Farringdon Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

South from Charterhouse Street to Fleet Street at Ludgate Circus (P.O. Directory).


Erected over the Fleet Ditch on the removal of the old Fleet Market 1826-30, the reconstructed market being known as Farringdon Market.

Fleet Ditch has been converted into a sewer and now runs under the middle of the street.

Named after the ward in which it is situated.

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