Cheapside, City of London

E281597

historic commercial district street

Cheapside in the City of London is a historic commercial street and former medieval marketplace that has long been a central hub of trade and urban life in London.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Cheapside	16
Cheapside, London	2
Cheapside, City of London canonical	1
Cheapside, London, England	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic commercial district ⓘ street ⓘ
connectsTo	One New Change ⓘ surface form: New Change Poultry ⓘ Queen Victoria Street ⓘ surface form: Queen Victoria Street (via nearby junctions) St Paul's Churchyard ⓘ surface form: St. Paul’s Churchyard
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
economicSector	financial and business services (surrounding area) ⓘ retail trade ⓘ
etymology	name derived from Old English "ceap" meaning "market" or "bargain" ⓘ
governedBy	Corporation of London ⓘ surface form: City of London Corporation
hasCoordinateSystem	British National Grid ⓘ surface form: British National Grid (OSGB36)
hasFeature	high pedestrian footfall on weekdays ⓘ mixture of historic and modern buildings ⓘ
hasHeritage	medieval marketplace ⓘ
hasLandmark	Guildhall ⓘ surface form: Guildhall (nearby to the north) One New Change shopping centre (adjacent/nearby) ⓘ Church of St Mary-le-Bow ⓘ surface form: St Mary-le-Bow (nearby on Bow Lane)
hasPostalCode	EC2 ⓘ EC4 ⓘ
hasTransportConnection	Bank Underground station (nearby) ⓘ St Paul’s Underground station ⓘ surface form: St. Paul’s Underground station (Central line, nearby)
historicalFunction	center of mercantile life in medieval London ⓘ principal medieval market street of London ⓘ
isPartOfRoute	historic processional routes in the City of London ⓘ
knownFor	commercial activity ⓘ historic role in London trade ⓘ jewellery trade (historically) ⓘ retail shopping ⓘ
languageOfToponym	English ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
near	Bank of England ⓘ surface form: Bank of England (wider area) St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral
partOf	City of London ⓘ surface form: City of London financial district
reconstructedAfter	Great Fire of London ⓘ
streetType	east–west thoroughfare ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence	Middle Ages ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
urbanRole	key east–west route in the City of London street network ⓘ major shopping street in the City of London ⓘ
zoning	commercial ⓘ retail ⓘ