Street, EC4N The northern section of King William Street runs diagonally northwards of the Monument junction (City of London)

King William Street, EC4N

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4N Laurence Pountney Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area (City of London)

Laurence Pountney Lane, EC4N

Leadenhall Avenue, EC3M Leadenhall Avenue was built on the first site of Leadenhall Market (City of London)

Leadenhall Avenue, EC3M

Leadenhall Market, EC3M Leadenhall Market is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)

Leadenhall Market, EC3M

Leadenhall Place, EC3V Leadenhall Place is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Leadenhall Place, EC3V

Leadenhall Street, EC3A Leadenhall Street - historic home to both the East India Company and Lloyd’s of London. (Clerkenwell)

Leadenhall Street, EC3A

Leadenhall Street, EC3M Leadenhall Street is a road in the EC3N postcode area (City of London)

Leadenhall Street, EC3M

Leadenhall Street, EC3V Leadenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Leadenhall Street, EC3V

Leadenhall Street, EC3V Leadenhall Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)

Leadenhall Street, EC3V

Lime Street, EC3M The name Lime Street comes from the lime burners who once sold lime from there for use in construction (City of London)

Lime Street, EC3M

Lloyd’s Building, EC3M Lloyd’s Building is a block on Lime Street (City of London)

Lloyd’s Building, EC3M

Lombard Court, EC3V Lombard Court is a small street between Gracechurch Street and Clements Lane in the heart of London’s financial district (City of London)

Lombard Court, EC3V

Lombard Street, EC3V Lombard Street has a history stretching back to medieval times. (City of London)

Lombard Street, EC3V

London Street, EC3M London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)

London Street, EC3M

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

Lothbury, EC2R

Mansion House Place, EC3V Mansion House Place is one of the streets of London in the EC4N postal area (City of London)

Mansion House Place, EC3V

Mark Lane, EC3R Mark Lane links Great Tower Street and Fenchurch Street (City of London)

Mark Lane, EC3R

Minster Court, EC3R Minster Court can be found on Mincing Lane (City of London)

Minster Court, EC3R

Minsters Pavement, EC3A Minsters Pavement is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)

Minsters Pavement, EC3A

Mitre House, EC3A Mitre House is a block on Mitre Street (City of London)

Mitre House, EC3A

New Baltic House, EC3M New Baltic House is a block on Fenchurch Street (City of London)

New Baltic House, EC3M

New London Street, EC3R New London Street is one of the streets of London in the EC3R postal area (City of London)

New London Street, EC3R

Newman’s Court, EC3V Newman’s Court is an old courtyard situated off Cornhill (City of London)

Newman’s Court, EC3V

Nicholas Lane, EC3V Nicholas Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Nicholas Lane, EC3V

Nicholas Lane, EC4N Nicholas Lane has two non-contiguous sections, separated by King William Street (City of London)

Nicholas Lane, EC4N

Philpot Lane, EC3M Philpot Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)

Philpot Lane, EC3M

Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode (City of London)

Plantain Gardens, EC3M

Plantain Gardens, EC3M A street within the EC3V postcode (City of London)

Plantain Gardens, EC3M

Plantation Place, EC3R Plantation Place takes its name from a previous Plantation House, once the recognised centre of the tea trade (City of London)

Plantation Place, EC3R

Plough Court, EC4R Plough Court was named for the Plough tavern which stood here (City of London)

Plough Court, EC4R

Popes Head Alley, EC3V Popes Head Alley is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Popes Head Alley, EC3V

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

Princes Street, EC2R

Railway Place, Railway Place is an old East End street (City of London)

Railway Place,

Religare House, EC4N Religare House is a block on Cannon Street (City of London)

Religare House, EC4N

Rood Lane, EC3M Rood Lane is one of the streets of London in the EC3M postal area (City of London)

Rood Lane, EC3M

Royal Court, EC3V Royal Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Royal Court, EC3V

Royal Exchange Avenue, EC3V Royal Exchange Avenue connects Finch Lane with the Royal Exchange (City of London)

Royal Exchange Avenue, EC3V

Royal Exchange Buildings, EC3V Royal Exchange Buildings is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Royal Exchange Buildings, EC3V

