Liverpool Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

West out of Bishopsgate Street, at 121, to Blomfield Street (P.O, Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.


First mention: (Greenwood, 1829).

The site was formerly occupied by a somewhat more irregularly formed street called "Bethelem" (O. and M. 1677). "Old Bethlem" (Hatton, 1708-Lockie, 1816). Commemorating the site of the old Bethelem Hospital (q.v.).

Named after Lord Liverpool, Prime Minister 1812-27.

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