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  Chapter 10. Proper Names in America. 4. Street Names. Mencken, H.L. 1921. The American Language
Thus, Oxford street, London, becomes the Bayswater road, High street, Holland Park avenue, Goldhawke road and finally the Oxford road to the westward, and High Holborn, Holborn viaduct, Newgate street, Cheapside, the Poultry, Cornhill and Leadenhall street to the eastward.
Next to the numbering and lettering of streets, a fashion apparently set up by Major Pierre-Charles L’Enfant’s plans for Washington, the most noticeable feature of American street nomenclature, as opposed to that of England, is the extensive use of such designations as avenue, boulevard, drive and speedway.
The principal street of a small town, in America, is almost always Main street; in England it is as invariably High street, usually with the definite article before High.
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 HOTELS NEAR LEADENHALL STREET LONDON EC3
Leadenhall Street EC3 lies in the heart of the City of London's Square Mile, with Gracechurch Street and Bishopsgate to the west and the Minories EC3 and Aldgate EC3 to the east.
Leadenhall Street is home to the distinctive Lloyds Building, which was designed by architect Richard Rogers and opened in 1986.
Leadenhall Street is close to a number of mainline and London Underground stations including, Bank Underground (300m west) Aldgate Underground Station (200m east) and Monument (400m south).
www.london-hotels.co.uk /leadenhall-street-london.html   (640 words)

  
 Leadenhall Street and the Old East India House | British History Online
It was a street rendered famous, in the time of Pepys, by the great robbery committed by an old rascally Cavalier colonel on his friend Tryan, a rich merchant.
 Leadenhall Market, says Pennant, "is the wonder of foreigners, who do not duly consider the carnivorous nation to which it belongs." When Don Pedro de Ronquillo, the Spanish ambassador, visited Leadenhall, he told Charles II.
Of the church of St. Michael (at the angle formed by the junction of Leadenhall and Fenchurch Streets) the crypt existed at the date of Mr.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=45089   (5141 words)

  
  British East India Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George's Cross in the corner, and the stripes possibly inspired the Stars and Stripes.
Based in Leadenhall Street, London, the company presided over the creation of British India.
The expanded East India House, Leadenhall Street, London, as rebuilt 1799-1800, Richard Jupp, architect (as seen c.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_East_India_Company   (3315 words)

  
 Victorian London - Markets - Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market is the greatest market in London for the sale of country-killed meat, particularly beef, and was till lately the only skin and leather market in the metropolis.
Leadenhall is no longer celebrated for its beef, but is deservedly esteemed as the largest and best poultry market in London.
Leadenhall, the chief market for poultry and game in London, is one of the sights of the metropolis, especially at Christmastide.
www.victorianlondon.org /markets/leadenhall.htm   (383 words)

  
 Historic Districts in Baltimore City - City of Baltimore, Maryland
The Little Montgomery Street Historic District is a residential area located in South Baltimore a few blocks to the southwest of the Inner Harbor area.
It is composed of approximately fifteen nineteenth century brick houses, some of which are double, that line the 100 block of West Montgomery Street and the northwestern portion of the 800 block of Leadenhall Street.
The house at 117 West Montgomery Street, one of these nine, was built circa 1820 and is the oldest remaining building in the Sharp-Leadenhall area.
www.ci.baltimore.md.us /government/historic/districts/littlemontgomery.html   (267 words)

  
 Leadenhall Market
Plumb in the middle of the City, Leadenhall Market with its glass roof and cobbled alleys is a favourite with tourists and City workers alike.
Just south of Leadenhall Street between Gracechurch Street and Lime Street the market has a wide variety of shops with quality meat and fish well represented.
As early as 1397 cheesemongers bringing their produce from the surrounding countryside were obliged to take their wares to Leadenhall.
www.mycityoflondon.co.uk /cityoflondon/shops-LeadenhallMarket.htm   (269 words)

