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route to market via Hackney

The route to Bishopsgate can still be seen clearly on a current map, wending its way fairly directly via roads and footpaths from Mare Street Narrowway down to Virginia Road which, prior redevelopment, joined Shoreditch High Street. We couldn't resist drawing it on a map. The route to Cheapside would have carried on and entered the City at Bishops Gate. The route to Smithfield is less obvious.

2018: Spitalfields Life walked what they call the Black Path, but they started it way up at the junction of Forest Road with Hoe Street, pretty close to the North Circular. The route from there to where Lea Bridge Road crosses The Lea (what else?) is not so clear to see but the route from the River Lea down to join up with our line at Mare Street, via Powerscroft Road, can be seen on the map.

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route to market via Hackney

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Greengrocers and sheep

This sculpture commemorates the use of London Fields as a grazing area for li...

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Hamleys of London

Hamleys of London

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Group, Children, Commerce

1 memorial
Ray A. Kroc

Ray A. Kroc

Businessman. Born in Oak Park, near Chicago. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world.

Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, USA

1 memorial
Francis Chappell & Sons

Francis Chappell & Sons

Funeral directors in South London and Kent. Formerly a family firm, now owned by Dignity.

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2 memorials
Sir Thomas Gresham

Sir Thomas Gresham

Created the Royal Exchange in 1566 where the Gresham family crest, a grasshopper, can be seen. Son of Richard Gresham who was a Lord Mayor of London but Thomas never was.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

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Arments

Arments

Eel, pie and mash shop. Founded by husband and wife William and Emily Arment, and still run by their descendants. We don't know if our picture shows the real David Jason as 'Del Boy' or whether the...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink

1 memorial