Queen Victoria Street, London
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Queen Victoria Street, named after the British monarch from 1837 to 1901 is a long street in the City of London which runs east by north from its junction with New Bridge Street in Castle Baynard Ward , along a section that divides those of Queenhithe and Bread Street , then lastly through the middle of Cordwainer until it reaches the Mansion House. The road was commissioned in 1861[1]to streamline the approach to the central banking district, and provided for through the Metropolitan Improvement Act[2]. Costing over 1millionGBP, it remains a flagship street within the “Square Mile"[3].
[edit] Notable buildings on this street
At the junction with New Bridge Street is Blackfriars station. The British and Foreign Bible Society was formerly located at 146 (1868 - 1964). A plaque on the Faraday building on the north side marks the previous site of Doctors' Commons. Also on the north side is
- at 160 the Bank of New York Mellon, formerly the site of The Times offices
- St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe
- the College of Arms
- at 101 is the international headquarters of The Salvation Army
At 135, on the south side is St Benet Paul's Wharf.
[edit] References
- ^ A Dictionary of London, Harben, H.A: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1922
- ^ The Housing of the Working Classes in London Porritt,E in Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 110, No. 1 (Mar., 1985)
- ^ The City of London-a history Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0094618801
