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King Edward Street
City, Newgate Street. (EC1) Named in compliment to Edward VI, who founded the near-by Christ's Hospital. Formerly named Stinking Lane, then Chick Lane, then Blow-Bladder Street, then Butcher-Hall Lane. (Reference: Welch's Modern History of the City of London, p. 187) |
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