Bordering north of the Bank of England, Lothbury Street started to make its name through founders and merchants that casted and sold objects, such as candlesticks and spice mortars, that were made out of copper. Leading out of Lothbury, Tokenhouse Yard, built during the reign of Charles I, was once the office for delivering tokens (currency coins) by many London tradesmen.

Though the precise year of Temple Bar’s construction is unknown, the earliest record was in 1327. Temple Bar was considered the gateway that separated the Strand from Fleet Street, the city from the shire, and the Freedom of the City of London from the Liberty of the City of Westminster.

Infamous as the location of Pentonville Prison, the district of Pentonville was engrossed in rolling hills and pasture. In the eighteenth century, portions of the land were fenced off into layers for the purposes of farms and tourism. The area became popular among Londoners and travelers who wanted to spend their holidays eating, drinking, and being entertained along the Islington High Street. One of the famous inns, the White Conduit House, opened in 1649 with the service of catering to pleasure-seekers.

The Temple Gardens, consisting of the Inner and Middle Temple Gardens, are enclosed within the Temple. Once owned by the Knights Templar, the name “Temple” comes from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Land ownership was passed down to Knights Hospitaller and then, in 1608, to the barristers (lawyers) when the Knights Templar order dissolved.

When Bell Yard ran along the site of a house and grounds, it was known as “The Bell,” which belonged to the Knights Hospitallers. In James Malcolm Rymer’s The String of Pearls, or, The Barber of Fleet Street: a Domestic Romance (1850), this is the location of Mrs.

John Keble's The Christian Year was written with the intentions that it would be used for the Church of England. As The Christian Year grew in popularity, this collection of poems began to seem applicable to other sects of religion. Regardless, The Christian Year was once described as "the most popular volume of verse in the nineteenth century." This, in my opinion, was due to the overwhelming control the Church of England had. The result of Henry VIII wanting an annulment from his wife Catherine of Aragon, the Church of England made its debut.

Matthew Arnold died on April 15th, 1888 from a heart attack. As a renowned poet and critic of sociocultural topics such as the intersection of faith and religion, it is interesting to note that a Bible verse is displayed on the grave marker he shares with his wife, Frances Lucy Arnold.

The area that occupied Fleet Market was originally the Fleet River, or commonly known as the Fleet Ditch. The ditch was impassable by boats because of all the waste and animals that were encroaching the area. After the plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London in 1666, the destruction of the ditch allowed “The New Canal” project to take its course as a new watercourse along the street.