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London Streets and Squares: Crutched

Francis de Paula in 1453. Crutched Friars was the Priory of the Crutched, or Crossed, Friars of the Holy Trinity [see RELIGIOUS ORDERS]. Aldgate received its name from the Ald Gate, the oldest of the City gates, taken down in 1760. Aldgate Pump, which stood beside the gate, still remains. George Yard was formerly the inn yard of "The George."

Duke's Place preserves the memory of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, beheaded in 1572, who had inherited the property of the Crutched Friars by marriage.

Leadenhall Street derived its title from the first Leadenhall Market, built in 1445, and so called because it was roofed with lead. St. Mary- Axe owes its name to the Church of St. Mary- Axe which stood in it [see the article "LONDON CHURCHES AND BUILDINGS"]. Throgmorton Street and Nicholas Lane were both named after Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, a wealthy London banker, and the head of an ancient Warwickshire family, said to have been poisoned by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in 1571. Threadneedle Street is a corruption of "Three-Needle- Street," so called from the arms of the Needle Makers' Company. Bartholomew Lane was designated after the Church of St. Bartholomew, at the back of the Royal Exchange. Lothbury was originally "Lathbury," so called from a lath, or court, derived from lathing, the Scandinavian for a law assembly held here in very early times.

Cornhill was. the ancient corn market. St.