Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

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metonym nickname

The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street is the traditional nickname for the Bank of England, the United Kingdom’s central bank located on Threadneedle Street in London.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
"The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" cartoon by James Gillray	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metonym ⓘ nickname ⓘ
appliesTo	Bank of England ⓘ
associatedWith	British monetary policy ⓘ City of London financial district ⓘ financial regulation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
describes	Bank of England ⓘ surface form: central bank of the United Kingdom
hasCulturalOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasGenre	personification ⓘ
hasNotableReference	Old Lady of Threadneedle Street self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" cartoon by James Gillray
hasPart	"Old Lady" ⓘ "Threadneedle Street" ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ England ⓘ City of London ⓘ surface form: London Threadneedle Street ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
mentionedIn	British political discourse ⓘ economic commentary ⓘ
refersTo	Bank of England ⓘ
symbolizes	Bank of England independence ⓘ British financial establishment ⓘ Bank of England ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom central banking system
usedBy	British media ⓘ economists ⓘ financial journalists ⓘ
usedFor	Bank of England ⓘ
usedSince	19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bank of England → alsoKnownAs → Old Lady of Threadneedle Street ⓘ

"Old Lady" → alsoKnownAs → Old Lady of Threadneedle Street ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Lady

Old Lady of Threadneedle Street → hasNotableReference → Old Lady of Threadneedle Street self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: "The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street" cartoon by James Gillray