Camomile Street

Camomile Street

Camomile Street is a street in the City of London. The houses on the north side are on the site of the old Wall of London, and in excavations made for the foundations of warehouses in the street, a bastion and other portions of the wall have been found, partly of Roman construction. Some portion at least of the street seems to have been known as Bevis Marks in early days. A tablet on the house at the north-east corner of the street marks the former site of Bishopsgate.There is no indication as to the origin of the name, and the street seems to have been unnamed in Stow's time. It suggests that the land immediately within the wall was waste and unbuilt on, and was covered with that hardy herb, which springs up so readily on all unoccupied land to this day, or it may possibly have been named after an owner or builder.


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  • Camomile Street —    East out of Bishopsgate at 104 (P.O. Directory). From Wormwood Street west to Bevis Marks east. In Aldgate, Lime Street and Bishopsgate Wards (O.S.).    First mention: Camamile Street (O. and M. 1677).    The houses on the north side are on… …   Dictionary of London

  • Camomile Court —    South out of Camomile Street. In Lime Street Ward (Strype, ed. 1720 Boyle, 1799).    The site seems now to be occupied by business houses.    Named after Camomile Street …   Dictionary of London

  • Camomile Mews —    South out of Camomile Street at No. 15. In Lime Street Ward (Horwood, 1799 O.S. 1848 51).    Former name : Little Oxford Court (O. and M. 1677).    The site is now occupied by the eastemmost of the two entrances to Bishopsgate Avenue …   Dictionary of London

  • Oxford Court, Camomile Street —    See Great Oxford Court; Little Oxford Court …   Dictionary of London

  • New Street —    1) West from Cloth Street to King Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O.S. 1880).    See Newbury Street.    2) Identified with Chancery Lane (q.v.). See Fetter Lane.    3) North out of Cloth Fair at No.43 (P.O. Directory). Led into Aldersgate… …   Dictionary of London

  • Lime Street (ward) — infobox UK place official name= Ward of Lime Street map type= Greater London country= England region= London london borough= City of London latitude= 51.513597 longitude= 0.08024 os grid reference= TQ332812 post town= LONDON postcode area= EC… …   Wikipedia

  • (St.) Mary Axe, Street —    North out of Leadenhall Street, at No. 116, to Houndsditch (P.O. Directory). Eastern side in Aldgate Ward, western in Lime Street Ward (O.S.).    Earliest mention: Vicum Sancte Marie Attenaxe, 3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. 431).     St. Marie at Axe …   Dictionary of London

  • Wormwood Street —    East from 42 Old Broad Street at London Wall to No.103 Bishopsgate at Camomile Street (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward and Bishopsgate Ward.    First mention: O. and M. 1677.    It seems to have been made in Stow s time (p.176), but he… …   Dictionary of London

  • Lime Street Ward —    One of the smallest of the 26 wards of the City, lying between Aldgate and Cornhill Wards, but stretching up to Camomile Street (O.S.).    First mention: Ward of Limstrete, 1287 (Cal. Letter Bk. A. p. 228). The poorest ward in the City in 1320 …   Dictionary of London

  • Wall of London —    Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the date when the walls that encircled the ancient City of London were first erected, and no evidence is obtainable from the Anglo Saxon Chronicle or other early records.    There is no doubt… …   Dictionary of London

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