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Londoners and tourists alike probably wonder about the meaning of such street names as Piccadilly, Pall Mall, Old Bailer, Houndsditch and Crutched Friars. John Wittich explains the origins of these and mane other London street names which can reseal unsuspected facts about the history of the area, and which occasionally date back to Saxon times. Apparently straightforward names are not always what they seem: Cannon Street was once Candlewick Street, where the candlemakers dwelt, and Bunhill Row is 'bone hill' here human remains from St Paul's Cathedral were reinterred after its destruction in the Great Fire. Discover the origins of hundreds of London street names, which range from lost landmarks to people like Baker, Bond and Downing, whose names might otherwise have been forgotten.