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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 ...
The bank's headquarters have been in London's main financial district, the City of London, since 1694, and on Threadneedle Street since 1734. It is sometimes known as "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street", a name taken from a satirical cartoon by James Gillray in 1797. [9] The road junction outside is known as Bank Junction.
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.
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 ...
Print of Alexander Fordyce, dressed as the Macaroni Gambler with puns on Fordyce's last name (Four-Dice). [1] Balcarres mansion in the trees – geograph.org.uk – 1465362 Alexander Fordyce (7 August 1729 [ 2 ] – 8 September 1789) was a Scottish banker, centrally involved in the bank run on Neale, James, Fordyce and Down which led to the ...
He came with his wife, Marie Mascrier, and their daughter Marie, sometime between August 1667 and November 1668. Their son, Thomas, was born in London in 1668 and his name appears in the baptismal list for Threadneedle Street church dated 29 November. [2]
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 ...
Edward Moxhay was born on St David's Hill, Exeter on 8 June 1787, one of seven children of humble parents, Richard Moxhay and Mary Potter. [1] His elder brother Richard Hellings Moxhay was a talented organist and pianist who became a professor of music.