- Cannon Street
Cannon Street is a road in the south of the
City of London . It runs roughly parallel with the River Thames, and about 250 metres north of it. It is the site of the ancientLondon Stone .Overview
It starts at
St Paul's Cathedral , and goes east, meetingQueen Victoria Street nearMansion House underground station , passingCannon Street station , and finally meeting King William Street andGracechurch Street near Monument tube station.In the late 19th century Cannon Street was occupied by large wholesale warehouses, especially of cotton goods and other fabrics.Dickens, op. cit.
[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Cannon+Street+Birmingham&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr&om=1 Cannon Street] in
Birmingham , according to the archives ofBirmingham Central Library , is named after the City of London street.The
London Stone (in the Roman days distances were measured from this point) was originally situated in the middle of Cannon Street; it was later set into the wall of St Swithin's Church, and now rests in a case to the side of the street.It is also the street upon which singer
Marc Almond suffered a near fatal crash in 2004 whilst riding pillion on a motorcycle.References
; Sources consulted
Cite web
author = Dickens, Charles, Jr
date = 1879
title = "Cannon Street"
work =Dickens's Dictionary of London
url = http://www.victorianlondon.org/dickens/dickens-cha.htm
accessdate = 2007-08-22; Endnotes
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