  
 ***HARBEN DICTIONARY WINDOW***   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
But the form "Aldgate High Street" seems to have been the one in general use from the beginning of the 18th century.
It must not be forgotten that Aldgate High Street forms part of one continuous thoroughfare extending from the junction of Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street to Mile End, and beyond the boundary of the County of London and indeed of Middlesex.
The part included within the City boundary is now known as: "Aldgate," from the east end of Leadenhall Street to Duke Street (in Aldgate Ward) and "Aldgate High Street," from Duke Street to Middlesex Street (in Portsoken Ward).
www.motco.com /Harben/71.htm   (231 words)

  
 122 Leadenhall Street / The Leadenhall Building
With the Leadenhall Building on 122 Leadenhall Street, which comes complete with an equally silly name of 'the Cheesegrater' that could be about to change.
The Leadenhall Building is Roger's at his most extravagant and unrestrained having clearly been given the brief to do a landmark building that can become part of the wonderful new collection of towers London's skyline promises.
It has his trademark diagonal bracing on the cladding, the exciting pseudo-industrial crown, and glass lifts on the outside of the building which whizz up to the very tip of it.
www.skyscrapernews.com /122_leadenhall.htm   (1236 words)

  
 1st Insurance Brokers: Providing Cheap Car Insurance Quotes within Monument, Aldgate, Fenchurch St, Tower, EC3 for all ...
Bankside House, 107 Leadenhall Street, Fenchurch, London, EC3A 4DB
Leadenhall Court, 1 Leadenhall Street, Fenchurch, London, EC3V 1PP
Landmark House, 69 Leadenhall Street, Fenchurch, London, EC3A 2DB
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 Leadenhall Market   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Leadenhall Market was established in the 14th century around a manor house with a lead roof.
Leadenhall Market is at present the largest, and perhaps the best supplied market in Europe.
It consists of three courts; the first is called the Beef Market: on Tuesdays this court is a market for leather; on Thursdays, for baize and wool; on Fridays it is a market for hides; and on Saturdays, for beef.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /LONleadenhall.htm   (255 words)

  
 Annual Report&Accounts 2005
Focusing on one particular planning application, the proposal for the redevelopment of 122 Leadenhall Street in the City of London cost some £5 million alone, demonstrating the technical expertise and resource commitment which is required.
At Leadenhall Street the appointment of team members was key; most importantly the selection of the Richard Rogers Partnership, which had designed the Lloyds Building on the opposite side of Leadenhall Street.
This demonstrated a grasp of the key planning issue from the beginning; the view of the building with the backdrop of the dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral as seen from the west along Fleet Street; the outline of the cathedral is shown in the circle.
www.britishland.com /financialreports/yearend2005/content/4_4.htm   (592 words)

  
 ET Research (2002) The Boy in the Picture by Gavin Murphy - 28 March 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Perhaps one of the most evocative images of the Titanic disaster is that of the young newsboy outside the White Star Line offices at Oceanic House in Cockspur Street, London, S.W., holding an Evening News poster announcing "Titanic Disaster Great Loss of Life".
While the haunting image of young Ned on a street corner in Trafalgar Square is etched in the minds of many Titanic researchers, there is no report of Ned Parfett's ghost haunting the cantina's patrons.
[4] The White Star Line had a second London office located at 38 Leadenhall Street, E.C. The White Star Line headquarters were at 30 James Street, Liverpool.
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /item.php/1506.html   (576 words)

