Poultry, London
Bank | |
Coordinates | 51°30′49″N 0°5′27.84″W / 51.51361°N 0.0910667°W |
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West end | Cheapside |
East end | Mansion House Street |
Poultry (formerly also Poultrey) is a short street in the City of London, which is the historic nucleus and modern financial centre of London. It is an eastern continuation of Cheapside, between Old Jewry and Mansion House Street, towards Bank Junction.
Etymology
Poultry takes its name, like other roads nearby such as Milk Street and
History
The thoroughfare was also known for some time as Conningshop Lane/Coneys shop lane due to the brace of three stuffed coney skins over a notable poulterer's stall, thus who also served game.[2] From the 15th to early 17th century, the lane had several taverns, but few were rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666.[3]
Part of north side hosted the church of
"the clearing away of the old houses on both sides of the way, and the erection in their place of large blocks of offices and shops of considerable architectural pretensions, and the general widening of the thoroughfare, the Poultry has since 1850 been entirely changed in character and aspect."[5]
The street gave its name to a prison, Poultry Compter. It was a brick building in its heyday having fifteen wards, of which one for Jews. It was closed in the early 19th century and its prisoners transferred to the new White Cross/Whitecross Street Compter/Prison.[6]
Notable buildings
Although short it is lined by notable buildings.
The bulk of the north side
References
- ^ Quoted in Wheatley 1891, Volume 3, p.116
- ^ Timbs, John (1855). Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the Metropolis. D. Bogue. p. 397.
- ^ a b Wheatley 1891, Volume 3,p.116
- ^ Wheatley 1891, Volume 2, p.540
- ^ Wheatley 1891, Volume 3, p.117
- ^ Wheatley 1891, Volume 3, pp.117 and 502
- ^ Historic England (5 June 1972). "Midland Bank (Grade I) (1064598)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
Sources
- Wheatley, Henry B. (1891). London Past and Present: Its History, Associations and Traditions. Vol. 3. London: John Murray.* Google Maps