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Poultry,London
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PoultryisashortstreetintheCityofLondon,the
historicnucleusandmodernfinancialcentreof
London.ItisaneasterncontinuationofCheapside,
betweenOldJewryandMansionHouseStreet,
towardsBankjunction.

Poultry

Contents
1 Etymology
2 History
3 Notablebuildings
4 References
5 Sources

LookingeastdownPoultrytowardBankjunctionin
2009
Length

110m(360ft)

Location

London,UnitedKingdom

Westend

Cheapside

Eastend

MansionHouseStreet

Etymology
Poultrytakesitsname,likeotherroadsnearbysuchasMilkStreetandBreadStreet,fromthevarious
produceoncesoldatCheapside(meaning"marketplace"inOldEnglish).JohnStow,writingattheend
ofthe16thcenturynotedthat"thepoulterersarebutlatelydepartedfromthenceintootherstreets".[1]

History
Inthe15thandearly17thcentury,Poultrywasnotedforitstaverns,butfewwererebuiltaftertheGreat
Fireof1666.[2]
ThechurchofStMildredPoultryoncestoodonthenorthsideofthestreet.RebuiltaftertheGreatFire
tothedesignsofSirChristopherWren,itwasdemolishedin1872[3]anditssitesoldandusedtobuild
theGreshamLifeAssuranceoffice.[2]In1891,HenryB.Wheatleywrotethat,withtheremovalofthe
church,
theclearingawayoftheoldhousesonbothsidesoftheway,andtheerectionintheirplace
oflargeblocksofofficesandshopsofconsiderablearchitecturalpretensions,andthe
generalwideningofthethoroughfare,thePoultryhassince1850beenentirelychangedin
characterandaspect.[4]

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Thestreetgaveitsnametoaprison,PoultryCompter,oncelocatedthere.Itwasabrickbuildingwith
fifteenwards,oneofwhichwassetasidespecificallyforJews.Itwasclosedintheearly19thcentury,
anditsprisonerstransferredtothenewWhiteCrossStreetCompter.[5]

Notablebuildings
Althoughrelativelyshortinlength,Poultryisthelocationofanumberofnotablebuildings.No1
PoultryisapostmodernofficeandretailbuildingwhichishometotheCoqd'Argentrestaurant,which
includesarooftopterraceandformalgarden.AsmalllaneoffPoultry,Grocers'HallCourt,leadstothe
liveryhalloftheWorshipfulCompanyofGrocers,oneoftheCity'soriginaltwelvegreatlivery
companiesthatrankssecondinthecompanies'orderofprecedence.Themainentrancetothehallison
PrincesStreettothenorth.
At2735PoultryistheoldheadquartersofMidlandBank,aGradeIlistedbuilding.Itwasusedasthe
"secretlocation"forthefilmingsetfortheweeklongChannel4televisionshowTheBankJob,
broadcastin2012.Thesetwasmadetolooklikearealbankvaultwithacageandlargemetalvault
door,althoughoncloserinspectiontherewasalotofMDF,thedoorwasmainlywooden,andthe
"marble"stairsthatleaduptothevaultwerealsowood,paintedtolooklikemarble.Thisisknownas
'trompel'oeil'.

References
1.QuotedinWheatley1891,Volume3,p.116
2.Wheatley1891,Volume3,p.116
3.Wheatley1891,Volume2,p.540
4.Wheatley1891,Volume3,p.117
5.Wheatley1891,Volume3,pp.117and502

Sources
Wheatley,HenryB.(1891).LondonPastandPresent:ItsHistory,AssociationsandTraditions3.
London:JohnMurray.*GoogleMaps(http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl)
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