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Description: | This photograph shows Cheapside, in the City of London. Cheapside is one of the ancient thoroughfares of the City, linking Newgate Street on the western side of the City with Cornhill and Threadneedle Street (home of the Bank of England) with the heart of the financial district in the East. Here, beyond the crowds and traffic, we see the church of St. Mary-le-Bow. This church is one of the most famous in London folklore. Its bells are supposed to have turned back Dick Whittington when he was leaving London, and those born within the sound of its bells are supposedly true Cockneys. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | Bishopsgate Institute | Subjects: | Transport Cityscape | Temporal: | c1905 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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