Cheapside is a central street in the City of London (London, England). In the medieval ages, it was the site of one of the principal produce markets in London. In the nineteenth century, it continued to be a major thoroughfare for traveling through London.

In London Labour and the London Poor edition: 

Phase 1

Of the Street-Sellers of Rhubarb and Spice. (Volume 1) [as “Sheapside”]: "Dere was one very old Arabian in de streets wen I first come; dey call him Sole; he been forty year at de same business. He wear de long beard and Turkish dress. He used to stand by Bow Shursh, Sheapside. Everybody in de street know him. He was de old establish one. He been dead now, let me see—how long he been dead—oh, dis six or seven and twenty year."

London Considered as a Great World. (The Great World of London): "'When I consider this great city," [Addison] says, 'its several quarters or divisions, I look upon it as an aggregate of various nations, distinguished from each other by their respective customs, manners, and interests. The courts of two countries do not so much differ from one another as the Court and City of London in their peculiar ways of life and conversation. In short, the inhabitants of St. James's, notwithstanding they live under the same laws and speak the same language, are a distinct people from those of Cheapside, by several climates and degrees, in their ways of thinking and conversing together.'"

Phase 2

Introduction. (Volume 2)

Of the Trades and Localities of the Street-Jews. (Volume 2)