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Lombard Street, London
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Lombard Street is a street notable for its connections with the City of London's merchant, banking and insurance industries, stretching back to medieval times.
Lombard Street from Bank junction. The street continues to the left of St Mary Woolnoth church; to the right is King William Street.
Church of St Edmund, King and Martyr
Church of St Edmund, King and Martyr
Cornhill, Lombard Street and Mansion House in 1810
Cornhill, Lombard Street and Mansion House in 1810
Note the monument outside St Mary Woolnoth, which was taken down and re-erected at Ballard Down in 1892.
Note the monument outside St Mary Woolnoth, which was taken down and re-erected at Ballard Down in 1892.
Thomas Gresham
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Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder was an English merchant and financier who acted on behalf of King Edward VI (1547–1553) and Edward's half-sisters, queens Mary I (1553–1558) and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). In 1565 Gresham founded the Royal Exchange in the City of London.
Portrait of Thomas Gresham, aged approximately 41. From the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
18th century engraving of Sir Thomas Gresham
18th century engraving of Sir Thomas Gresham
Gresham's bust at Stowe School
Gresham's bust at Stowe School
Gresham's initials "TG" and date 1563 with his golden grasshopper emblem, serving as the sign of a bank in Lombard Street, the historic centre of bank
Gresham's initials "TG" and date 1563 with his golden grasshopper emblem, serving as the sign of a bank in Lombard Street, the historic centre of banking in the City of London