Moorgate Street

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

North out of Lothbury, at No.4, to London Wall (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.


Constructed about 1846 under the Act 1824-46 for the formation of the new approaches to London Bridge.

At the corner of Moorgate Street and King's Arms Yard, in the course of the excavations for the erection of a new building, the gravel was reached at a depth of 17-18 ft.

A Phallus discovered in 1837 (Arch. XXVIII. 43), pottery, coins, etc.

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