Cheapside, City of London

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cheapside,_City_of_London
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:street
gptkbp:adjacentTo gptkb:King_Street
gptkb:Ironmonger_Lane
gptkb:Newgate_Street
gptkb:Friday_Street
gptkb:Old_Jewry
gptkb:Cheapside_Passage
gptkb:Gutter_Lane
gptkb:Milk_Street
gptkb:Wood_Street
gptkb:Bread_Street
Poultry
Queen Victoria Street
gptkbp:category gptkb:historic_district
gptkb:street
street in the City of London
gptkbp:connects gptkb:St_Paul's_Cathedral
Bank junction
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:directionA east-west
gptkbp:etymology from Old English 'chepe', meaning 'market' or 'bargain'
gptkbp:featuredIn Shakespeare's plays
literature of Charles Dickens
gptkbp:function gptkb:street
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:City_of_London_Corporation
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Great_Fire_of_London_(1666)
gptkbp:historicalMarket gptkb:Cheapside_Market
gptkbp:historicalSignificance medieval market street
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cheapside, City of London
gptkbp:length approximately 0.3 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:City_of_London
gptkb:London
gptkbp:notableFor retail shopping
jewellery trade (historically)
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:St_Mary-le-Bow
One New Change
St Paul's Cathedral (nearby)
gptkbp:notableResident John Milton (born nearby)
Sir Thomas More (born nearby)
gptkbp:postalCode EC2, EC4
gptkbp:transportation Bank tube station (nearby)
Mansion House tube station (nearby)
St Paul's tube station (nearby)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mercers'_School
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7