  
 Leadenhall Market
A meat and fish market occupied a series of courts behind the grand lead-roofed mansion of Leadenhall on Leadenhall street in the 14th century.
In 1408 the occupational leasehold title of the Manor of Leadenhall was assigned to Richard Whittington (the Lord Mayor of the time) and citizens of London, and the freehold was conveyed in 1411 to the City of London.
A celebrated character in Leadenhall during the 18th century was 'Old Tom', a gander which managed to escape execution even though it is recorded that 34,000 geese were slaughtered there in two days.
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk /Corporation/our_services/markets/leadenhall.htm   (287 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Leadenhall Street building, developed by Vesty in 1991, will be refurbished before Xchanging moves in.
He is managing the 99 Queen Victoria Street development for Hines, and has a joint venture with GE Capital to redevelop Rodwell House at 100 Middlesex Street, E1.
The Leadenhall Street deal was brokered by Hargreaves Goswell Down, and is the most notable yet for the new practice set up by ex-Cushman and Wakefield Healey and Baker partners Colin Hargreaves and Angus Goswell, and former Insignia Richard Ellis man Stephen Down.
www.hgd-city.com /press/press/glatman.htm   (328 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | General Street Markets
Leadenhall Market is a restored Victorian covered market that sells traditional game, poultry, fish and meat.
It is found in Whittington Avenue, off Gracechurch Street, close to the Lloyds of London building and the Bank of England.
Berwick Street is in the heart of Soho, the centre of London's media industry and a prime eating and entertainment area.
www.londontown.com /London/General_Street_Markets   (745 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Bishopsgate Guide | Bishopsgate London, EC2N, England, UK | London Streets by Street
The nearest underground station to Bishopsgate is 'Liverpool Street ' which is about 7 minutes to the North East.
Located in the hub of the city at 34 Threadneedle Street, offers to the city clientele a luxurious and spacious environment in which to dine, drink and relax.
Liverpool Street tube, Liverpool Street, (7 mins to the North East)
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/bishopsgate_ffd.html   (1342 words)

  
 London Serviced Offices and Offices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Gainsborough Business Centre in Throgmorton Street is one of the best-placed buildings in the Square Mile, located in the heart of the City of London, opposite the old Stock Exchange and...
Once part of the extensive and historic Grosvenor Estate, 53 Davies Street is one of the few Grade I listed buildings in the area.
Brook Street is one of the ‘grand avenues’ of Mayfair ‘...the calm retreats of nobility and persons of great landed property’.
www.moveandstay.com /serviced_offices.asp   (849 words)

  
 LeadenhallMkt
Tucked among the alleyways between Lime Street (to the east), Gracechurch Street (west) and Leadenhall Street (north), and occupying land that once held Londinium’s Roman forum, Leadenhall Market has been a City of London food market for about 700 years.
Then, suddenly, Leadenhall Market was almost destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666 along with most of The City.
Leadenhall Market has become a London showpiece—looking fancifully more Londonesque than most parts of the sprawling metropolis.
www.homeatfirst.com /leadenha.htm   (479 words)

  
 The Tiger and The Thistle - Tipu Sultan and the Scots in India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The daybook entry for 29th July 1808 is very brief: 'Rec'd Tippoo's Musical Tiger.' It was placed on public display at Leadenhall Street, where it was seen - and heard - by the poet John Keats.
In 1858, with the transfer of the Company's property to the Crown, the Museum was moved from Leadenhall Street to temporary storage in Fife House, Whitehall, and then to a separate Museum room in the New India Office in King Charles Street.
A letter to The Athenaeum in 1869, provides an amusing description of the scene at Leadenhall Street, some years earlier: '….we almost forgot our old friend, the tiger.
www.natgalscot.ac.uk /tipu/thistle25.htm   (334 words)

  
 Leadenhall Street Wila - Intelligent lighting solution for the new working environment
Leadenhall Street Wila - Intelligent lighting solution for the new working environment
Office solutions for Leadenhall Street combining visual presence whilst functional for the individual users.
By using WILA’s E40 Light-in-Light system within the Brokers’ lounge a pleasant mixture of direct/indirect light, similar to natural light was reproduced, promoting motivation, wellbeing and thus performance, an ideal lighting solution for the working environment.
www.wila.co.uk /images/Company/Projects/Leadenhall_Street/LeadenhallStreet.htm   (322 words)

