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  2. Threadneedle Street - Wikipedia

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    London's first bus service ran between Threadneedle Street and Paddington from 1829. Today, the street is served by bus routes 8, 11, 23, 26, 133, 242, and 388. Over 5,000 tonnes of gold bars are held by the Bank of England, both official reserves of the UK Treasury, and others, in a system of eight vaults, over two floors, under Threadneedle ...

  3. St Benet Fink - Wikipedia

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    The pre-Fire church was rectangular. After the Fire, the City appropriated the northwest corner of the church for widening Threadneedle Street. This left an irregular site on which to build, which Wren dealt with by rebuilding St Benet's to a decagonal plan. On top of the decagon sat an oval dome with a lantern, supported from within by six arches.

  4. Merchant Taylors' Hall, London - Wikipedia

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    The entrance on Threadneedle Street The courtyard of Merchant Taylors Hall. The Merchant Taylors' Hall, London is the seat of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London surviving from Mediaeval times. The Company has occupied its present site between Threadneedle Street and ...

  5. South Sea Company - Wikipedia

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    1754 engraving of Old South Sea House, the headquarters of the South Sea Company, which burned down in 1826, [1] on the corner of Bishopsgate Street and Threadneedle Street in the City of London The Dividend Hall of South Sea House, 1810 Heraldic grouping above main entrance to the surviving South Sea House, Threadneedle Street, rebuilt after the fire of 1826 An early trade label of the South ...

  6. Threadneedles Hotel - Wikipedia

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    The Eton Collection acquired a long-term lease from The Merchant Taylors’ Company and invested £21 million in the refurbishment of the historical building. Threadneedles Hotel was the first luxury hotel within the City of London's Square mile.

  7. Baltic Exchange - Wikipedia

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    The Baltic Exchange traces its roots back to 1744 at the Virginia and Baltick Coffee House on Threadneedle Street, near the Royal Exchange. With the rapid expansion of Britain's network of global trade, London's mercantile coffee houses operated as a maritime commercial node for communication and business.

  8. St Christopher le Stocks - Wikipedia

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    St Christopher le Stocks was a parish church [1] on the north side of Threadneedle Street in the Broad Street Ward of the City of London.Of Medieval origin, it was rebuilt following the Great Fire of London in 1666, but demolished in 1781 to make way for an extension of the neighbouring Bank of England.

  9. List of metonyms - Wikipedia

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    A street in downtown Washington, D.C. The American lobbying industry [68] Langley: A small suburb of Washington, D.C., in Virginia The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency [69] Madison Avenue: A street in Manhattan, New York City: The American advertising industry [5] Main Street: Shopping street of a town, traditionally the site of shops, banks ...