Royal Exchange Steps, EC2R Royal Exchange Steps is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Royal Exchange Steps, EC2R

Royal Exchange, EC3V Royal Exchange is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

Royal Exchange, EC3V

Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M Ship Tavern Passage is a City of London alleyway (City of London)

Ship Tavern Passage, EC3M

Sky Garden, EC3M Sky Garden is a location in London (City of London)

Sky Garden, EC3M

St Clement’s House, EC4N St Clement’s House is a block on Clement’s Lane (City of London)

St Clement’s House, EC4N

St Mary Abchurch House, EC4N St Mary Abchurch House is a block on Cannon Street (City of London)

St Mary Abchurch House, EC4N

St Mary Axe, EC3A St Mary Axe is an ancient street of the City of London (City of London)

St Mary Axe, EC3A

St Michaels Alley, EC3V St Michael’s Alley was the centre of the 17th century London coffee house phenomenon (City of London)

St Michaels Alley, EC3V

St Michaels Rectory, EC3V St Michaels Rectory is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

St Michaels Rectory, EC3V

St Swithin’s Lane, EC4N St Swithin’s Lane runs from King William Street to Cannon Street (City of London)

St Swithin’s Lane, EC4N

St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A Jeffrey’s Square disappeared under the St Mary Axe development (City of London)

St. Mary’s Grove, EC3A

Staple Hall, EC3A Staple Hall is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)

Staple Hall, EC3A

Stock Exchange Tower, EC2N Stock Exchange Tower is a building on Old Broad Street (City of London)

Stock Exchange Tower, EC2N

Stone House Court, EC3A Stone House Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)

Stone House Court, EC3A

Sugarloaf Court, EC3A Sugarloaf Court leads south off Leadenhall Street (City of London)

Sugarloaf Court, EC3A

Sun Court, EC3V Sun Court is an old courtyard of Cornhill (City of London)

Sun Court, EC3V

Talbot Court, EC3V Talbot Court was next to the Talbot Inn until the Great Fire of London (City of London)

Talbot Court, EC3V

The Courtyard, EC3V The Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the EC3V postal area (City of London)

The Courtyard, EC3V

The Leadenhall Building, EC3 The Leadenhall Building is located on Leadenhall Street (City of London)

The Leadenhall Building, EC3

The Leadenhall Building, EC3M The Leadenhall Building is a block on Leadenhall Street (City of London)

The Leadenhall Building, EC3M

The Walbrook Building, EC4N The Walbrook Building is a building on Walbrook (City of London)

The Walbrook Building, EC4N

Threadneedle Street, EC2N Threadneedle Street is one of the streets of London in the EC2R postal area (City of London)

Threadneedle Street, EC2N

Threadneedle Street, EC3V Threadneedle Street is the location of the Bank of England and Royal Exchange (City of London)

Threadneedle Street, EC3V

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

Undershaft, EC3P Undershaft is a road in the EC3P postcode area (City of London)

Undershaft, EC3P

Walbrook, EC4N Walbrook is one of the streets of the Bank area (City of London)

Walbrook, EC4N

Walsingham House, EC3N Walsingham House is a block on Seething Lane (Tower Hill)

Walsingham House, EC3N

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

Warnford Court, EC2N

White Lion Court, EC3V White Lion Court is an old courtyard situated off Cornhill (City of London)

White Lion Court, EC3V

Whittington Avenue, EC3M Whittington Avenue leads south from Leadenhall Street (City of London)

Whittington Avenue, EC3M

Willis Building, EC3M Willis Building is a block on Lime Street (City of London)

Willis Building, EC3M

Wrestlers Court, EC3A Wrestlers Court is one of the streets of London in the EC3A postal area (City of London)

Wrestlers Court, EC3A

XL House, EC3V XL House is a block on Gracechurch Street (City of London)

