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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. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. St Benet Fink - Wikipedia

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    St Benet Fink was a church and parish in the City of London located on what is now Threadneedle Street. [1] Recorded since the 13th century, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666, then rebuilt to the designs of Sir Christopher Wren. The Wren church was demolished between 1841 and 1846.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors - Wikipedia

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    Arms of the Merchant Taylors' Company. The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London.. The Company, originally known as the Guild and Fraternity of St John the Baptist in the City of London, was founded prior to 1300, first incorporated under a royal charter in 1327, confirmed by later charters in 1408, 1503 and 1719.

  8. John Houblon - Wikipedia

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    The notes were issued in 1994, the year of the Bank's 300th anniversary. The design includes an image of Houblon's house in Threadneedle Street, the site of the present Bank of England building. [6] A new £50 note was brought into circulation in 2011, featuring James Watt and Matthew Boulton in place of Sir John Houblon. The Houblon note ...

  9. 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.