  
 1st Insurance Brokers: Providing Cheap Pet Insurance quotes in Monument, Aldgate, Fenchurch St, Tower, EC3 for domestic ...
Knollys House, 11 Byward Street, Fenchurch, London, EC3R 5AS
Asia House,, 31-33 Lime Street, Fenchurch, London, EC3M 7HT
Bankside House, 107 Leadenhall Street, Fenchurch, London, EC3A 4DA
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 People and places in the City of London
Most of the streets in the City are named after someone or something.
Joins Leadenhall Street with Houndsditch, the street passes over the site of a former church, Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Ursula.
The street is now home to the Swiss Re building, the tall glass monstrosity known as “The Erotic Gherkin” completed in 2004.
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 65 Leadenhall Street, London EC3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
65 Leadenhall Street is a prominent office building located on the south side of Leadenhall Street, in the heart of the City’s Insurance district.
Lloyd’s of London, the London Metal Exchange and the London Underwriting Centre are all within close proximity, whilst the building benefits from good links to public transport.
Leadenhall Market and numerous shops, restaurants, wine bars and other leisure amenities are within a short distance of the building.
www.65leadenhallstreet.co.uk   (124 words)

  
 Leadenhall Street | British History Online
Citation: 'Leadenhall Street', A Dictionary of London (1918).
The discovery suggests that the level of the street has been considerably raised since the original foundation of the chapel.
 In 1766, after the fire in Leadenhall Street, the remains were discovered of an old Gothic church, or of the crypt of the church, on the north side of Leadenhall Street at its junction with Bishopsgate Street, about 40 ft. long and 26 ft. wide (Gent.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=6853   (349 words)

  
 148 Leadenhall Street EC3 | City of London | Serviced Offices
148 Leadenhall Street was once the handsome home of the Bank of America.
Set at the crossroads of London’s insurance and financial centres, 148 Leadenhall Street is the ideal place to do business, whatever your business.
As a Palladia serviced office, 148 Leadenhall Street offers first class business support in one of London’s top locations.
www.executiveoffices.co.uk /city-offices/leadenhall_overview.asp   (103 words)

  
 Mayor of London - Planning Decisions meeting 01 September 2004
Refurbishment of 7/8 Rathbone Place in connection with use of basement and upper floors for residential (Class C3) purposes (6 x 1- bed flats, 2 x 2-bed flats, 3 x 3-bed flats), provision of associated plant, and refurbishment of Evelyn Yard, including removal of tree.
Refurbishment, recladding and extension of the roof area of Norfolk House by one floor, and the erection of a new building comprising seven contiguous blocks ranging from 7 to 12 storeys with a landscaped podium sited over the parking area and provision of 298 flats.
The erection of 404 apartments (30 studios, 235 one bedroom, 113 two bedroom, 20 three bedroom and 6 four bedroom) in six blocks varying in height from two storeys to nine storeys plus car parking provision for 406 cars (365 in a two level basement and 41 on street) and landscaping.
www.london.gov.uk /mayor/planning_decisions/2004/sept0204.jsp   (804 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Lime Street Guide | Lime Street London, EC3V, England, UK | London Streets by Street
The nearest underground station to Lime Street is 'Monument ' which is about 6 minutes to the South West.
Liverpool Street tube, Liverpool Street, (9 mins to the North)
Liverpool Street Railway Station, Liverpool Street, (13 mins to the North East)
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/lime_street_182.html   (1328 words)

  
 ANTIQUE PRINTS OF LONDON AT ASH RARE BOOKS: LLOYD'S OF LONDON
A delightful antique print - a bustling street scene, with the Blackwall omnibus, carriages, and fashionably dressed pedestrians in front of the imposing facade of old East India House, at the corner of Leadenhall Street and Lime Street (the site of the present Lloyd's building).
A charming antique print - a bustling street scene, with carriages and fashionably dressed pedestrians in front of the imposing facade of old East India House, at the corner of Leadenhall Street and Lime Street.
A delicate and scarce antique print - a study of Leadenhall Street and old East India House at the corner of Lime Street (the site of the present Lloyd's building).
www.ashrare.com /lloyds_prints.html   (985 words)

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