XL House, EC3V

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Bank station Credit: IG/steven.maddison TUM image id: 1653840363 Licence: CC BY 2.0	"Cheapside and Bow Church" engraved by W. Albutt (1837) First published in The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London and Westminster. Steel engraved print after a picture by T.H. Shepherd. Credit: W. Albutt TUM image id: 1507465321 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Georg Giese from Danzig, 34-year-old German merchant at the Steelyard, painted in London by Hans Holbein in 1532 Credit: Hans Holbein TUM image id: 1490827371 Licence:	Walbrook Wharf is an operating freight wharf located in the City of London adjacent to Cannon Street station. TUM image id: 1508582712 Licence:	The Great Synagogue of London (1810) The Great Synagogue of London was, for centuries, the centre of Ashkenazi synagogue and Jewish life in London. It was destroyed during the Blitz. Credit: Thomas Rowlandson TUM image id: 1518368926 Licence:
The Aldgate Pump (1874) Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street. The pump is notable for its long, and sometimes dark history, as well as its cultural significance as a symbolic start point of the East End of London. The term "East of Aldgate Pump" is used as a synonym for the East End or for East London as a whole. Credit: Wellcome Images TUM image id: 1518792844 Licence:	Bevis Marks Synagogue Credit: John Salmon TUM image id: 1519475277 Licence: CC BY 2.0	St Katherine Cree, City of London St Katharine Cree is a Church of England church on the north side of Leadenhall Street near Leadenhall Market. The present church was built in 1628–30, retaining the Tudor tower of its predecessor. The church escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666 and suffered only minor damage in the London Blitz. Credit: Prioryman TUM image id: 1519729630 Licence:	St James Duke’s Place The church survived the Great Fire of London, but fell into disrepair and was rebuilt in 1727, retaining much of the original woodwork. The poverty of the Aldgate area made it increasingly difficult to raise funds to maintain the church; Godwin described it as being "in a very dirty and dilapidated state". In 1874, under the 1860 Union of Benefices Act, it was demolished and the parish joined to that of St Katherine Cree. The site of the church is now occupied by the Sir John Cass School. Credit: Robert William Billings and John Le Keux TUM image id: 1520552156 Licence:	Petticoat Lane in the 1920s Credit: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) TUM image id: 1523993996 Licence:
Byward Tower, 1893 TUM image id: 1556882285 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Southwark Cathedral Credit: IG/aleks london diary TUM image id: 1653856025 Licence:	The George and Vulture was built in 1746 as a public house in Castle Court, near Lombard Street. There has been an inn on the site for centuries. It was said to be a meeting place of the notorious Hellfire Club and is now a City chop house. It is mentioned at least 20 times in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, who frequently drank there himself. Credit: Wiki Commons/Jim Linwood TUM image id: 1726415637 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Established in 1745 as The Old Jerusalem, a drinking house took the name of Dirty Dick’s in 1814 and adopted his story along with it. The original of Dirty Dick was Nathaniel Bentley, a successful merchant with a hardware shop and warehouse in Leadenhall Street in the mid-eighteenth century. After his bride-to-be died on their wedding day - so the legend goes - he never cleaned up again, never washed or changed his clothes. Bentley died in 1809, and the Bishopsgate Distillers appropriated this story of the notorious dirty hardware merchant, adorning their bar with dead cats and cobwebs to perpetuate the legend. Credit: Spitalfields Life TUM image id: 1641301488 Licence:	The northern edge of Tudor London (1520) Moorgate was an old gate in London’s city wall, situated to the west of where the River Walbrook - a long lost river of London - crossed into the city. The Walbrook ran between the two main hills of the city: Ludgate Hill to the west and Cornhill to the east. It rose in the Shoreditch area and flowed into the Thames. By Tudor times, the Walbrook had been culverted within the city but still ran in open country outside the wall. After the river crossed London Wall and flowed into the City, it was bricked over since it had long since turned into a sewer there. Outside the London Wall, the open Walbrook would regularly flood the low-lying area to the north making building difficult. William Fitzstephen described the "great fen which washed against the northern wall of the City". So whereas London slowly spread to the west and the east, the marshy conditions of Moorfields hindered urbanisation to the north. The marsh covered much of the Manor of Finsbury - the name of the district immediately to the north of the city of London whose placename "Finsbury" derives from the word "fen". London’s Wall seems to have acted as a dam, restricting the flow of the river and adding to the area of marshland. As the Walbrook north of the wall was culverted in time, this slowly opened up the hitherto marshy land for building. None of Moorfields remains now - lending its name to the eye hospital and little else. Credit: Historic Towns Trust/Col. Henry Johns TUM image id: 1715180412 Licence: